International Headline News

Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 20:02:04 -0500
TOP STORIES as of 0900 HKT -- 07 February, 2010

> EASTERN U.S. HIT BY POWERFUL SNOWSTORM
A powerful snowstorm pounded the nation's capital and other
mid-Atlantic states early Saturday, snarling down traffic and
bringing travel to a virtual standstill.

> REPORT: IRAN OPENS NEW MISSILE PLANTS
A solution will be reached over a proposed deal to export
uranium for enrichment abroad, Iran's foreign minister says.

> DEATH TOLL RISES IN PAKISTAN BOMBINGS
The death toll has risen to 33 in Friday's twin blasts in
Karachi, authorities said Saturday.

> BAE TO PAY $450M TO END PROBE
BAE Systems was on Friday night preparing to plead guilty to
criminal charges and pay one of the biggest ever fines over
alleged corporate bribery after striking a deal to end
transatlantic corruption probes that have entangled it for
years.

> 2 AMERICANS HELPING HAITI DIE IN CRASH
Both people aboard a helicopter died Thursday night when it
crashed into a mountain in the Dominican Republic, the Dominican
Civil Aviation Institute said Friday.

> RED CROSS WORKER HELD IN CHAD FREED
A French aid worker was freed Saturday nearly three months after
his abduction near Chad's border with Sudan, the International
Committee of the Red Cross said.

> REPORT: CONFLICT IN YEMEN DURING TALKS
Fighting between Yemen's government and rebel forces erupted
Friday as the two sides were working on a peace agreement, a
local journalist said.

> TOYOTA NOT ALONE IN TECH PROBLEMS
Toyota Motor Corp. has recently been in the hot seat after
issuing massive recalls because of problems related to the
accelerator pedal in several of its auto models.

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> TOYOTA APOLOGY BUT NO RECALL
Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda apologizes for the problems that led to
the company's recall of more than 8 million cars, but did not
announce another recall of its popular Prius Hybrid, despite
reports of brake problems.

> 'BUSINESS IS WAR,' EX-SOLDIER SAYS
Many bosses like to run their businesses in a way that suggests
they've missed their vocation in life, such is their fondness
for barking orders at their staff. All they seem to lack are
some epaulettes, a peaked cap and a one-way ticket to a military
academy.

> BRITISH AIRWAYS LOSSES NARROW
British Airways said on Friday that it had made a narrowed
pre-tax loss of £50m in the last three months of 2009, taking
total losses for the first three quarters of its 2009-10
financial year to £342m.