International Headline News

Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 20:01:12 -0500
TOP STORIES as of 0900 HKT -- 09 February, 2010

> JACKSON'S DOCTOR PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER
Dr. Conrad Murray, personal physician to Michael Jackson, has
pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter in connection
with the pop star's death last summer.

> HAITIAN MAY HAVE LASTED MONTH IN RUBBLE
A man pulled alive from the rubble of a building in Haiti's
capital may have been trapped since the January 12 quake that
leveled much of the city, doctors reported Monday.

> IRAN SETS DATE ON URANIUM ENRICHMENT
Iran's atomic chief says it will tell the U.N. nuclear watchdog
it will begin enriching uranium to 20 percent Tuesday, following
an announcement by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, above.

> U.S., EU TO IRAN: STOP ABUSE OF IRANIANS
The United States and the European Union on Monday called on
Iran to "end its abuses against its own people" amid mounting
concerns about a potential rise in violence later this week.

> UKRAINE: PRO-MOSCOW LEADER SET TO WIN
In a remarkable comeback, former PM Viktor Yanukovich seems set
to become the president of Ukraine -- five years after he was
ousted in a populist pro-Western uprising.

> MEXICO: FLOODING KILLS AT LEAST 33
Heavy flooding in central Mexico in the past week has killed at
least 33 people and left thousands homeless, the government said
Monday.

> RIPPLES OF DUBAI KILLING SPREAD
The killing in Dubai of a founder of Hamas' military wing was a
"professional" job , police say, and relatives are accusing
Israel. Israel neither confirms nor denies a role in Mahmoud
al-Mabhouh's death.

> U.S. POLITICIAN JOHN MURTHA DEAD AT 77
Rep. John Murtha died after gallbladder surgery complications,
his office said. An ex-Marine who became an Iraq war critic, he
was known as one of the "kings of pork."

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BUSINESS
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> SOURCES: TOYOTA TO RECALL PRIUS
Toyota is to issue a formal recall in Japan of its latest-model
Prius petrol-electric hybrid, and may do the same in the US and
other markets, following complaints about problems with its
brakes, people close to the situation said.

> GOOGLE SCANNING: THEFT OR FREEDOM?
A proposed partnership between the French government and Google is
stoking fears in France that the country's literary treasures
will fall under commercial control of a U.S. technology company.

> CHINA: HACKER TRAINING SITE SHUT DOWN
Police in China shut down what officials think was the largest
training Web site for computer hackers, local media said.