Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/recommended/world Most Recommended World en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:55:05 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/recommended/world http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_afghanistan ap/20100210/as_afghanistan AP world Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:09:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.a604fef7e8be44fab47bd790e25a8e16.afghanistan_xbl110.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=DGG8oDP_jSUxsl6B0TL2qQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A U.S. Army flight medic looks through the window of a Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopter, during a mission in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010. The Talon MEDEVAC in Helmand is one of several army aero-medical units positioned around southern Afghanistan by the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, known as Task Force Pegasus. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)" border="0" /></a>AP - U.S. and Afghan forces pushed Tuesday to the edge of the southern Afghan town of Marjah, poised to seize the major Taliban supply and drug-smuggling stronghold in hopes of building public support by providing aid and services once the insurgents are gone.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.a604fef7e8be44fab47bd790e25a8e16.afghanistan_xbl110.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=DGG8oDP_jSUxsl6B0TL2qQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A U.S. Army flight medic looks through the window of a Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopter, during a mission in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010. The Talon MEDEVAC in Helmand is one of several army aero-medical units positioned around southern Afghanistan by the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, known as Task Force Pegasus. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_china_earthquake_dissident ap/20100209/as_china_earthquake_dissident AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:55:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_china_earthquake_dissident"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.d0d211eba9d541fa8a6ebfce3248f50c.china_earthquake_dissident_xbej101.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=h58SKrzqBVgkHhZzbKQvMw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="FILE - In this May 17, 2008 file photo, student ID tags are placed on the ground at the Juyuan Middle School, following the May 12 earthquake, in Dujiangyan, in China's southwest Sichuan province. A Chinese court Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, sentenced an activist who investigated the deaths of thousands of schoolchildren in the country's massive 2008 earthquake to five years in jail for inciting subversion of state power, the man's lawyer said. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Chinese activist who investigated the deaths of thousands of children crushed in their schools during the Sichuan earthquake was sentenced Tuesday to five years, underscoring the government's determination to suppress questions about why the buildings fell.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_china_earthquake_dissident"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.d0d211eba9d541fa8a6ebfce3248f50c.china_earthquake_dissident_xbej101.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=h58SKrzqBVgkHhZzbKQvMw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this May 17, 2008 file photo, student ID tags are placed on the ground at the Juyuan Middle School, following the May 12 earthquake, in Dujiangyan, in China's southwest Sichuan province. A Chinese court Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, sentenced an activist who investigated the deaths of thousands of schoolchildren in the country's massive 2008 earthquake to five years in jail for inciting subversion of state power, the man's lawyer said. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_korea_north nm/20100209/us_korea_north Reuters world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:32:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_korea_north"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r2499646384.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=.9xKwRV3cRmNFFQnvEYv_A--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A border security soldier of South Korea checks a bus carrying a South Korean delegation at the CIQ (customs, immigration and quarantine) office, just south of the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul February 8, 2010. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won" border="0" /></a>Reuters - North Korea's top nuclear envoy arrived in Beijing on Tuesday as Pyongyang said it was willing to step up talks with China on resuming stalled disarmament-for-aid talks.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_korea_north"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r2499646384.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=.9xKwRV3cRmNFFQnvEYv_A--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="A border security soldier of South Korea checks a bus carrying a South Korean delegation at the CIQ (customs, immigration and quarantine) office, just south of the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul February 8, 2010. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_antarctica_whaling ap/20100209/as_antarctica_whaling AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:53:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_antarctica_whaling"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100206/capt.f17c734cb05a4e4dbe4a4f3c3589c705.antarctica_whaling_tok801.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=AcWEFX0cGykarNsC3ppLWg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo released by the Institute of Cetacean Research of Japan, anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd's ship the Bob Barker, right, and the Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru No.3 collide in the waters of Antarctica Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. It was the second major clash this year in the increasingly aggressive confrontations between conservationists and the whaling fleet. (AP Photo/Institute of Cetacean Research)" border="0" /></a>AP - Activists vowing to stop the killing of whales exchanged water-cannon fire with a Japanese whaling fleet they are tailing in the Antarctic Ocean, as sea confrontations that have led to collisions and a sunken vessel continue.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_antarctica_whaling"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100206/capt.f17c734cb05a4e4dbe4a4f3c3589c705.antarctica_whaling_tok801.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=AcWEFX0cGykarNsC3ppLWg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo released by the Institute of Cetacean Research of Japan, anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd's ship the Bob Barker, right, and the Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru No.3 collide in the waters of Antarctica Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. It was the second major clash this year in the increasingly aggressive confrontations between conservationists and the whaling fleet. (AP Photo/Institute of Cetacean Research)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_iran ap/20100209/ml_iran AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:51:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r2402206939.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=p24M_Eip_G_4LE2tghNKSw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Student supporters of opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi hold red roses during protests in central Tehran in this December 7, 2009 file photo. Internet messages have been circulating about possible rallies on February 11, 2010, when Iran marks the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution. But the climate in the Islamic Republic is much harder than before last year's post-election protests. Picture taken December 7, 2009. REUTERS/via Your View" border="0" /></a>AP - Iran has convicted another opposition activist on charges related to the country's post-election turmoil and sentenced him to death, the judiciary said Tuesday, bringing to at least 10 the number of those facing the death penalty for the unrest following June's disputed presidential election.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r2402206939.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=p24M_Eip_G_4LE2tghNKSw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Student supporters of opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi hold red roses during protests in central Tehran in this December 7, 2009 file photo. Internet messages have been circulating about possible rallies on February 11, 2010, when Iran marks the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution. But the climate in the Islamic Republic is much harder than before last year's post-election protests. Picture taken December 7, 2009. REUTERS/via Your View" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/philippinespoliticsmassacre afp/20100209/philippinespoliticsmassacre AFP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:54:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/philippinespoliticsmassacre"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265698257731-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=YNFmOarDiT6lUTFpijR_jA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Police investigators look at the victims of a massacre in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao province on November 24, 2009. A former close ally of Philippine President Gloria Arroyo and 196 other people were on Tuesday charged with murder over the election-linked massacre that left 57 people dead, a prosecutor said.(AFP/File/Mark Navales)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A former close ally of Philippine President Gloria Arroyo and 196 other people were on Tuesday charged with murder over an election-linked massacre that horrified the nation, prosecutors said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/philippinespoliticsmassacre"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265698257731-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=YNFmOarDiT6lUTFpijR_jA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Police investigators look at the victims of a massacre in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao province on November 24, 2009. A former close ally of Philippine President Gloria Arroyo and 196 other people were on Tuesday charged with murder over the election-linked massacre that left 57 people dead, a prosecutor said.(AFP/File/Mark Navales)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_gates_iran ap/20100209/eu_gates_iran AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:04:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_gates_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265642748164-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=64psxwoLkJJvWf0GhZQuUA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="French President Nicolas Sarkozy and US Defence Secretary Robert Gates, seen here on February 5, agreed in talks Monday that "strong" new sanctions must be passed against Iran over its nuclear drive, the French presidency said.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)" border="0" /></a>AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants to see the United Nations slap sanctions on Iran in "weeks, not months."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_gates_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265642748164-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=64psxwoLkJJvWf0GhZQuUA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="French President Nicolas Sarkozy and US Defence Secretary Robert Gates, seen here on February 5, agreed in talks Monday that "strong" new sanctions must be passed against Iran over its nuclear drive, the French presidency said.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_afghan_avalanche ap/20100209/as_afghan_avalanche AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:33:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_afghan_avalanche"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.9f869970911e4106b2e8edfad39ec820.aptopix_afghanistan_aqx123.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=KBNgq7AEKJSufMiD0COMOQ--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Afghans get into an army truck Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010, after being evacuated from the avalanche which struck the Salang Pass, some 100 kms noth of Kabul, Afghanistan. Officials said the avalanches have killed at least 28 people and left another 1,500 stranded in a snow-blocked mountain pass, with the Defense Ministry releasing a statement saying another 70 people have been injured as rescue efforts continued to dig out hundreds of vehicles stuck on the pass north of Kabul.(AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)" border="0" /></a>AP - A series of avalanches engulfed a mountain pass in Afghanistan, trapping hundreds of people in their buried cars and killing as many as 64 people so far, authorities said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_afghan_avalanche"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.9f869970911e4106b2e8edfad39ec820.aptopix_afghanistan_aqx123.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=KBNgq7AEKJSufMiD0COMOQ--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="Afghans get into an army truck Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010, after being evacuated from the avalanche which struck the Salang Pass, some 100 kms noth of Kabul, Afghanistan. Officials said the avalanches have killed at least 28 people and left another 1,500 stranded in a snow-blocked mountain pass, with the Defense Ministry releasing a statement saying another 70 people have been injured as rescue efforts continued to dig out hundreds of vehicles stuck on the pass north of Kabul.(AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_iran_nuclear nm/20100209/us_iran_nuclear Reuters world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:54:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_iran_nuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265755364196-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=7mhgBkCn5vI2csbSPsk94A--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="An Iranian security guard stands in front of the building housing the nuclear reactor in the Iranian port town of Bushehr. US President Barack Obama warned Iran on Tuesday that he would isolate the Islamic republic with a "significant regime of sanctions" if it continued to set its stall on developing nuclear weapons.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the international community was moving "fairly quickly" toward imposing broader sanctions on Iran, as the Islamic Republic defiantly expanded its nuclear program.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_iran_nuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265755364196-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=7mhgBkCn5vI2csbSPsk94A--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="An Iranian security guard stands in front of the building housing the nuclear reactor in the Iranian port town of Bushehr. US President Barack Obama warned Iran on Tuesday that he would isolate the Islamic republic with a "significant regime of sanctions" if it continued to set its stall on developing nuclear weapons.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cb_haiti_earthquake_death_toll ap/20100209/cb_haiti_earthquake_death_toll AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:35:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cb_haiti_earthquake_death_toll"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100125/capt.379ad62dd180427b8bfef06234cc18d3.haiti_earthquake_xgb126.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ARgPFWrB4YC3FKSbwLmmZA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Members of the Sydney family stand by a coffin containing the bodies of three members of their family in Port-au-Prince, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010. Lacking funds for coffins, the survivors of the Sidney family were forced to fill one coffin with the bodies of an aunt and two brothers who were pulled from the rubble of their home Sunday. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Jan. 12, killing and injuring thousands and leaving many homeless. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)" border="0" /></a>AP - Haiti's government has raised the death toll for the Jan. 12 earthquake to 230,000 from 212,000 and says more bodies remain uncounted.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cb_haiti_earthquake_death_toll"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100125/capt.379ad62dd180427b8bfef06234cc18d3.haiti_earthquake_xgb126.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ARgPFWrB4YC3FKSbwLmmZA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Members of the Sydney family stand by a coffin containing the bodies of three members of their family in Port-au-Prince, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010. Lacking funds for coffins, the survivors of the Sidney family were forced to fill one coffin with the bodies of an aunt and two brothers who were pulled from the rubble of their home Sunday. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Jan. 12, killing and injuring thousands and leaving many homeless. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_ukraine_presidential_elections ap/20100209/eu_ukraine_presidential_elections AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:13:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_ukraine_presidential_elections"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100207/capt.94279947a0564912a7edf18841097df8.ukraine_presidential_elections_xaz136.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=zN2zd2VCR0HV8VTQaoMu2A--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Ukraine's Prime Minister and presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko speaks to the media in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Tymoshenko's impassioned leadership of the 2004 Orange protests against a rigged presidential ballot made her an international celebrity, and she fought hard in recent weeks to rekindle the heady emotions of those days, at one point debating an empty lectern to dramatize her opponent's refusal to meet her head-to-head.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)" border="0" /></a>AP - Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko plans to legally challenge the results of the presidential runoff that opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych appears to have won, her campaign said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_ukraine_presidential_elections"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100207/capt.94279947a0564912a7edf18841097df8.ukraine_presidential_elections_xaz136.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=zN2zd2VCR0HV8VTQaoMu2A--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Ukraine's Prime Minister and presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko speaks to the media in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Tymoshenko's impassioned leadership of the 2004 Orange protests against a rigged presidential ballot made her an international celebrity, and she fought hard in recent weeks to rekindle the heady emotions of those days, at one point debating an empty lectern to dramatize her opponent's refusal to meet her head-to-head.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/af_nigeria_president ap/20100209/af_nigeria_president AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:17:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/af_nigeria_president"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.522628ef730a4d8a97bd5ca883a5ce13.nigeria_president_nin101.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=zL.PMN_sUXwZAuZNUoSnvA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="FILE - In this May 29, 2007 file photo, Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua, right, stands with Nigeria's former President Olusegun Obasanjo, left, and Nigeria's vice President Goodluck Jonathan, center, after they were sworn in at Abuja, Nigeria. Parliament empowered Vice President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010 to take over for the ill president of oil-rich Nigeria, whose absence has stoked unrest in Africa's most populous country. Both the House of Representatives and the Senate passed measures calling on Jonathan to act as president and commander in chief until President Umaru Yar'Adua returns from Saudi Arabia, where he has been receiving medical treatment for a heart condition since November. (AP Photo/George Osodi, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Nigeria's parliament empowered Vice President Goodluck Jonathan to run Africa's most populous nation Tuesday in place of an ill and absent president, striving for a political end to a crisis that ground the government to a virtual halt and triggered the resumption of an insurgency in the vital oil sector.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/af_nigeria_president"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.522628ef730a4d8a97bd5ca883a5ce13.nigeria_president_nin101.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=zL.PMN_sUXwZAuZNUoSnvA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this May 29, 2007 file photo, Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua, right, stands with Nigeria's former President Olusegun Obasanjo, left, and Nigeria's vice President Goodluck Jonathan, center, after they were sworn in at Abuja, Nigeria. Parliament empowered Vice President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010 to take over for the ill president of oil-rich Nigeria, whose absence has stoked unrest in Africa's most populous country. Both the House of Representatives and the Senate passed measures calling on Jonathan to act as president and commander in chief until President Umaru Yar'Adua returns from Saudi Arabia, where he has been receiving medical treatment for a heart condition since November. (AP Photo/George Osodi, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cb_haiti_americans_detained ap/20100210/cb_haiti_americans_detained AP world Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:23:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cb_haiti_americans_detained"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.664fb82ec10741fca7020d83b49eaad7.haiti_americans_detained_pap101.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=6qhbRtw1L.a9Tfw.mrzehQ--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Three of ten Americans who were arrested while trying to bus children out of Haiti without proper documents or government permission, Drew Culberth, 34, of Topeka, Kansas, far right, Jimmy Allen, 47, of Amarillo, Texas, behind left of Culberth, and Paul Thompson, 43, of Twin Falls, Idaho, third from left, are escorted by Haitian police as they arrive to court in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Nine of the ten Americans were brought to court for a fourth time for questioning. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)" border="0" /></a>AP - Parents of some of the children who 10 U.S. missionaries tried to take out of Haiti after its catastrophic earthquake told a judge Tuesday that they freely handed over their kids, the Americans' lawyer said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cb_haiti_americans_detained"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.664fb82ec10741fca7020d83b49eaad7.haiti_americans_detained_pap101.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=6qhbRtw1L.a9Tfw.mrzehQ--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="Three of ten Americans who were arrested while trying to bus children out of Haiti without proper documents or government permission, Drew Culberth, 34, of Topeka, Kansas, far right, Jimmy Allen, 47, of Amarillo, Texas, behind left of Culberth, and Paul Thompson, 43, of Twin Falls, Idaho, third from left, are escorted by Haitian police as they arrive to court in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Nine of the ten Americans were brought to court for a fourth time for questioning. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_china_panda_rescue ap/20100209/as_china_panda_rescue AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:55:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_china_panda_rescue"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.830d9e74759f4f2f872bacc070bf4c56.china_panda_xvt101.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=eRQmDJYuY8f0aA8pO0X15w--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="A panda eats bamboo in Beijing Zoo in Beijing, China, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)" border="0" /></a>AP - It was like getting a cat out of a tree &mdash; Sichuan style.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_china_panda_rescue"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.830d9e74759f4f2f872bacc070bf4c56.china_panda_xvt101.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=eRQmDJYuY8f0aA8pO0X15w--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="photo" title="A panda eats bamboo in Beijing Zoo in Beijing, China, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/australiajapanwhaling afp/20100209/australiajapanwhaling AFP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:48:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/australiajapanwhaling"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265690824699-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=9iC01fpweXyHl86P1_2nEw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The Sea Shepherd ship "Bob Barker" (L) collides with Japanese harpoon ship Yushin Maru No. 3 (R) in Antarctic waters. Anti-whaling activists said Tuesday they had exchanged water cannon fire with Japanese fishermen after ambushing them in Antarctic waters.(AFP/Sea Shepherd Conservation Society/Glenn Lockitch)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Anti-whaling activists said Tuesday they had exchanged water cannon fire with Japanese fishermen after ambushing them in Antarctic waters.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/australiajapanwhaling"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265690824699-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=9iC01fpweXyHl86P1_2nEw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="The Sea Shepherd ship "Bob Barker" (L) collides with Japanese harpoon ship Yushin Maru No. 3 (R) in Antarctic waters. Anti-whaling activists said Tuesday they had exchanged water cannon fire with Japanese fishermen after ambushing them in Antarctic waters.(AFP/Sea Shepherd Conservation Society/Glenn Lockitch)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_pakistan ap/20100209/as_pakistan AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:47:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_pakistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.a8280349d2544dffbd1a66055b334fd4.pakistan_daily_life_xmm104.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=c7j8hOPuX50OC9euW1B03w--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Elderly Pakistani men line up to get a ration of rice during a donated food distribution in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)" border="0" /></a>AP - Aid groups in Pakistan need nearly $538 million over the next six months to help hundreds of thousands of people displaced by army clashes against the Taliban, the U.N. said in an international appeal Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_pakistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.a8280349d2544dffbd1a66055b334fd4.pakistan_daily_life_xmm104.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=c7j8hOPuX50OC9euW1B03w--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="Elderly Pakistani men line up to get a ration of rice during a donated food distribution in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_vatican_intrigue ap/20100209/eu_vatican_intrigue AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:16:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_vatican_intrigue"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100203/capt.0ef7aab4452046519d09c79d116e3c96.vatican_pope_rom104.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=.i9qN4aTI9ld8kEoGqFSLA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Pope Benedict XVI arrives for the weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)" border="0" /></a>AP - A scandal in Italy's Catholic Church has morphed into a tale of Vatican intrigue complete with forged documents, reports of dueling cardinals and a papal admonishment Tuesday to put the matter to rest.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_vatican_intrigue"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100203/capt.0ef7aab4452046519d09c79d116e3c96.vatican_pope_rom104.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=.i9qN4aTI9ld8kEoGqFSLA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pope Benedict XVI arrives for the weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cb_haiti_un_hospitals ap/20100209/cb_haiti_un_hospitals AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:13:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cb_haiti_un_hospitals"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r941859175.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=QeAo9cGW7kyVQi1IJdT1Jg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Survivors of Haiti's earthquake gather at the Haitian border February 8, 2010. More than 200,000 people were killed in the 7.0 magnitude quake that hit Haiti on Jan. 12. It has led to scenes of chaotic food handouts amid the ruins of the capital Port-au-Prince. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER SOCIETY)" border="0" /></a>AP - The United Nations warned Monday that it will cut off shipments of free medicine to Haitian hospitals that charge patients, saying it had learned some are levying fees for drugs.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cb_haiti_un_hospitals"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r941859175.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=QeAo9cGW7kyVQi1IJdT1Jg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Survivors of Haiti's earthquake gather at the Haitian border February 8, 2010. More than 200,000 people were killed in the 7.0 magnitude quake that hit Haiti on Jan. 12. It has led to scenes of chaotic food handouts amid the ruins of the capital Port-au-Prince. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER SOCIETY)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/japanusautocompanyrecalltoyotapartsbritain afp/20100209/japanusautocompanyrecalltoyotapartsbritain AFP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:53:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/japanusautocompanyrecalltoyotapartsbritain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265726436020-1-0.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=gWplSiSCL6Nd2vcsnhu9aw--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Toyota said it will begin repairs to more than 180,000 cars in Britain on Wednesday as the Japanese automaker struggled to pull its reputation from the scrapheap amid a growing recall crisis.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Toyota said it will begin repairs to more than 180,000 cars in Britain on Wednesday as the Japanese automaker struggled to pull its reputation from the scrapheap amid a growing recall crisis.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/japanusautocompanyrecalltoyotapartsbritain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265726436020-1-0.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=gWplSiSCL6Nd2vcsnhu9aw--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="photo" title="Toyota said it will begin repairs to more than 180,000 cars in Britain on Wednesday as the Japanese automaker struggled to pull its reputation from the scrapheap amid a growing recall crisis.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cb_haiti_mystery_patient ap/20100210/cb_haiti_mystery_patient AP world Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:59:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cb_haiti_mystery_patient"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100210/capt.c3ad129a311449288d5d9f5e9004e2fa.haiti_earthquake_mystery_patient_pap144.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=f4A47g4pQ6w01D3_VbrbEg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo provided by michaelthemaven.com, a man who identified himself as Evans Monsigrace, 28, is attended at the Salvation Army medical center after being brought in by two men in Port-au-Prince, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. University of Miami doctors working in Haiti are treating Monsigrace, who, according to two Haitian men who brought him, had been trapped in rubble since the Jan. 12 earthquake, and he may have been provided food and water during his reported ordeal. The men's account could not be confirmed by doctors at a university field hospital or at a Salvation Army medical center where Monsigrace, emaciated and suffering from dehydration, was first brought. (AP Photo/Michael Andrew, michaelthemaven.com)" border="0" /></a>AP - A rice vendor may have lived under the rubble of a flea market for 27 days with little more than water and possibly fruit, a doctor said Tuesday, in what would be a dramatic tale of survival four weeks after Haiti's devastating earthquake.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cb_haiti_mystery_patient"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100210/capt.c3ad129a311449288d5d9f5e9004e2fa.haiti_earthquake_mystery_patient_pap144.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=f4A47g4pQ6w01D3_VbrbEg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo provided by michaelthemaven.com, a man who identified himself as Evans Monsigrace, 28, is attended at the Salvation Army medical center after being brought in by two men in Port-au-Prince, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. University of Miami doctors working in Haiti are treating Monsigrace, who, according to two Haitian men who brought him, had been trapped in rubble since the Jan. 12 earthquake, and he may have been provided food and water during his reported ordeal. The men's account could not be confirmed by doctors at a university field hospital or at a Salvation Army medical center where Monsigrace, emaciated and suffering from dehydration, was first brought. (AP Photo/Michael Andrew, michaelthemaven.com)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)