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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/viewed/top-stories Most Viewed - Top Stories en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:38:02 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/viewed/top-stories http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100209/ts_csm/279103 csm/20100209/279103 The Christian Science Monitor topstories Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:51:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100209/ts_csm/279103"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265602100413-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=4t3RUl7HO4VWfvxf0a4fvg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Fans celebrate the New Orleans Saints win against the Indianapolis Colts during Super Bowl XLIV on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter.(AFP/Getty Images/Cheryl Gerber)" border="0" /></a>The Christian Science Monitor - Nearly 24 hours have passed since the New Orleans Saints won the Super Bowl, but the party is far from over. Everywhere you go, people are talking about “the boys” — Drew Brees and Co. In a city that’s known far too much sorrow over the past few years, finally there is a reason to smile again.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100209/ts_csm/279103"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265602100413-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=4t3RUl7HO4VWfvxf0a4fvg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Fans celebrate the New Orleans Saints win against the Indianapolis Colts during Super Bowl XLIV on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter.(AFP/Getty Images/Cheryl Gerber)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (The Christian Science Monitor) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/ts_nm/us_weather_usa nm/20100210/us_weather_usa Reuters topstories Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:38:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/ts_nm/us_weather_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100208/i/r4040336112.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=9JKhnsJ4jFzL7Ahf1cYbmA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Cars drive in single file down the normally four lane-wide 18th Street NW in downtown Washington, February 8, 2010. The federal government announced it would remain closed on Monday and most schools planned to shut down as residents of the mid-Atlantic struggled to dig out from a blizzard that dumped two feet of snow on the region. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The second major snowstorm in less than a week hit the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday, with predictions of 12 inches or more stretching from Washington, D.C., to New York City, forcing schools to close and the U.S. Congress to sharply curtail legislative action.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/ts_nm/us_weather_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100208/i/r4040336112.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=9JKhnsJ4jFzL7Ahf1cYbmA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Cars drive in single file down the normally four lane-wide 18th Street NW in downtown Washington, February 8, 2010. The federal government announced it would remain closed on Monday and most schools planned to shut down as residents of the mid-Atlantic struggled to dig out from a blizzard that dumped two feet of snow on the region. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_afp/healthdrinkcancer afp/20100209/healthdrinkcancer AFP topstories Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:36:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_afp/healthdrinkcancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265652814100-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=MFXlhkuHkw.O4oukpJTyUg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A Cambodian scavenger (L) collects empty cans of soft drink and bottles of drinking water as a school child (R) sits next to her drinking a soft drink in 2008. People who drink at least two sugary soft drinks a day have an increased risk of contracting cancer of the pancreas, a study published Monday shows.(AFP/File/Tang Chhin Sothy)" border="0" /></a>AFP - People who drink at least two sugary sodas a week have an increased risk of developing cancer of the pancreas, and researchers suspect the culprit is sugar, a new study shows.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_afp/healthdrinkcancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265652814100-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=MFXlhkuHkw.O4oukpJTyUg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Cambodian scavenger (L) collects empty cans of soft drink and bottles of drinking water as a school child (R) sits next to her drinking a soft drink in 2008. People who drink at least two sugary soft drinks a day have an increased risk of contracting cancer of the pancreas, a study published Monday shows.(AFP/File/Tang Chhin Sothy)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100209/ts_ynews/ynews_ts1120 ynews/20100209/ynews_ts1120 The Newsroom topstories Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:22:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100209/ts_ynews/ynews_ts1120"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100204/capt.b516fae4d1be42b5a5ebc06b8644ea20.texas_church_fires_txmf502.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=uFzcPSBAQxwENcV1wn08uw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="In this photo from Jan. 21, 2010, Liz Smith, background, and Greg Smith post service instructions on a sign for the burned out First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Tyler, Texas which was set on fire by an arsonist. Authorities aren't saying if they're close to finding suspects in the six church fires they have declared arson &mdash; three in the Tyler area and three earlier fires about 40 miles to the southwest in Athens. They happened within three weeks of each other starting Jan. 1. A seventh church fire in east Texas destroyed the sanctuary of Russell Memorial United Methodist Church in Wills Point on Thursday Feb. 4, 2010. The cause of that fire is unknown. (AP Photo/Mike Fuentes)" border="0" /></a>The Newsroom - The Starting Point is a snapshot of the news stories that occurred overnight. Look for updates throughout the day on Yahoo! News and in the news box on Yahoo.com.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100209/ts_ynews/ynews_ts1120"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100204/capt.b516fae4d1be42b5a5ebc06b8644ea20.texas_church_fires_txmf502.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=uFzcPSBAQxwENcV1wn08uw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo from Jan. 21, 2010, Liz Smith, background, and Greg Smith post service instructions on a sign for the burned out First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Tyler, Texas which was set on fire by an arsonist. Authorities aren't saying if they're close to finding suspects in the six church fires they have declared arson &mdash; three in the Tyler area and three earlier fires about 40 miles to the southwest in Athens. They happened within three weeks of each other starting Jan. 1. A seventh church fire in east Texas destroyed the sanctuary of Russell Memorial United Methodist Church in Wills Point on Thursday Feb. 4, 2010. The cause of that fire is unknown. (AP Photo/Mike Fuentes)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (The Newsroom) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/lf_nm_life/us_newzealand_rescue nm/20100208/us_newzealand_rescue Reuters topstories Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:09:58 GMT Reuters - A tourist who got lost on a New Zealand mountain was rescued after sending text messages to his family in Greece, newspapers and websites reported on Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/lf_nm_life/us_religion_health nm/20100208/us_religion_health Reuters health Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:16:30 GMT Reuters - Religious people may have taken comfort from a number of studies over the past two decades showing those adhering to a faith tend to be healthier but a new study casts some doubt on this belief. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/wl_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/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/wl_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/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/wl_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/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20100208/ts_usnews/forgetthemortgageimpayingmycreditcardbill usnews/20100208/forgetthemortgageimpayingmycreditcardbill U.S. News & World Report business Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:04:33 GMT U.S. News & World Report - Amid high unemployment and sliding home prices, a growing number of struggling consumers are doing what was once considered unthinkable: paying their credit card bills instead of their mortgages. A recent study developed by TransUnion found the percentage of Americans who were current on their credit cards but behind on their mortgage increased to 6.6 percent in the third quarter of 2009, up from 4.3 percent in the first quarter of 2008. Meanwhile, the share of consumers making mortgage payments on time but behind on their credit cards moved in the opposite direction, sliding from 4. ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/od_nm/us_swordswallowing_record nm/20100208/us_swordswallowing_record Reuters odd Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:10:47 GMT Reuters - An Australian performance artist set a new Guinness World Record on Monday by simultaneously swallowing 18 swords, each nearly as long as two and a half rulers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_asia_afp/afghanistanunrest afp/20100209/afghanistanunrest AFP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:22:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_asia_afp/afghanistanunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265734653290-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=QkJkFv_zTQXNLJwZsRnbMQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Graphic on Afghanistan's Helmand province, ahead of a major assault against Taliban militants. US Marines on Tuesday stepped up preparations for a major assault on a key Taliban bastion in southern Afghanistan hailed by officers as the biggest offensive of the eight-year war.(AFP/Graphic)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US Marines on Tuesday stepped up preparations for a major assault on a key Taliban bastion in southern Afghanistan hailed by officers as the biggest offensive of the eight-year war.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_asia_afp/afghanistanunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265734653290-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=QkJkFv_zTQXNLJwZsRnbMQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Graphic on Afghanistan's Helmand province, ahead of a major assault against Taliban militants. US Marines on Tuesday stepped up preparations for a major assault on a key Taliban bastion in southern Afghanistan hailed by officers as the biggest offensive of the eight-year war.(AFP/Graphic)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/ts_nm/us_newyork_governor nm/20100208/us_newyork_governor Reuters topstories Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:53:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/ts_nm/us_newyork_governor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.87129c5b009e4fb4bc43adfc84f69738.ny_governor_ny118.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=.gsr_NZQzMwBrzp2rRN_Mg--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2010 file photo, Gov. David A. Paterson delivers his State of the State speech in Buffalo, N.Y. Paterson has met privately with key Democratic leaders about his re-election plans as questions swirl around the state capitol about a variety of unproven accusations involving the Democratic governor's personal conduct. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - New York Governor David Paterson on Monday restated his intention to run for governor and denied rumors he might resign over potentially scandalous allegations in a forthcoming news report that fueled new speculation about his political future.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/ts_nm/us_newyork_governor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.87129c5b009e4fb4bc43adfc84f69738.ny_governor_ny118.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=.gsr_NZQzMwBrzp2rRN_Mg--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2010 file photo, Gov. David A. Paterson delivers his State of the State speech in Buffalo, N.Y. Paterson has met privately with key Democratic leaders about his re-election plans as questions swirl around the state capitol about a variety of unproven accusations involving the Democratic governor's personal conduct. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100209/ts_csm/279107 csm/20100209/279107 The Christian Science Monitor topstories Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:13:48 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - Until his public break with the Bush administration over the war in Iraq on Nov. 17, 2005, Rep. John Murtha (D) of Pennsylvania, who died Monday after surgery, was best known for the billions of dollars he secured for his district behind closed doors. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/ts_nm/us_usa_healthcare nm/20100209/us_usa_healthcare Reuters topstories Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:02:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/ts_nm/us_usa_healthcare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r429043362.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=hbD7BAXIxfuebb7nTXwoXA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A resident of south Florida holds a sign protesting healthcare reforms during a visit by President Obama to Miami, October 26, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos Barria" border="0" /></a>Reuters - President Barack Obama's call for a healthcare summit including both his fellow Democrats and Republicans sets the stage for a final push to get stalled legislation through Congress, but skeptical Republicans said on Monday the only solution is to start over.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/ts_nm/us_usa_healthcare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r429043362.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=hbD7BAXIxfuebb7nTXwoXA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="A resident of south Florida holds a sign protesting healthcare reforms during a visit by President Obama to Miami, October 26, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos Barria" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/ts_nm/us_taiwan_submarines nm/20100209/us_taiwan_submarines Reuters topstories Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:25:39 GMT Reuters - Taiwan has effectively dropped a request for U.S. submarines to help shore up the balance of power with political rival China, a military source said on Tuesday, dissolving what could be a new rift in tense Sino-U.S. ties. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/wl_nm/us_haiti_quake_colombia nm/20100208/us_haiti_quake_colombia Reuters world Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:23:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/wl_nm/us_haiti_quake_colombia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100210/capt.4b73592603954695804b51a9dea8397c.haiti_americans_detained_pap145.jpg?x=130&y=75&q=85&sig=4yRS2BNnMLcQNFM8T7uQLQ--" align="left" height="75" width="130" alt="Steve McMullin, 56, of Twin Falls, Idaho, one of the 10 Americans who were arrested while trying to bus children out of Haiti without proper documents or government permission, is seen in the back of a police car while being brought back to jail in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Nine of the ten Americans went to court for a fourth time for questioning. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Haiti's interior minister on Monday toured a Colombian town rebuilt after a huge 1999 tremor as his own country considered plans to reconstruct its wrecked capital city after last month's devastating earthquake.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/wl_nm/us_haiti_quake_colombia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100210/capt.4b73592603954695804b51a9dea8397c.haiti_americans_detained_pap145.jpg?x=130&y=75&q=85&sig=4yRS2BNnMLcQNFM8T7uQLQ--" align="left" height="75" width="130" alt="photo" title="Steve McMullin, 56, of Twin Falls, Idaho, one of the 10 Americans who were arrested while trying to bus children out of Haiti without proper documents or government permission, is seen in the back of a police car while being brought back to jail in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Nine of the ten Americans went to court for a fourth time for questioning. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_toyota nm/20100209/us_toyota Reuters science Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:17:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_toyota"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100210/capt.3b3f2918691844d9984d28fe9d6d9ec6.japan_toyota_recall_ksx105.jpg?x=130&y=64&q=85&sig=OJb8Nkuox4WQ9mNiC2PeQA--" align="left" height="64" width="130" alt="A technician drives a recalled Prius at a dealership of Toyota Motor Corp., to fix the program of the antilock brake system in Tokyo, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. Toyota is recalling 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems &mdash; the latest embarrassing safety lapse at the world's largest automaker. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The spiraling crisis at Toyota Motor Corp deepened on Tuesday as the automaker said it would recall thousands of Camry sedans as well as nearly half a million new Prius and other hybrid cars to fix steering and braking problems.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_toyota"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100210/capt.3b3f2918691844d9984d28fe9d6d9ec6.japan_toyota_recall_ksx105.jpg?x=130&y=64&q=85&sig=OJb8Nkuox4WQ9mNiC2PeQA--" align="left" height="64" width="130" alt="photo" title="A technician drives a recalled Prius at a dealership of Toyota Motor Corp., to fix the program of the antilock brake system in Tokyo, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. Toyota is recalling 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems &mdash; the latest embarrassing safety lapse at the world's largest automaker. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/pl_afp/irannuclearpoliticsworld afp/20100209/irannuclearpoliticsworld AFP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:43:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/pl_afp/irannuclearpoliticsworld"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265755232181-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=2d5gWQTfaUhKXYr66e4OIg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="US President Barack Obama speaks in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC. 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/Mandel Ngan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - 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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/pl_afp/irannuclearpoliticsworld"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265755232181-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=2d5gWQTfaUhKXYr66e4OIg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="US President Barack Obama speaks in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC. 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/Mandel Ngan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)