Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/viewed/world Most Viewed - World en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:23:47 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/viewed/world http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_as/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/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_as/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/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_as/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/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_eu/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/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_eu/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/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_eu/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/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_haiti_earthquake ap/20100209/cb_haiti_earthquake AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:05:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_haiti_earthquake"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.9512770501c048909dbeef991f7f429c.haiti_earthquake_pap121.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=CS0rEAPqeoApxsiT8cBk8Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Fristmer Alexi, 40, carries his daughter Rosemita, 10, to the General Hospital after she fell ill over night in downtown Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Thousands were killed and many displaced by the Jan. 12 earthquake that left the city in ruins. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)" border="0" /></a>AP - Fourteen-month-old Abigail Charlot survived Haiti's cataclysmic earthquake but not its miserable aftermath. Brought into the capital's General Hospital with fever and diarrhea, little Abigail literally dried up.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_haiti_earthquake"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.9512770501c048909dbeef991f7f429c.haiti_earthquake_pap121.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=CS0rEAPqeoApxsiT8cBk8Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Fristmer Alexi, 40, carries his daughter Rosemita, 10, to the General Hospital after she fell ill over night in downtown Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Thousands were killed and many displaced by the Jan. 12 earthquake that left the city in ruins. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_us/iran_nuclear ap/20100210/iran_nuclear AP us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:23:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_us/iran_nuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265615256274-8-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=t8au8bTlbT20_d996EGvrw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tours an exhibition on laser technology in Tehran on February 7, 2010. Iran was expected Monday to officially inform the UN nuclear watchdog of its plans to enrich uranium to a higher level, but insisted it will stop the process if a UN-backed nuclear deal is clinched.(AFP/Atta Kenare)" border="0" /></a>AP - Iranian nuclear technicians set dozens of centrifuges spinning Tuesday to begin enriching uranium stocks to a significantly higher level, prompting President Barack Obama to warn of a "significant regime of sanctions."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_us/iran_nuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265615256274-8-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=t8au8bTlbT20_d996EGvrw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tours an exhibition on laser technology in Tehran on February 7, 2010. Iran was expected Monday to officially inform the UN nuclear watchdog of its plans to enrich uranium to a higher level, but insisted it will stop the process if a UN-backed nuclear deal is clinched.(AFP/Atta Kenare)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/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/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/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/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/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/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_as/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/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_as/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/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_as/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/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_haiti_mystery_patient ap/20100210/cb_haiti_mystery_patient AP world Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:42:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/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 - University of Miami doctors working in Haiti are treating a man who, according to two other Haitians, had been trapped by debris since the Jan. 12 earthquake &mdash; but he may have been provided food and water during his reported ordeal.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/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) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100209/wl_time/08599196083000 time/20100209/08599196083000 Time.com world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:05:00 GMT Time.com - Matchmaking services connecting North Korean women and South Korean men are helping ease the transition to a new life for some defectors http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/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/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/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/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/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/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_cuba_oldest_woman ap/20100210/cb_cuba_oldest_woman AP world Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:23:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_cuba_oldest_woman"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.5d69e03e0c3c49659f1100a3b5d9aeb5.cuba_oldest_person_xpl103.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=cnf9SQxknQYB2Sev6ZSpRg--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="In this Feb. 4, 2010 photo, Juana Bautista de la Candelaria Rodriguez sits in her home near the village of Campechuela, where she was born in the Granma region of eastern Cuba. Bautista, who is also known as Candulia, was born in 1885 according to the civil registry and celebrated her 125th birthday on Feb. 2, making her possibly the oldest person in the world. A spokesperson for Guinness World Records told the AP they were not aware of Bautista. (AP Photo/Ismael Francisco, Prensa Latina)" border="0" /></a>AP - Relatives in eastern Cuba claim to have held a 125th birthday party for a woman named Juana Bautista de la Candelaria Rodriguez, but it is not clear if she is really that old.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_cuba_oldest_woman"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.5d69e03e0c3c49659f1100a3b5d9aeb5.cuba_oldest_person_xpl103.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=cnf9SQxknQYB2Sev6ZSpRg--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="photo" title="In this Feb. 4, 2010 photo, Juana Bautista de la Candelaria Rodriguez sits in her home near the village of Campechuela, where she was born in the Granma region of eastern Cuba. Bautista, who is also known as Candulia, was born in 1885 according to the civil registry and celebrated her 125th birthday on Feb. 2, making her possibly the oldest person in the world. A spokesperson for Guinness World Records told the AP they were not aware of Bautista. (AP Photo/Ismael Francisco, Prensa Latina)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_af/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/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_af/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/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_af/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/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_mi_ea/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/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_mi_ea/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/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_mi_ea/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/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_hospital_gowns ap/20100209/eu_britain_hospital_gowns AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:59:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_hospital_gowns"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.f2c2bb4770674b06824049e336b67978.britain_hospital_gowns_lon808.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=uJoQ8z6Kenl15SGwV9yPEw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="This is an undated handout made available from the North Bristol National Health Service Trust in western England on Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010 of the new hospital gown, right, which protects patients' 'dignity and privacy' by keeping their bottoms covered up, and the old gown, left. Traditional robes which fasten at the back can expose the rear - so two Bristol hospitals are phasing them out in favour of the new 'dignity gowns'. The more modest model, ties up at the sides and wraps around the body. (AP Photos/North Bristol NHS Trust/PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES" border="0" /></a>AP - The British government is getting behind a plan to replace drafty open-backed hospital gowns with versions that preserve patients' modesty.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_hospital_gowns"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.f2c2bb4770674b06824049e336b67978.britain_hospital_gowns_lon808.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=uJoQ8z6Kenl15SGwV9yPEw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="This is an undated handout made available from the North Bristol National Health Service Trust in western England on Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010 of the new hospital gown, right, which protects patients' 'dignity and privacy' by keeping their bottoms covered up, and the old gown, left. Traditional robes which fasten at the back can expose the rear - so two Bristol hospitals are phasing them out in favour of the new 'dignity gowns'. The more modest model, ties up at the sides and wraps around the body. (AP Photos/North Bristol NHS Trust/PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_eu/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/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_eu/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/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_eu/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/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_as/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/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_as/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/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_as/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/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_sthasia_afp/indiafoodagriculturebiotechfarm afp/20100209/indiafoodagriculturebiotechfarm AFP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:18:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_sthasia_afp/indiafoodagriculturebiotechfarm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265718376781-2-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=BiKIVRqUNb3UfBDO7aQY.g--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="An Indian protester dressed as a brinjal (aubergine) waits for the arrival of Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh in Ahmedabad in January 2010. India refused to grant permission Wednesday for the commercial cultivation of its first genetically modified (GM) food crop, citing problems of public trust and "inadequate" science.(AFP/File/Sam Panthaky)" border="0" /></a>AFP - India refused to grant permission Wednesday for the commercial cultivation of its first genetically modified (GM) food crop, citing problems of public trust and "inadequate" science.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_sthasia_afp/indiafoodagriculturebiotechfarm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265718376781-2-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=BiKIVRqUNb3UfBDO7aQY.g--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="An Indian protester dressed as a brinjal (aubergine) waits for the arrival of Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh in Ahmedabad in January 2010. India refused to grant permission Wednesday for the commercial cultivation of its first genetically modified (GM) food crop, citing problems of public trust and "inadequate" science.(AFP/File/Sam Panthaky)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_asia_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/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_asia_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/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_asia_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/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100209/wl_time/08599196214200 time/20100209/08599196214200 Time.com world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:05:00 GMT Time.com - Spain's in trouble. It's the only major world economy still in recession andits rising deficit is sparking concerns that it could bring down the entireeurozone http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_asia_afp/srilankapolitics afp/20100209/srilankapolitics AFP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:22:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_asia_afp/srilankapolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265737673093-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=DSpuTGOkyu4a07dfQC02Tw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse addresses a public rally in the historic Buddhist temple town of Anuradhapura in 2009. Sri Lanka said Tuesday it would court martial ex-army chief and defeated presidential hopeful Sarath Fonseka for conspiring against the government and sacked parliament to make way for snap polls.(AFP/File/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Sri Lanka said Tuesday it would court martial ex-army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka for conspiring against the government and sacked parliament to make way for snap polls.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_asia_afp/srilankapolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265737673093-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=DSpuTGOkyu4a07dfQC02Tw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse addresses a public rally in the historic Buddhist temple town of Anuradhapura in 2009. Sri Lanka said Tuesday it would court martial ex-army chief and defeated presidential hopeful Sarath Fonseka for conspiring against the government and sacked parliament to make way for snap polls.(AFP/File/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_as/as_sri_lanka ap/20100209/as_sri_lanka AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:13:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_as/as_sri_lanka"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.404ad2f9a816493f939744cd6a6c2fd2.sri_lanka_opposition_leader_del123.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=HunJu6nqFoqvem5_r3Yz7g--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="Anoma Fonseka, wife of the Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate and former military chief Sarath Fonseka, reacts as she speaks to the media at her residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Sarath Fonseka has been arrested and will be court-martialed for allegedly planning to overthrow the government while serving as the head of the army. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sri Lanka's president dissolved parliament Tuesday to make way for spring elections a day after authorities arrested a key opposition leader, crippling the only serious threat to the ruling party's stifling grip on power.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedwl/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_as/as_sri_lanka"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.404ad2f9a816493f939744cd6a6c2fd2.sri_lanka_opposition_leader_del123.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=HunJu6nqFoqvem5_r3Yz7g--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="photo" title="Anoma Fonseka, wife of the Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate and former military chief Sarath Fonseka, reacts as she speaks to the media at her residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Sarath Fonseka has been arrested and will be court-martialed for allegedly planning to overthrow the government while serving as the head of the army. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)