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Tymoshenko camp plans legal challenge against results of Ukraine's presidential vote

Peter Leonard, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 9 Feb, 2010 0 1

KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko plans to legally challenge the results of the presidential runoff that opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych is leading, her campaign said Tuesday. Tymoshenko's allies say she will not concede until appeals have run their course and recount

Dutch police evacuate hundreds of train passengers and station in bomb alert, 1 man detained

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 9 Feb, 2010 0 0

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Dutch police evacuated hundreds of train passengers and cleared a station during the morning rush hour Tuesday after witnesses reported a man threatened to blow the train up. No explosives were found on the train. Spokeswoman Marika Stewart said the man was been taken in

Iran says it will stop higher uranium enrichment if provided nuclear fuel

Nasser Karimi, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 9 Feb, 2010 0 0

TEHRAN, Iran - The head of Iran's atomic agency said the Islamic Republic will not enrich uranium to a higher level if the West provides the fuel it needs for a research reactor in Tehran. Iran is set to start enriching its stockpile of uranium to 20 per cent on Tuesday, in a step sure to antago

Officials say Afghan avalanche kills at least 28, 1,500 others stranded

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 9 Feb, 2010 0 0

KABUL, Afghanistan - At least 28 people are dead and another 1,500 are stranded following multiple avalanches in Afghanistan. The Defence Ministry released a statement saying another 70 people have been injured as rescuers continue to dig out hundreds of vehicles stuck on a snow-blocked pass nor

Still covered in snow, Mid-Atlantic prepares for second big storm within days

Brett Zongker, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 9 Feb, 2010 0 0

WASHINGTON - A second major snowstorm in less than a week was blowing Tuesday toward the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. with more flights expected to be cancelled. Plows still hadn't touched some roads, utility workers were struggling to restore power and shovels were in short supply. Foreca

NKorean leader Kim sends envoy to China after reiterating commitment to nuclear-free Korea

Hyung-Jin Kim, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 9 Feb, 2010 0 0

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea's Kim Jong Il reportedly dispatched his top nuclear envoy to Beijing on Tuesday to discuss restarting nuclear disarmament talks, a day after pledging Pyongyang's commitment to a nuclear-free Korean peninsula. Kim made the disarmament pledge during a meeting Monda

China sentences activist who investigated children's deaths in 2008 quake to 5 years' jail

Gillian Wong, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 9 Feb, 2010 0 0

BEIJING - A Chinese court Tuesday 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. The United States deplored the sentence handed down to

Heavy rain, flooding leave 6 dead, thousands homeless in Kandahar

Steve Rennie, THE CANADIAN PRESS 9 Feb, 2010 0 0

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Torrential rain and flooding in southern Afghanistan have claimed at least six lives and left thousands homeless. Two cars travelling through the district of Shah Wali Kot were caught in floodwaters and swept away, a spokesman for Kandahar Gov. Tooryalai Wesa said Monday.

NATO says Afghan forces to play their biggest role of the war in upcoming operation in south

Alfred De Montesquiou, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 8 Feb, 2010 0 0

CAMP SHORABAK, Afghanistan - Thousands of Afghan soldiers and police will join U.S. and NATO troops in an upcoming offensive in southern Afghanistan, playing their biggest role in any joint operation of the Afghan war. The pending attack on the Taliban-held town of Marjah in Helmand province wil

Shuttle astronauts inspect their ship on way to space station, no major problems suspected

Marcia Dunn, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 0 0

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Endeavour's astronauts inspected their ship early Tuesday for any launch damage as they raced toward a 200-mile-high rendezvous with the International Space Station. Barely a day after blasting into orbit, the space shuttle crew used a 100-foot, laser-tipped boom to check