Stories for January 2010

Saturday, January 16th 2010 - 15:58 UTC
NASA satellites image Haiti areas hardest hits by the earthquake

NASA's considerable Earth-observing and data analysis and distribution capabilities have been mobilized to provide information to support disaster recovery efforts in Haiti after the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake.
Saturday, January 16th 2010 - 15:43 UTC
Haiti: World Food Program estimates it must feed one million survivors

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is appealing to the international community for 550 million US dollar to meet Haitian earthquake victims' most urgent needs. Some three million people have been affected by the quake and Red Cross officials estimate the death toll at 45,000 to 50,000. Right now, the most important priority is to get water, food and tents to the survivors.
Saturday, January 16th 2010 - 15:38 UTC
Chilean team rescue 23 survivors from the rubble of Haiti’s main hotel

Rescuers dug out 23 survivors out of the rubble of the biggest hotel in Haiti's capital, which collapsed in this week's quake, the head of a Chilean team at the site said Friday.
Saturday, January 16th 2010 - 07:04 UTC
Mayor Johnson says top bankers fleeing from London over taxes

Thousands of high-earning bankers will flee London because of the Government's taxation policy, Mayor Boris Johnson has warned. He has written to Chancellor Alistair Darling asking for a meeting to discuss his introduction of a 50p income tax rate for top earners and a temporary 50% levy on banking bonuses over £25,000.
Saturday, January 16th 2010 - 07:01 UTC
China’s overseas investments expand 6.5% in 2009; 40% forecasted in 2010

China's overseas investment in non-financial sectors rose 6.5% last year from 2008 despite the economic downturn, the government said Friday, as the nation kept up its global hunt for resources.
Saturday, January 16th 2010 - 06:54 UTC
Lula da Silva yields to military eliminates “political repression” term

Brazil’s President Lula da Silva said that he’s not sponsoring a “witch hunt” when he proposes the creation of a Truth Commission to investigate cases of torture and killings of political prisoners during the long military dictatorship from 1964 to 1985.
Friday, January 15th 2010 - 11:17 UTC
Surviving Haitians desperate while disorganized relief efforts trickle

The Red Cross estimates 45,000-50,000 people have died in Haiti's devastating earthquake, as rescue teams race against time to find survivors. The US is sending up to 3,500 troops and 2,200 marines but correspondents say aid is so far only trickling in.
Friday, January 15th 2010 - 11:14 UTC
Cobos will not summon Congress while Mrs Kirchner is out of the country

Argentine Vice-President Julio Cobos confirmed Thursday that he will not summon the Congress for an extraordinary session to discuss the Argentine Central Bank emergency decrees while Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is not at the country and added that those versions are “distrustful”.
Friday, January 15th 2010 - 11:13 UTC
Mujica and Mrs. Kirchner willing to improve bilateral relations

Uruguayan president elect Jose Mujica said “there is no solution out there” for the situation of the Finnish paper mill Botnia, but “we are willing to improve the relationship between both countries”.
Friday, January 15th 2010 - 09:45 UTC
One out of three US adults are obese and 17% of children age 2 to 19

Obesity rates in the United States are still sky-high, but for the moment they appear to have stopped climbing higher, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.