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Haitian workers sweep the streets in front of a house that was ...

(AFP) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:00:00 GMT

(AFP) - Haitian workers sweep the streets in front of a house that was destroyed by a major earthquake that struck Haiti killing over 200,000 and leaving over a million people homeless. The WHO stopped providing free drugs to private clinics and NGOs in Haiti after reports patients were being charged, potentially dealing a big blow to the already stumbling aid effort. Photo:Roberto Schmidt/AFP

Haitian workers help to demolish the remains of a school that ...

(AFP) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:00:00 GMT

(AFP) - Haitian workers help to demolish the remains of a school that collapsed during a major earthquake that struck Haiti killing over 200,000 and leaving over a million people homeless. The WHO stopped Tuesday providing free drugs to private clinics and NGOs in Haiti after reports patients were being charged, potentially dealing a big blow to the already stumbling aid effort. Photo:Roberto Schmidt/AFP

London has defended the use of more than 100 pigs in military ...

(AFP) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:05:00 GMT

(AFP) - London has defended the use of more than 100 pigs in military explosives tests in the past five years, saying the experiments had saved lives in Afghanistan and Iraq. Photo:Viktor Drachev/AFP

Youths search the rubble of a collapsed building for anything ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:23:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Youths search the rubble of a collapsed building for anything they can reuse or sell in the aftermath of Haiti's earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Thousands were killed and many displaced by the Jan. 12 earthquake that left the city in ruins. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Rodrigo Abd)

Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts-off from the Kennedy Space Center ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:16:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts-off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/John Raoux)

In this Tuesday, April 8, 2008 file photo released by the Iranian ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:06:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - In this Tuesday, April 8, 2008 file photo released by the Iranian President's Office, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, visits the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility some 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Iranian President's Office, File)

Toyota said it will begin repairs to more than 180,000 cars ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:54:00 GMT

(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. Photo:Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP

Injured people wait in the back of a truck in Petion-ville, ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:52:00 GMT

(AFP) - Injured people wait in the back of a truck in Petion-ville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince. The WHO stopped Tuesday providing free drugs to private clinics and NGOs in Haiti after reports patients were being charged, potentially dealing a big blow to the already stumbling aid effort. Photo:Thony Belizaire/AFP

President Barack Obama signs a memorandum on childhood obesity, ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:04:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - President Barack Obama signs a memorandum on childhood obesity, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the Oval Office of the White House,Washington. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

In this Feb. 4, 2010 photo, Juana Bautista de la Candelaria ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:00:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - In this Feb. 4, 2010 photo, Juana Bautista de la Candelaria Rodriguez iis assisted by her granddaughter Martarita Cabrera at her home near the village of Campechuela, where she was born in the Granma region of eastern Cuba. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Ismael Francisco, Prensa Latina)

Two Iranians work at the zirconium production plant, part of ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:45:00 GMT

(AFP) - Two Iranians work at the zirconium production plant, part of the nuclear facilities (UCF) in Isfahan in 2005. US President Barack Obama said Tuesday the international community was moving 'fairly quickly' to impose new sanctions on Iran after Tehran started enriching uranium to a higher level. Photo:Henghameh Fahimi/AFP

A map of Nigeria. The two houses of Nigeria's national assembly ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:26:00 GMT

(AFP) - A map of Nigeria. The two houses of Nigeria's national assembly on Tuesday voted to force ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua to hand over power to his deputy until he is well enough to return. Photo:/AFP

Nigeria's Vice President Goodluck Jonathan, pictured in 2009, ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:26:00 GMT

(AFP) - Nigeria's Vice President Goodluck Jonathan, pictured in 2009, on Tuesday accepted the post of acting president while the country's head of state, President Umaru Yar'Adua, receives treatment abroad for a heart problem. Photo:Wole Emmanuel/AFP

The two houses of Nigeria's national assembly on Tuesday voted ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:26:00 GMT

(AFP) - The two houses of Nigeria's national assembly on Tuesday voted to force ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua, pictured in 2009, to hand over power to his deputy until he is well enough to return. Photo:Joedson Alves/AFP

U.S. Marine Brigadier General Larry Nicholson speaks to U.S. ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:51:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - U.S. Marine Brigadier General Larry Nicholson speaks to U.S. Marines from the 2nd MEB, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines at Belleau Wood outpost outside Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province Tuesday, February 9, 2010. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/David Guttenfelder)

The world's tallest tower, Buj Khalifa is seen in Dubai, United ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:49:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - The world's tallest tower, Buj Khalifa is seen in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Kamran Jebreili)

Serbian international attacking midfielder Milan Jovanovic, ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:47:00 GMT

(AFP) - Serbian international attacking midfielder Milan Jovanovic, seen here in 2009, signed for English Premier League giants Liverpool on a free transfer from Belgian First Division side Standard Liege on Tuesday, his agent confirmed. Photo:John Thys/AFP

Ivory Coast rebels patrol in the streets of the western town ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:38:00 GMT

(AFP) - Ivory Coast rebels patrol in the streets of the western town of Vavoua in 2002. Demonstrators on Tuesday burned down a sub-prefecture building in Ivory Coast in protest at the possible striking off the electoral roll of people of foreign descent, locals said. Photo:Philippe Desmazes/AFP

Nigeria's Vice President Jonathan Goodluck Jonathan attends ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:35:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Nigeria's Vice President Jonathan Goodluck Jonathan attends the plenary session of the Africa-South America Summit in Margarita Island September 27, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

President Barack Obama gestures while conducting the daily press ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:35:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - President Barack Obama gestures while conducting the daily press briefing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the White House press briefing room in Washington. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rental car employees dig out rental cars at an auxiliary lot ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:44:00 GMT

(AFP) - Rental car employees dig out rental cars at an auxiliary lot at Dulles International Airport (IAD) where rental cars are buried deep in snow on February 8, days after the record snowstorm in Washington, DC. The rarely-shuttered US government closed down for a second day Tuesday, as the northeast braced for another massive snow blitz just days after a historic blizzard paralyzed the region. Photo:Paul J. Richards/AFP

A woman walks on the street next to the traffic because a snow ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:44:00 GMT

(AFP) - A woman walks on the street next to the traffic because a snow clogged sidewalk on February 8, in Baileys Crossroads, Virginia. The rarely-shuttered US government closed down for a second day Tuesday, as the northeast braced for another massive snow blitz just days after a historic blizzard paralyzed the region. Photo:Alex Wong/AFP

A man uses a bulldozer to clean snow in front of the US Capitol ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:44:00 GMT

(AFP) - A man uses a bulldozer to clean snow in front of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 8. The rarely-shuttered US government closed down for a second day Tuesday, as the northeast braced for another massive snow blitz just days after a historic blizzard paralyzed the region. Photo:Jewel Samad/AFP

The US east coast braced Monday for a new storm after record ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:44:00 GMT

(AFP) - The US east coast braced Monday for a new storm after record snowfall left tens of thousands of people without power, paralyzed transportation and shut down the federal government. Duration: 01:10 Photo:/AFP

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, seen here addressing ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:38:00 GMT

(AFP) - Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, seen here addressing The General Synod of Church of England in London, appealed Tuesday for the Anglican church to resolve its divisions over the ordination of female and gay bishops, warning that they were causing 'chaos'. Photo:Shaun Curry/AFP

Chadian President Idriss Deby Into speaks during a press conference ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:29:00 GMT

(AFP) - Chadian President Idriss Deby Into speaks during a press conference following a meeting with members of the Chadian community in Khartoum. President Omar al-Beshir said on Tuesday that Sudan has 'completely turned the page' in its conflict with Chad and was ready to fully normalise relations with its neighbour. Photo:Ashraf Shazly/AFP

President Omar al-Beshir said on Tuesday that Sudan has 'completely ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:29:00 GMT

(AFP) - President Omar al-Beshir said on Tuesday that Sudan has 'completely turned the page' in its conflict with Chad and was ready to fully normalise relations with its neighbour. Photo:/AFP

Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir (left) and his Chadian counterpart ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:29:00 GMT

(AFP) - Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir (left) and his Chadian counterpart Idriss Deby Itno review the guard of honour upon the latter's arrival at Khartoum on February 8. Beshir said on Tuesday that Sudan had 'completely turned the page' in its conflict with Chad and was ready to fully normalise relations with its neighbour. Photo:Ashraf Shazly/AFP

Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir speaks during a press conference ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:29:00 GMT

(AFP) - Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir speaks during a press conference following a meeting with members of the Chadian community in Khartoum. Beshir said on Tuesday that Sudan has 'completely turned the page' in its conflict with Chad and was ready to fully normalise relations with its neighbour. Photo:Ashraf Shazly/AFP

A Sri Lankan man reads a newspaper story about the arrest of ...