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Fresh snow misery hits eastern US

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
AFP - 2 hours 19 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AFP) - - A major snowstorm pummeled the United States from Illinois to Virginia and New York, nearing all-time winter records after an epic weekend blizzard paralyzed Washington and much of the east coast. More »

  • 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.

    Haiti supermarket collapses with people inside

    AFP - Wednesday, February 10

    PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) - - A quake-damaged Haitian supermarket collapsed in the capital with several people inside and rescue crews were working to pull them out, a site supervisor and rescue workers said.

  • 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. A quake-damaged Haitian supermarket has collapsed in the capital with several people inside and rescue crews were working to pull them out, the supervisor at the site told AFP.

    Haiti supermarket collapses with people inside: supervisor

    AFP - Wednesday, February 10

    PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) - - A quake-damaged Haitian supermarket collapsed in the capital with several people inside and rescue crews were working to pull them out, the supervisor at the site said.

  • Two Iranians work at the zirconium production plant, part of the nuclear facilities (UCF) in Isfahan in 2005. US President Barack Obama warned Iran on Tuesday that he would isolate the Islamic republic with a

    Obama turns up the heat on Iran

    AFP - Wednesday, February 10

    WASHINGTON (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.

  • 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.

    Nigeria's VP takes over from ailing president

    AFP - Wednesday, February 10

    ABUJA (AFP) - - Nigeria's Vice President Goodluck Jonathan took office as acting head-of-state on Tuesday after parliament voted to force ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua to hand over until he is well enough to return.

  • Nigeria's VP accepts acting presidency

    AFP - Wednesday, February 10

    ABUJA (AFP) - - Nigeria's Vice President Goodluck Jonathan 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.

  • President Omar al-Beshir said on Tuesday that Sudan has

    Sudan has 'turned page' on Chad conflict: Beshir

    AFP - Wednesday, February 10

    KHARTOUM (AFP) - - Sudan's President Omar al-Beshir said Tuesday the country has "completely turned the page" in its conflict with Chad and was ready to fully normalise relations with its neighbour.

  • This handout photo provided by the US Navy in 2009 shows Somali pirates off Somalia's coast. Somali pirates said Tuesday they have released a Panamanian-flagged ship and its mostly Indian crew of 26 after receiving a ransom of 3.1 million dollars.

    Somali pirates free Indian-operated ship

    AFP - Wednesday, February 10

    MOGADISHU (AFP) - - Somali pirates said Tuesday they have released a Panamanian-flagged ship and its mostly Indian crew of 26 after receiving a ransom of 3.1 million dollars.

  • VIDEO: Former British prime minister Tony Blair gives evidence to the Chilcott enquiry. Duration: 00:37

    British PM to face Iraq inquiry in early March

    AFP - Wednesday, February 10

    LONDON (AFP) - - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will appear before the public inquiry into the Iraq war in early March, a spokesman for the probe said on Tuesday.

  • Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad adjusts his goggles as he tours an exhibition on laser technology in Tehran. The UN nuclear watchdog said that a team of its inspectors was in place in Iran to monitor Tehran's plans to start enriching uranium to higher levels.

    Defiant Iran starts enriching uranium to 20%%

    AFP - Wednesday, February 10

    TEHRAN (AFP) - - Iran announced on Tuesday it has begun work to enrich uranium to 20 percent, dismissing warnings of new sanctions from world powers who suspect the sensitive nuclear project is aimed at making a bomb.

  • VIDEO Pro-Russia candidate Viktor Yanukovich on Monday won Ukraine's presidency after squeezing ahead of his rival Yulia Timoshenko in close elections. The leaders of the 2004 Orange Revolution might have lost, but the spirit of the Revolution lives on. Duration:01:58

    Ukraine PM Tymoshenko to 'challenge vote results'

    AFP - Wednesday, February 10

    KIEV (AFP) - - Ukraine's defeated presidential election candidate Yulia Tymoshenko was set Tuesday to challenge some results of the bitterly contested polls despite calls on her to ease tension by conceding defeat.

  • Georgian soldiers participate in military exercises with NATO forces on the outskirts of Tbilisi in 2004. NATO remains a serious threat to Russia's security, according to the secretary of the country's national security council.

    NATO remains 'serious' threat to Russia: official

    AFP - Wednesday, February 10

    MOSCOW (AFP) - - NATO remains a serious threat to Russia's security, the secretary of the country's national security council said on Tuesday.

  • Yemeni soldiers man a checkpoint in Sanaa. The Yemeni government on Tuesday dismissed Al-Qaeda threats and said it will strike the militants

    Yemen vows to strike Al-Qaeda 'around the clock'

    AFP - Tuesday, February 9

    SANAA (AFP) - - The Yemeni government on Tuesday dismissed Al-Qaeda threats and said it will strike the militants "around the clock," after the group's local branch called for attacks on US interests worldwide.

  • A Cuban police officer takes a nap in Havana. Cuba has released the last five of a group of 35 dissidents it arrested last week for demonstrating on behalf of a conscientious objector, a Cuban human rights group said

    Cuba releases all dissidents arrested last week

    AFP - Tuesday, February 9

    HAVANA (AFP) - - Cuba has released the last five of a group of 35 dissidents it arrested last week for demonstrating on behalf of a conscientious objector, a Cuban human rights group said.

  • European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso attends a press conference at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Barroso's new team is set to get the green light from the European parliament Tuesday, ending a three-month limbo period during the bloc's worst ever economic crisis

    New EU Commission team to get green light, finally

    AFP - Tuesday, February 9

    BRUSSELS (AFP) - - EU Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso's new team is set to get the green light from the European parliament Tuesday, ending a three-month limbo period during the bloc's worst ever economic crisis.

  • Supporters of the ruling National Liberation Party celebrate their election victory in San Jose. Laura Chinchilla, a social conservative who opposes abortion but wants more help for the poor, has become Costa Rica's first female president after a convincing election triumph.

    Negotiations ahead for first Costa Rica female president

    AFP - Tuesday, February 9

    SAN JOSE (AFP) - - As lively celebrations died down for Costa Rica's first female president-elect, Laura Chinchilla faced the new challenge of making deals with her opponents in Congress.

  • A still from a video obtained January 23, 2009 by the SITE Intelligence Group shows former detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Said al-Shihri . Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula number two Shahri called for attacks against US interests

    Qaeda offshoot urges more attacks on US targets

    AFP - Tuesday, February 9

    DUBAI (AFP) - - Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the Yemen-based group that claimed a botched Christmas Day attack on a US airliner, on Monday called for more American targets to be hit around the world.

  • An empty ballot box during gubernatorial elections in Ekulobia in Nigeria's Anambra State on February 6. Former federal vice-president Alex Ekwueme described the weekend gubernatorial polls in the southeastern state of Anambra as

    Chaotic Nigeria vote shows little progress on reforms

    AFP - Tuesday, February 9

    AWKA, Nigeria (AFP) - - A chaotic election in a volatile Nigerian state has highlighted the dire need for electoral reforms in the African giant a year ahead of presidential polls, analysts and observers said Monday.

  • An explosion occured at this natural gas powered electricity generating plant that was under construction in Middletown, Connecticut. Rescuers are hunting for survivors or more dead in the rubble of a Connecticut power plant after a massive gas explosion tore it apart and killed at least five workers.

    Investigators hunt cause of giant US blast

    AFP - Tuesday, February 9

    MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut (AFP) - - A team of investigators searched Monday for the cause of a massive explosion that killed at least five workers at an unfinished energy plant in the northeastern United States.

  • Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off from launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The US space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of six astronauts reached orbit after a successful launch from the Kennedy Space Center here, NASA has said.

    US shuttle delivers panoramic dome to space lab

    AFP - Tuesday, February 9

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AFP) - - The US space shuttle Endeavour on Monday soared into orbit carrying an observation deck for the International Space Station, a seven-windowed dome offering breathtaking views.

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