10 Feb 2010 06:35:22 GMT Second big snowstorm descends on U.S. East Coast * Federal government in Washington to close for third day
* United Nations headquarters in New York closes
* New York, Washington, Philadelphia brace for onslaught
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10 Feb 2010 06:33:22 GMT China urges judges to limit death penalty-Xinhua BEIJING, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The Supreme Court has urged China's judges to limit the use of death penalty to those convicted of the most serious crimes, under a policy of "justice tempered with ...
10 Feb 2010 06:21:02 GMT Military hospitals almost full before new offensive
MILITARY hospitals in Afghanistan and Britain are operating close to capacity as British forces prepare to launch a major offensive against the Taliban.
10 Feb 2010 06:17:10 GMT Taiwan News Quicktake
HEALTH
A(H1N1) cases decline
While the number of cases of A(H1N1) influenza has continued to decline, cases of seasonal influenza B have increased, the Department of Health (DOH) said yesterday. Shih Wen-yi, deputy director-general of the ...
10 Feb 2010 06:16:33 GMT For North Korea, author warns be careful what you wish for By Jonathan Thatcher
SEOUL, Feb 10 (Reuters Life!) - North Korean propaganda may seem absurd, but writer B.R. Myers advises the international community to pay the grandiose statements far more ...
10 Feb 2010 06:03:50 GMT 'I hope Haiti can get on its feet but it will take time'.
TY TALK:Loreto High School, Beaufort, Rathfarnham, Co Dublin: Aoife Sheridan (16), Ailbhe Kelly (16), Ciara ONeill (16) and Eleanor McLoughlin (16)
10 Feb 2010 06:03:48 GMT Defeated Sri Lankan presidential candidate to face court martial.
SRI LANKA’S former army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka is to be court martialled, officials have said, a day after he was taken into custody by armed troops.
10 Feb 2010 06:03:48 GMT Haitian rescued 27 days after quake.
A HAITIAN man who has been pulled alive from rubble in Port-au-Prince may have been trapped since an earthquake devastated the city 27 days ago.
10 Feb 2010 06:03:48 GMT Vice-president of Nigeria ratified as acting head of state.
THE PARLIAMENT in Nigeria has voted to make vice-president Goodluck Jonathan acting head of state until President Umaru Yar’Adua returns to the country. Mr Yar’Adua has not been seen since November 23rd, when he flew to Saudi Arabia to ...
10 Feb 2010 06:03:46 GMT Gormley sets out position on 'puppy farms'.
FIANNA FÃIL TDs and Senators seeking to amend proposed legislation that would regulate so-called “puppy farms†said they were satisfied with the outcome of a meeting last night with Minister for the Environment John Gormley.
