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AP – A lawyer for former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo said Thursday that neighboring Mexico did not properly approve his arrest, a move necessary under the ex-leader’s 2008 extradition from Mexico back home.
Read More: Guatemala: Mexico to decide if US gets ex-leader
(AP)
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OneWorld.net – SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 28 (New America Media) – Haitians living in the United States are deeply impacted by the
devastating earthquake that hit their island homeland earlier this
month, according to a poll sponsored by New America Media.
Read More: Poll: Haitian Diaspora Grieving, Ready to Help
(OneWorld.net)
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Time.com – China grabs the headlines, but India may be the real Asian success story of the Great Recession
Read More: India vs. China: Which Economy Is Better After Recession?
(Time.com)
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AP – Skies cleared over the fabled Machu Picchu citadel Thursday, speeding the evacuation of stranded tourists, many of whom were left to eat from communal pots and sleep outdoors after weekend flooding and mudslides cut access to the area.
Read More: Hundreds airlifted from Peru site when skies clear
(AP)
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McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Haiti’s inept government, a lack of coordination by aid organizations and a history of U.S. policy failures are hampering international efforts to rebuild the quake-stricken island nation.
Read More: Envoy: Inept government, past U.S. policy hamper Haiti relief
(McClatchy Newspapers)
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AFP – Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon announced Thursday he will attend the 14th African Union summit in Ethiopia from January 29 to 31.
Read More: Canada's FM to attend African Union summit
(AFP)
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AP – A frightened, shivering dog was rescued after floating at least 75 miles (120 kilometers) on an ice floe down Poland’s Vistula River and into the Baltic Sea, officials said Thursday. Now his saviors just have to figure out who really owns him.
Read More: Dog drifts 75 miles on ice, rescued in Baltic Sea
(AP)
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AP – The university at the center of a climate change dispute over stolen e-mails broke freedom of information laws by refusing to handle public requests for climate data, Britain’s data-protection watchdog said Thursday.
Read More: Watchdog: UK university hid climate data
(AP)
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AP – Lined up in sweatclothes and leotards, hundreds of sinewy dancers wait with paper numbers pinned to their chests and a singular hope within. Under gray, rainy skies, in dance shoes and bare feet, they’ve come to an open audition at a place called Center Staging with one dream: dancing on the Academy Awards program.
Read More: Dancers with Oscar dreams audition for big show
(AP)
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Fashion Wire Daily – Valentino offered a large dollop of eco modernist fashion in the house’s Spring 2010 haute couture collection, presented before huge images of swaying digital trees projected on the walls of the medieval convent hospital in Paris where the show was staged Wednesday, Jan. 27.
Read More: Valentino's Eco Modernism
(Fashion Wire Daily)
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Reuters – Cable giant Comcast and NBC Universal said on Thursday they would continue reporting news, keep broadcast television free and offer more children’s programing if the U.S. government approves Comcast’s plan to take control of the TV and movie company.
Read More: Comcast, NBC promise to keep news, free TV
(Reuters)
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AFP – J.D. Salinger, the reclusive author of “The Catcher in the Rye,” has died at 91, his agent said, raising tantalizing questions over whether the legendary writer might have left behind a hoard of unpublished works.
Read More: Reclusive US novelist J.D. Salinger dies at 91
(AFP)
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Playbill – The Denver Center Theatre Company’s world premiere of Rogelio Martinez’s When Tang Met Laika – a fanciful love story involving a Soviet space dog, the ghost of an astronaut and a famous breakfast drink – opens Jan. 28 in Colorado.
Read More: 'When Tang Met Laika' Premieres at Denver Center
(Playbill)
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AP – Sly Stone sued a former business manager and others on Thursday, claiming tens of millions of dollars in royalties were kept from the singer who now depends on Social Security to survive.
Read More: Sly Stone sues ex-manager, claiming millions kept
(AP)
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AP – Two weeks ago it was the Golden Globes. Last weekend it was the SAG Awards. Now, it’s the music world’s turn to spread a little weekend excitement around town as it celebrates the industry’s biggest event of the year — Sunday’s 52nd Annual Grammy Awards. Here’s a sampling of what’s going on:
Read More: Music world prepares for its big event of the year
(AP)
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AP – About 48 million viewers watched President Barack Obama’s first State of the Union address on 11 networks, with Fox TV drawing the biggest share.
Read More: About 48 million watch Obama's State of the Union
(AP)
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AP – Liquor works wonders for a lot of plays.
Read More: Good ol' boys talk of life, love, a lunar eclipse
(AP)
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AP – In the small New Hampshire town where recluse J.D. Salinger hid from the world, he lived in bucolic isolation in a hilltop home with commanding southerly views across the Connecticut River, Vermont’s ski resorts visible in the distance.
Read More: In NH town, Salinger's privacy is important to all
(AP)
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AP – So what about the safe?
Read More: What's in Salinger's safe?
(AP)
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AP – Barely a week after his knockout win in the Massachusetts Senate race, Scott Brown boasted Thursday that he can beat President Barack Obama.
Read More: Brown says he can beat the president at hoops
(AP)
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