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China Report Shows More Pollution in Waterways

By JONATHAN ANSFIELD and KEITH BRADSHER 11:04 AM ET

BEIJING — China revealed that water pollution in 2007 was more than twice as severe as official figures that had long omitted agricultural waste.

Toyota Details Hybrid Recall in Attempt to Contain Crisis

By HIROKO TABUCHI 10:05 AM ET

TOKYO — The worldwide recall will affect about 437,000 hybrid vehicles, including the 2010 Prius, according to the company’s filing.

Iran Is Said to Begin Nuclear Enrichment

By ALAN COWELL and THOM SHANKER 8:50 AM ET

Brushing aside international threats of stricter sanctions, Iran reportedly began enriching its uranium on Tuesday.

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The figure skating world champion Kim Yu-na of South Korea and her coach show a triple lutz-triple toe loop.
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Dozens Buried in Afghan Avalanches
By ROD NORDLAND 8 minutes ago

Deadly avalanches buried hundreds cars along a high mountain pass that links Afghanistan’s capital to its north, killing at least two dozen people.

Americans Jailed in Haiti Plead for Help From U.S.
By IAN URBINA 39 minutes ago

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The 10 Americans detained in Port-au-Prince on child trafficking charges say the United States government could be doing more on their behalf.

German Church Faces Child Abuse Charges
By NICHOLAS KULISH 2 minutes ago

BERLIN — The Roman Catholic Church faces yet another child abuse scandal, this time in Pope Benedict XVI’s own native Germany.

Paperwork Hinders Airlifts of Ill Haitian Children
By IAN URBINA
An Air Force Mobile Forward Surgical team prepared a Haitian infant for a medical evacuation from Port-au-Prince.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Doctors and aid workers are wrestling with proving that they are not illegally transporting children, whose risk of dying is rising while the paperwork awaits.

Pakistani soldiers entered a village during an operation in Bajaur on Feb. 2. The military retook the key town of Damadola over the weekend, officials said.
Pakistani Military Retakes Key Town in Tribal Belt From Taliban
By JANE PERLEZ and PIR ZUBAIR SHAH

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The military has retaken the town of Damadola, in the Bajaur area, where the army has been fighting militants for more than a year, officials said.

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<strong>THE CHAMP</strong> The America’s Cup defender Alinghi 5, a catamaran with a mast almost 200 feet tall, practicing last month in Valencia, Spain.
Thirty Knots, With the Wind at Your Wings
By HENRY FOUNTAIN

VALENCIA, Spain — The sailboats competing in the America’s Cup are the fastest ever built but about as delicate as a house of cards.

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Khasro Goran, the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Mosul, has led a boycott of the provincial council in Nineveh.
In Northern Iraq, a Vote Seems Likely to Split
By STEVEN LEE MYERS

QARAQOSH, Iraq — In Nineveh Province, a parliamentary election considered crucial to Iraqi unity is highlighting conflicts among ethnic and religious groups.

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Nigerian Parliament Names Acting President
By ADAM NOSSITER 10:44 AM ET

DAKAR — The Nigerian Parliament Tuesday voted to make Vice President Goodluck Jonathan the acting president of Africa’s most populous nation, filling a power vacuum.

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Haitian women lined up for a food distribution in Port au Prince, Haiti.
Fake Food Coupons Spread in Haiti
By MARC LACEY

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The United Nations said Monday that counterfeiters have begun printing up fake vouchers, complicating giveaways that are meant for the hungriest Haitians.

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President Obama served lunch at a soup kitchen in Washington on Martin Luther King’s birthday.
For Obama, Nuance on Race Invites Questions
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG

WASHINGTON — President Obama’s nuanced approach on race is frustrating some black leaders and scholars.

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