International (news.yahoo.com)
- US Army closes in on targeted southern Afghan town
(AP)
AP – U.S. Army soldiers launched a preliminary operation Tuesday in support of a planned U.S.-Afghan attack on the largest Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan.
- Toyota recalls 437,000 Priuses, hybrids globally
(AP)
AP – Toyota is recalling 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems — the latest embarrassing safety lapse at the world’s largest automaker.
- Dubai tower shut after visitors stuck in elevator
(AP)
AP – Visitors on the observation deck of the world’s tallest tower heard a loud boom, then saw dust that looked like smoke seeping through a crack in an elevator door 124 floors above the ground. The 15 people inside were trapped for 45 frightening minutes until rescuers managed to pry open the doors.
- Europe searches for way out of debt crisis
(AP)
AP – The euro is under siege — and the next few days will be crucial.
- Defiant Iran accelerates nuclear program
(AP)
AP – Iran began enriching uranium to a higher level on Tuesday over the vociferous objections of the U.S. and its allies who fear the process could eventually be used to give the Islamic republic nuclear weapons.
- North Korean Defectors Finding Matchmakers in the South
(Time.com)
Time.com – Matchmaking services connecting North Korean women and South Korean men are helping ease the transition to a new life for some defectors - It’s a wrap! Hospitals test new, more modest gown
(AP)
AP – The British government is getting behind a plan to replace drafty open-backed hospital gowns with versions that preserve patients’ modesty.
- Netanyahu’s government tries to save settler house
(AP)
AP – The Israeli government has stepped in to save a house built illegally by Jewish settlers in a volatile Palestinian neighborhood in east Jerusalem, complicating already troubled U.S. efforts to renew Mideast peacemaking.
- UN slams Haitian hospitals for charging patients
(AP)
AP – The United Nations has warned that it will cut off shipments of free medicine beginning immediately to any Haitian hospitals that it finds are charging patients.
- US envoy highlights ‘uncertainty’ in Nigeria
(AFP)
AFP – A top US envoy on Tuesday highlighted the “uncertainty” in Nigeria where political turmoil has mounted while the country’s ailing president is treated abroad.
