Roundup of global news on Haiti, US terrorism, Iraq, and NZ teen
The report covers Haitian villagers disputing a Baptist group’s claims amid child trafficking arrests of 10 Americans trying to move 33 Haitian children across the Dominican border. It also notes Attorney General Holder charging Umar Abdulmutallab in civilian court and an Iraqi appeals court allowing hundreds of candidates to run, plus a New Zealand teen auctioning virginity online for tuition funds.
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Callebas
Haiti
Associated Press
Idaho
Dominican Republic
Marie-Laurence Jocelyn Lassegue
Senate
Mitch McConnell
FBI
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
Holder
Obama
Detroit
Baghdad
Saddam Hussein
White House
Wellington
New Zealand
Ineed.co
Senate probes millions in corrupt funds hidden in U.S. banks
A Senate Homeland Security subcommittee report says foreign officials and families routed millions of dollars into the United States despite post 9/11 money laundering laws. Case studies include Equatorial Guinea and Gabon figures, Angolan arms dealer dealings, and suspected flows via Bank of America with accounts opened 1999 to 2007.
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Washington
United States
Senate
Equatorial Guinea
Arizona
U.S
Homeland Security Committee
Carl Levin
D-Mich
Peps
Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue
Omar Bongo
Gabon
Saudi Arabia
Jennifer Douglas
Nigeria
Atiku Abubakar
Bank of America
Pierre Falcone
Cayman Islands
Luxembourg
Singapore
Switzerland
Republicans eye potential take of Congress in 2010
The piece outlines growing GOP optimism to win House seats and possibly Senate control in 2010. It notes key races and figures including Dan Coats versus Evan Bayh, Scott Brown’s Massachusetts upset, and threatened Dem holds in Indiana California North Dakota Colorado Nevada Arkansas Pennsylvania Illinois and New York. It also cites economic turmoil and voter sentiment as drivers.
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Washington
Congress
Indiana
Dan Coats
Evan Bayh
Barack Obama
Scott Brown
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Capitol Hill
House
Senate
Bob Kerrey
D-Ned
North Dakota
Byron Dorgan
John Hoeven
Colorado
Sen
Michael Bennet
Nevada
Harry Reid
Arkansas
Blanche Lincoln
Pennsylvania
Arlen Specter
Illinois
Obama
New York
John Salazar
Zack Space
Ohio
John Spratt
South Carolina
Ben Chandler
Kentucky
GOP
Brown to be sworn in today after Kennedy seat win
Massachusetts Senator elect Scott Brown moves to be sworn in this afternoon to gain 41 votes in the Senate. Gov Patrick and Secretary of State Galvin prepare the certification and a formal swearing in is planned at 5 p.m. Brown had previously said Feb 11.
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Barack Obama
Kristen Gillibrand
D-N.y
Senate Democratic Policy Committee
Newseum
Washington
Sherrod Brown
D-Avon
Boston
Massachusetts
Scott Brown
Edward M. Kennedy
Brown
GOP
Senate
Jim Manley
Harry Reid
Manley
Kennedy
Daniel Winslow
Deval Patrick
U.S
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Winslow
William E Galvin
Governor
Patrick
Iran offers uranium export deal faces Western doubt
Iran seeks to revive talks on a deal to delay its nuclear program by exporting 70 percent of uranium for processing. Ahmadinejad offers a shorter return time for fuel rods, drawing cautious and skeptical reactions from France the United States Britain and Germany. Iran also launches a space rocket drawing Western concern over dual use tech for missiles.
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Vienna
Iran
Tehran
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
U.N
U.N. Security Council
Islamic Republic
International Atomic Energy Agency
Ahmadinejad
Manouchehr Mottaki
Bernard Kouchner
U.S
Britain
Germany
James Lewis
Washington
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John McCain
Glen Johnson
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