http://www.cbc.ca/world/?ref=rss FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY en-ca Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:20:43 EST Copyright: (C) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, http://www.cbc.ca/aboutcbc/discover/termsofuse.html#Rss http://www.cbc.ca/rss/ http://www.cbc.ca/rss/image/cbc_144.gif http://www.cbc.ca/world/?ref=rss http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/02/09/sri-lanka-new-election.html?ref=rss 2000348859 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:16:29 EST Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa has dissolved parliament, setting the stage for new elections a day after authorities arrested Gen. Sarath Fonseka, his chief rival and the leader of the opposition. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/02/09/afghan-avalanche.html?ref=rss 2000348799 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:49:11 EST Avalanches in a mountain pass north of Kabul have killed at least 60 people, injured about 400 and left 1,500 stranded on blocked roads, Afghan officials say. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/02/09/haiti-man-rubble.html?ref=rss 2000348812 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:19:44 EST A 28-year-old man has been pulled from rubble in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, claiming to have been trapped there since the massive earthquake on Jan. 12. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/02/09/afghanistan-marjah-battle.html?ref=rss 2000348910 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:40:29 EST U.S. forces, backed up by Afghan army troops and their Canadian trainers, began a preliminary operation Tuesday in advance of an expected offensive to take the largest Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/02/09/honda-recall009.html?ref=rss 2000348971 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:45:45 EST Honda Motor Co. is adding more than 378,000 cars to a safety recall for airbag inflation problems. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/02/09/obama-michelle-child-obesity.html?ref=rss 2000348941 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:22:02 EST A nationwide campaign to combat childhood obesity was launched Tuesday by U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/02/09/evacuation-flood-california.html?ref=rss 2000348892 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:14:57 EST Some Southern California residents packed their cars and fled Tuesday over fears of mudslides as evacuation orders took hold and a new winter storm approached. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/02/09/heathrow-crash-ice.html?ref=rss 2000348803 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:44:30 EST A buildup of ice in the fuel lines of a Boeing 777 jet caused its crash-landing at London's Heathrow Airport two years ago, a British accident report confirms. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/02/09/crib-recall009.html?ref=rss 2000348945 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:32:19 EST Government safety officials in the U.S. have announced a recall of more than 500,000 drop-side cribs sold at Buy Buy Baby, Kmart, Wal-Mart and other stores after the death of three infants. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/02/09/burj-khalifa-closure-elevator-witnesses.html?ref=rss 2000348869 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:01:18 EST Witnesses said they heard what sounded like an explosion in a weekend incident that has resulted in the closure of Dubai's 160-floor Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest tower. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/02/09/iran-nuclear-plan.html?ref=rss 2000348802 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:01:38 EST Iran says it would back off plans to enrich its stockpile of uranium if the West provides nuclear fuel needed for its research reactor. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/02/09/britain-hospital-gowns.html?ref=rss 2000348880 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:34:06 EST The British government has launched a plan to replace drafty open-backed hospital gowns with versions that preserve patients' modesty. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/02/09/prius-recall-toyota.html?ref=rss 2000348796 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:43:18 EST Toyota is recalling 437,000 Prius and other hybrid cars worldwide to fix brake problems - the latest embarrassing safety defect for the world's largest automaker. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/02/09/quebec-doctors-return-from-haiti-mission.html?ref=rss 2000348816 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:33:23 EST Quebec medical workers returning from a relief mission in Haiti are urging authorities to suspend rules they say are delaying help for the disaster-ridden country. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/02/09/nigeria-vp-presidency.html?ref=rss 2000348824 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:06:10 EST Parliament has empowered Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan to take over for the ill president of oil-rich Nigeria, whose absence has stoked unrest in Africa's most populous country.