Toyota recalls 437,000 Priuses, hybrids globally (AP)
UN slams Haitian hospitals for charging patients (AP)
Defiant Iran accelerates nuclear program (AP)
NATO warns Afghans to 'keep your heads down' (AP)
Venezuela's Opposition Protests Slur Chavez at Ball Game (Time.com) Time.com - The fiery President's popularity has been plummeting and his opponents took advantage of the situation by heckling him at a popular baseball series Futures buoyed by Greece rescue talk (Reuters)
(AP) AP - Iran says the country has started higher uranium enrichment under UN supervision. Mexico arrests 2 reputed leaders of Tijuana gang (AP)
Nigerian senate votes to suspend ailing president (AFP)
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AP - Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems — the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker.
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.
AP - Iran began enriching uranium to a higher level 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.
AP - Taliban militants Tuesday prevented townspeople from fleeing a rural community targeted in an upcoming NATO-Afghan offensive, as families huddled inside their homes to avoid being caught in the crossfire, witnesses said.
Reuters - Stock index futures rose on Tuesday as speculation that European Union nations could bail out debt-burdened Greece bolstered sentiment.
AP - Mexican federal police arrested two suspected gang leaders Monday, delivering another big blow to a brutal drug cartel that terrorized the border city of Tijuana for several years.
AFP - Nigeria's parliament on Tuesday voted to suspend ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua and hand power to his deputy until he is well enough to resume.
