[IRAQ: PARLIAMENT SESSION OVER ELECTION CANDIDATE BAN CANCELED]   [THAILAND: SECURITY INCREASED THROUGHOUT THAILAND AHEAD OF THAKSIN VERDICT]   [UKRAINE: YANUKOVICH SUPPORTERS GATHER IN KIEV AFTER ELECTION]   [HAITI: HAITI SITUATION UPDATE: 8 FEBRUARY 2010]   [UNITED STATES: U.S. GOVERNMENT OFFICES CLOSE AS BLIZZARD CONTINUES]   [EQUATORIAL GUINEA: SENIOR SECURITY OFFICIAL DETAINED ON ALLEGATIONS OF PLANNING A COUP]   [GUINEA: CLASHES BETWEEN MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS CONTINUE IN NZEREKORE]   [UNITED STATES: GAS EXPLOSION OCCURS AT POWERPLANT IN MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT]   [JAPAN: EARTHQUAKE STRIKES OFF RYUKYU ISLANDS IN WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN]   [TAIWAN: EARTHQUAKE STRIKES OFF RYUKYU ISLANDS IN WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN]   [Côte d'Ivoire: ANOTHER ELECTION PROTEST TURNS VIOLENT IN WESTERN COTE D'IVOIRE]