WORLD

* North Korea has threatened to stop dialogue with South Korean authorities following Seoul"s adoption of a contingency plan in case of instability in North Korea

* The UN is asking for $560 million from the global community to help Haiti"s quake victims, the organization"s humanitarian chief said

* The head of Iran"s police warned protesters on Friday that all emails and text messages in the Islamic republic are monitored, the ILNA news agency reported

* China"s first gay beauty pageant, Mr. Gay China, was stopped by police on Friday five minutes before it was due to begin

* Iran"s nuclear achievements will force its enemies to capitulate, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said

* Japan ended on Friday its naval anti-terrorism mission in the Indian Ocean aimed at supporting the U.S.-led Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan

RUSSIA

* The showing of a two-minute hardcore porno clip on an outdoor advertising screen in Moscow will be

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