[World] Guatemala investigating if most-wanted drug lord 'El Chapo' Guzman killed in ...

Guatemala investigating if most-wanted drug lord 'El Chapo' Guzman killed in ...
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/02/21/3247098/guatemala-probes-if-drug-lord.html
GUATEMALA CITY - Guatemalan authorities said Thursday they were investigating whether a man killed in a shootout near the border with Mexico was most-wanted drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, but hours later backtracked and said they hadn't ...

Friends, Roommate Believe Oscar Pistorius, Reeva Steenkamp Were Happy
http://abcnews.go.com/International/friends-roomate-oscar-pistorius-reeva-steenkamp-happy/story?id=18563223
Friends of the model Reeva Steenkamp describe her relationship with Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius as seemingly healthy and normal, and they say that's why it's so hard for them to make sense of her Valentine's Day gun death at Pistorius' hands.

Twin bombings kill 14 in south India
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/shinde-visits-blasts-site-in-hyderabad-toll-climbs-to-14/article4441978.ece
HYDERABAD, India (AP) - A day after two bicycle bombs killed 14 people and wounded more than 100, investigators into India's worst bombing in more than a year searched Friday for possible links to anger over the execution of a Muslim militant.

Syria huge car bomb kills 60
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/ncpc0bsDzC6NLknQco1B5J/31-dead-as-car-bomb-rocks-central-Damascus.html
DAMASCUS: A huge car bomb near the headquarters of Syria's ruling party killed nearly 60 people and caused widespread destruction in the deadliest attack to hit Damascus since the civil war erupted.

Palestinians clash with security forces in W. Bank
http://www.haaretz.com/news/sports/soccer-barcelona-to-play-israeli-palestinian-team-in-tel-aviv-in-july-1.505045
Rock throwers lightly injure two patrolmen while they were demolishing illegal Palestinian construction in the West Bank city of Kusra.

Venezuela Minister: Chavez Still Suffers Breathing Problems
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/22/health-hugo-chavez-not-improving
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who recently returned home after a cancer surgery in Cuba, is still suffering from breathing problems as he continues to receive medical treatment at a military hospital in capital Caracas, Information Minister Ernesto ...

Zimbabwe Police Seize Radios Ahead of Elections
http://www.voanews.com/content/zimbabwe-police-seize-radios-ahead-of-election/1607553.html
Police in Zimbabwe issued an edict that critics say allows them to seize radios most people depend on to get their news. On Tuesday, a police spokeswoman said it's against the law to possess what she called illegal communication devices and "specially ...

Egypt: April Start For Parliament Vote
http://www.rferl.org/content/egypt/24909260.html
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has issued a decree setting parliamentary elections to begin April 27, and end in June. The decree says voting will take place in four stages, and the new People's Assembly will convene July 6. Earlier February 21, the ...

Australian AG: Zygier was not in contact with ASIO
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israel-releases-report-on-ben-zygier-s-death-concludes-he-hanged-himself-in-shower.premium-1.504536
Mark Dreyfus denies report that arrest of 'Prisoner X' connected to his dealings with the internal Australian intel agency.

An island of religion in a sea of secularism
http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/2013/02/19/an-island-of-religion-in-a-sea-of-secularism/
When Pope Benedict XVI announced last week that he was stepping down, the mood in my country, Poland, was overwhelming. This is one of the most devoutly Catholic countries in Europe, which still proudly identifies itself as the birthplace of Benedict's ...