[World] 40 killed, 135 injured in twin blasts in Pakistan's Karachi

40 killed, 135 injured in twin blasts in Pakistan's Karachi
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-03/04/c_132205133.htm
... • At least 40 people were killed and over 135 others injured when twin blasts hit Karachi Sunday night. • The second blast leveled two multi-story buildings comprising of 200 flats to ground.

Opposition leader visits Syria amid Assad offensive
http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/international/04-Mar-2013/assad-defiant-as-foes-advance-in-syria
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis. AMMAN | Sun Mar 3, 2013 6:51pm EST. AMMAN (Reuters) - Exiled opposition figure Moaz Alkhatib visited Syria on Sunday for the first time since fleeing last year, as rebels said President Bashar al-Assad's forces embarked on ...

Daredevil Media Outlet Behind Rodman's Trip
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/04/business/media/dennis-rodman-in-north-korea-with-vice-media-as-ringleader.html?pagewanted=all
Imagine being the HBO executive who hears this from one of the channel's producing partners: “We think there's an opportunity for us to get into North Korea.

Thailand's prime minister vows to end ivory trade
http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/thailand-in-landmark-pledge-to-end-its-ivory-trade-337599
BANGKOK (AP) - Facing the possibility of sanctions, Thailand's prime minister vowed for the first time to work toward ending her country's trade in ivory.

Obama to nominate Walmart president Synthia Mathews Burwell as White ...
http://www.haaretz.com/news/haaretz-newsline/the-top-8-headlines-you-might-have-missed-haaretz-newsline-march-3-1.506922
From Iran's venture to build 3,000 advanced uranium-enrichment centrifuges to an Israeli company's new Palestinian-only bus service from the West Bank to Israel, Haaretz brings you the top 8 headlines you might have missed.

Six More Malaysian Police Die After Shootout With Insurgents
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-04/six-more-malaysian-police-die-after-shootout-with-insurgents.html
Six Malaysian policemen died during a gunfight at the weekend as a stand-off with armed insurgents who invaded the country's eastern Sabah state intensified.

Queen keeps calm and carries on until stomach bug forces hospital admission
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/queen-elizabeth-II/9906194/Queen-keeps-calm-and-carries-on-until-stomach-bug-forces-hospital-admission.html
She had also attended a chapel service in Windsor, which is part of her normal routine. But when the symptoms of the gastroenteritis which has been troubling her since Friday started to get worse this afternoon, her doctor, Prof John Cunningham, decided that ...

Following Resignation, Top British Cardinal Acknowledges Sexual Misconduct
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/03/cardinal-keith-obrien-admits-sexual-misconduct
LONDON - Britain's most senior Roman Catholic cleric, Cardinal Keith O'Brien, acknowledged Sunday that he had been guilty of sexual misconduct, a week after he announced his resignation and said he would not attend the conclave to choose the next ...

US Pledges to Release Aid to Egypt
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324539404578338582374813990.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
CAIROâ€"Secretary of State John Kerry said the U.S. would release $250 million in aid for Egypt after President Mohammed Morsi pledged on Sunday to push forward with key political and economic overhauls.

General Says Killing of Militant in Mali Is Not Confirmed
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/03/02/al_qaedas_belmokhtar_killed_in_mali_says_chad_military.html
DAKAR, Senegal - The general commanding troops from Chad in a French-Chadian antiterrorist operation in northern Mali said Sunday that he could not yet confirm the death of a principal Islamist leader, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a day after his government ...

Kenyans go to the polls in crucial election
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21651267
Kenyans have begun voting in an election that observers are describing as the most important in the country's history. It is the first time a vote has taken place under a new constitution, designed to prevent a repeat of violence that followed the 2007 polls.

China's Xi rides high hopes ahead of presidency
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9905760/Communist-partys-future-on-the-line-warns-Xi-Jinping.html
China's fawning state media, jaded social media commentators and even poor corn and cabbage farmers agree: New Communist Party chief Xi Jinping is off to a good start.

Kerry scolds Turkish leader for comment about Zionism
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/kerry-scolds-turkish-leader-for-disparaging-zionism/2013/03/01/90c2c4fc-8284-11e2-b99e-6baf4ebe42df_story.html
ANKARA, Turkey â€"Secretary of State John F. Kerry scolded Turkey's leader Friday for likening Zionism to a “crime against humanity,” saying such remarks complicate efforts to forge Mideast peace.

'We mean it,' Israel's Barak tells Iran on nuclear arms
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/aipac-head-isolationism-extremely-dangerous-for-israel-1.506986
WASHINGTON - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak warned Iran on Sunday that Israel would never allow Iranian leaders to develop a nuclear weapon, as he addressed a powerful US-Israel lobby.