[World] Death toll from Pakistan bombing jumps to 45

Death toll from Pakistan bombing jumps to 45
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/9906610/Karachi-in-mourning-as-city-buries-45-killed-in-car-bombing.html
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A Pakistani surgeon says the death toll from a massive car bombing in the southern port city of Karachi has jumped from 37 to 45 as more victims died overnight.

Four policemen butchered as Kenyans queue in tense vote
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/kenya-poll-gets-under-way-amid-fears-of-violence/article4474336.ece
By Edmund Blair and Joseph Akwiri. NAIROBI/MOMBASA, Kenya | Mon Mar 4, 2013 1:37am EST. NAIROBI/MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenyans stood patiently in long lines on Monday to elect a new president but machete-wielding youths on the coast ...

HM the Queen in hospital for a “couple of days”
http://www.euronews.com/2013/03/04/hm-the-queen-in-hospital-for-a-couple-of-days/
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is being treated in hospital in London for the symptoms of the stomach complaint gastroenteritis.

At Least 19 Killed as Unrest Persists in Bangladesh
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/04/world/asia/bangladesh-sees-deadly-day-as-protests-persist.html
DHAKA, Bangladesh - Bangladesh had yet another day of bloodshed on Sunday, as at least 19 people died in angry skirmishes between the police and supporters of the country's biggest Islamist political party.

Scottish Cardinal O'Brien admits sexual misconduct
http://www.channel4.com/news/cardinal-keith-obrien-sexual-conduct-statement
Cardinal won't take any public roles with the church or vote for the next pope. Cardinal Keith O'Brien, shown in 2005, was quoted Sunday as saying there had been times "that my sexual conduct has fallen below the standards expected of me as a priest, ...

Iran is open to direct talks with US, its UN ambassador says
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/iran-building-3000-advanced-centrifuges-media-reports/article9246046/?cmpid=rss1
Iran would be willing to sit down for direct talks with the United States, the country's ambassador to the United Nations said in an interview broadcast on CNN.

China's Xi Jinping rides high hopes ahead of presidency
http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/china-s-xi-jinping-rides-high-hopes-ahead-of-presidency-337887
Luotuowan village: 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.

Blizzard Kills Eight In Japan
http://world.time.com/2013/03/04/snow-kills-8-in-japan-including-family-in-car/
A blizzard left eight people dead in Hokkaido in Japan's northeast over the weekend, reports from Tokyo said on Monday. A woman and her three children were found dead in a car that got buried in snow in Nakashibetsu town.

India minister Narendra Modi's US speech cancelled
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/narendra-modi-dropped-by-wharton-americans-don-t-vote-says-bjp-337868
A planned speech at a top US university by the controversial chief minister of India's Gujarat state, Narendra Modi, has been cancelled after protests by teachers and students.

The new Israeli politics of emptiness
http://www.google.com/hostednews/getty/article/ALeqM5hXUCeGhjnh86Pm7aXgxIUw5aOkkw?docId=162965236
The future is already here, and it is very depressing. The next generation of Israeli politicians has taken the stage and the crowds are cheering it on when, at most, it should make them nostalgic for their predecessors.