Dennis Rodman calls North Korean leader "an awesome kid"
http://www.independent.ie/world-news/asia-pacific/north-korea-leader-kim-jongun-makes-unlikely-friend-for-life-in-basketball-star-dennis-rodman-29102905.html
BEIJING | Fri Mar 1, 2013 7:45am EST. BEIJING (Reuters) - Former NBA basketball star Dennis Rodman emerged from four days in North Korea on Friday, calling the leader of the reclusive country "an awesome kid".
With no pope, Catholic Church officially summons cardinals for conclave to elect ...
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57571987/with-no-pope-catholic-church-officially-summons-cardinals-for-conclave-to-elect-benedicts-replacement/
VATICAN CITY The Catholic Church has awoken with no pontiff following Benedict XVI's resignation, in which he pledged obedience to his successor and described himself as "simply a pilgrim" starting the final part of his life.
UPDATE 4-Malaysia standoff with armed Filipinos erupts in violence
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/NRqg6lZOKQ8yrFLnByDAoO/Malaysia-standoff-with-armed-Filipinos-ends-in-violence.html
Fri Mar 1, 2013 7:33am EST. (Recasts with Malaysian police comments). KUALA LUMPUR, March 1 (Reuters) - A standoff between Malaysian security forces and armed Filipinos erupted in violence on Friday, with two police officers and 12 members of the ...
Dozens killed in Bangladesh after Islamist leader is sentenced to death
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/bangladesh/9902377/Dozens-killed-in-Bangladesh-after-Islamist-leader-is-sentenced-to-death.html
Violence continued on Friday in a series of battles between police and supporters of the Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh's fourth largest political party, in the capital Dhaka and Chittagong.
Syria crisis set to dominate Kerry's visit to Turkey - live updates
http://world.time.com/2013/03/01/turkish-pm-draws-criticism-for-zionism-remarks/
Boys are pictured through a broken windscreen as they stand on a street in Aleppo on Thursday. Photograph: Gaith Taha/Reuters. Live.
South Africa disarms, suspends officers linked to man's dragging death
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/dragging-death-further-stains-south-african-police-force/article9199613/
Johannesburg (CNN) -- South African authorities Friday disarmed and suspended officers allegedly involved in dragging a man down a road while he was handcuffed to the back of a police van.
US Steps Up Aid, But Syria's Rebels Want Arms
http://world.time.com/2013/03/01/u-s-steps-up-aid-but-syrias-rebels-want-arms/
(From L, front row) France's ambassador to Syria Eric Chevallier, US Secretary of State John Kerry, Syrian National Coalition President Mouaz al-Khatib, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad ...
Analysis - Chavez's cancer puts Venezuela on undeclared vote footing
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/02/28/wrd-venezuela-chavez-cancer-health-life.html
By Andrew Cawthorne. CARACAS | Fri Mar 1, 2013 12:02pm GMT. CARACAS (Reuters) - Opposition leaders plot strategy behind closed doors.
Chinese TV Special on Executions Stirs Debate
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/01/china-execute-mekong-river-murders
In a live television broadcast that was part morality play, part propaganda tour de force, the Chinese government on Friday displayed four foreign drug traffickers, convicted of murdering 13 Chinese sailors two years ago, being led to their executions.
Thais swallow doubts on Malaysia's role in peace talks
http://www.smh.com.au/world/thais-swallow-doubts-on-malaysias-role-in-peace-talks-20130301-2fbnj.html
BANGKOK: It was to be a brazen attack, even for south-east Asia's most violent conflict. Fifty heavily armed militants crept towards a fortified marine base in southern Thailand before dawn on February 13, unaware government elite forces had learnt of the ...
Newspaper review: Papers ponder Tory by-election defeat
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21626146
The websites of many of the papers carry their initial reactions to the Eastleigh by-election. The headline in the Sun is "Cam-plete disaster as the Tories are third in Eastleigh".
Eurozone crisis live: Unemployment hits record high as Grillo blasts Bersani again
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/9901825/Italian-Left-rules-out-deal-with-Silvio-Berlusconi.html
Democratic Party leader Pierluigi Bersani speaks during a press conference comments on the results electoral political No progress in forming an Italian government, with Democratic Party leader Pier Luigi Bersani (above) saying he will not form an alliance ...
Seven-Year-Old Delhi Schoolgirl Raped
http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/7-year-old-girl-allegedly-raped-in-a-delhi-school-around-400-protesters-clash-with-police-outside-ho-337120
A seven-year-old girl has reportedly been raped at a government school in northwest Delhi, Indian media reports. The Times of India newspaper said the attack happened in the Mangolpuri area of the city.
Analysts Assess Chances of Progress on Mideast Peace Under Kerry
http://www.voanews.com/content/how-john-kerry-can-achieve-peace-in-the-middle-east/1612925.html
The U.S. secretary of state is currently traveling in the Middle East, and the president will be travelling there next month. But this time, neither John Kerry nor Barack Obama will be focusing primarily on Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations as secretaries of ...
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