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Egyptian Satirist Grilled for Mocking Morsi
http://www.smh.com.au/world/satirist-released-on-bail-as-egypt-row-flares-20130401-2h222.html
Bassem Youssef, center, is swarmed by media and activists as he arrives at the high court in Cairo on Sunday. CAIROâ€"An Egyptian satirist was released on bail Sunday after he faced questioning on charges of insulting Islam and the country's president, ...

Modi will be challenge to his own party: Sibal
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/politics/modi-moves-to-centrestage/article4567343.ece
TELECOM Minister Kapil Sibal Sunday charged BJP with buckling under pressure of Gujarat CM Narendra Modi by including him in its top decision making parliamentary board, and said Modi will pose a challenge to his own party.

Churches' dismay at 'unjust' cuts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/apr/01/tories-church-poor-row
THE Government is facing a growing chorus of opposition to its welfare reforms that Labour claims will leave some families £900 a year worse off.

Mauritius capital bit by deadly floods
http://updatednews.ca/2013/03/31/deadly-floods-hit-mauritius-capital-port-louis/
At LEAST 11 people have died in flooding in the Mauritian capital Port Louis, officials have said. Eight of the victims were caught in underground areas as the flood waters, caused by sudden rainfall, rose rapidly.

Syria accuses rebels of setting 3 eastern oil wells alight
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/syria-accuses-rebels-of-setting-fire-to-oil-wells-amid-internal-disputes-1.512828
Oil ministry official says Syrian rebels set oil wells ablaze following disputes among fighters, causing a daily loss of nearly 5,000 barrels of oil and 52,000 cubic meters of gas, according to Syrian state media.

Egypt and Iran resume direct flights for first time in 34 years
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Egypt-Iran-resume-direct-flights-after-decades-4396663.php
An Air Memphis plane flew from Cairo to Tehran today, the first direct Egypt-Iran flight since 1979. Egypt Iran flights 30 03 2013 Enlarge.

At least 12 killed in Mexican bus crash
http://updatednews.ca/2013/03/31/at-least-12-killed-in-mexican-bus-crash/
MEXICO CITY: At least 12 people died when a bus and a car collided in a mountainous part of the western Mexican state of Veracruz on Saturday evening, local emergency services said.

Trump counter-sues alleged cyber squatter
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2013/03/31/Trump-counter-sues-alleged-cyber-squatter/UPI-41381364747777/
NEW YORK, March 31 (UPI) -- New York developer Donald Trump has filed a suit seeking $400,000 in damages from a man he says illegally set up websites bearing the "famous" Trump name.

There's no match for Angela 'Merkiavelli'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/9964441/Theres-no-match-for-Angela-Merkiavelli.html
The entire history of what is now the European Union must be seen as an attempted answer to “the German problem”. So it is fitting, if not desirable, that the crisis of the eurozone has brought matters back to where they all began - the natural dominance of ...

Fishermen stranded on ice floes in Latvia
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21977959
Latvian rescue services have picked up dozens of people trapped on ice floes that wind drove out to the Bay of Riga. Several vessels took part in the operation and the army scrambled helicopters to survey the area.

NATO Deputy Secretary General Comments on Georgia's Euro-Atlantic Integration
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/16480892/nato-eyes-missile-shield-progress-with-russia-after-u-s-move/
NATO sees no difference in the positions of Georgia's previous and new governments about the country's Euro-Atlantic integration, Deputy Secretary General of NATO Alexander Vershbow said on March 29.