[World] Free Syrian Army rejects new Syrian National Coalition PM

Free Syrian Army rejects new Syrian National Coalition PM
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/free-syrian-army-rejects-new-syrian-national-coalition-pm.premium-1.511727
Rebel leaders do not believe Ghassan Hitto is right choice to lead the first government of the Syrian revolution; opposition leader Moaz Alkhatib resigned shortly after his appointment.

UK Investigates Death of Russian Tycoon
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/9951385/Berezovsky-did-not-kill-himself-Litvinenkos-wife-says.html
MOSCOWâ€"British police on Sunday ordered an autopsy to determine the cause of Boris Berezovsky's death, as Russians recalled the late tycoon as an oligarch from a reviled bygone era who helped install President Vladimir Putin's regime, only to become ...

Palestine-Iran-Palestine redux
http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/palestine-iran-palestine-redux.premium-1.511668
Both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Barack Obama chalked up major victories during the latter's recent visit here; now it's time to take on the twin, still-unresolved problems of Iran and Palestine.

Kerry Warns Iraq on Iran Flights to Syria
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57576016/despite-sec-kerrys-warning-no-agreement-yet-between-iraq-and-u.s-over-iran-flights/
Just days after the 10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Secretary of State John Kerry confronted Iraq for continuing to grant Iran access to its airspace, saying it was raising questions about Iraq's reliability as a partner.

Analysis: Syrian Opposition's momentum is building
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/israeli-military-responds-to-fire-from-syria/article4544344.ece
Rumors of chemical weapons use, the spillover of violence into Lebanon, Israel, the progress by the opposition on the ground have led the West into a more active policy.

Backing up Obama's warnings to Syria creates tough challenges on two fronts
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/jihadists-not-assad-likely-behind-chemical-attack-in-syria.premium-1.511680
The suspicious attack that killed 26 people in northern Syria last week exposed the difficulty of determining whether the Syrian regime has resorted to using chemical weapons as well as the lingering uncertainty over how President Obama would respond if ...

French Protest as Gay Marriage Bill Nears Passage
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/25/world/europe/same-sex-marriage-opponents-march-in-france.html
Opponents of same-sex marriage blocked the Champs-Élysées on Sunday. A bill legalizing such marriages is expected to pass. By SCOTT SAYARE.

Ties between Mursi and Egypt's military leaders are on a downswing
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Mar-24/211298-egypts-president-says-may-move-to-protect-nation.ashx
Two years after the Egyptian uprising, speculation about the role of the military establishment in the political process continues to dominate public discourse in Egypt.

Al-Qaida unit in Mali says it has killed French hostage
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/24/al-qaida-mali-french-hostage
Al-Qaida's North African wing, al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (Aqim), claimed to have killed a French hostage captured in northern Mali two years ago and its other French captives were at risk because of France's intervention there, Mauritania's ANI news ...

Zygier spilled secrets to Hezbollah
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/double-agent-disaster-led-to-spys-downfall-20130324-2go1h.html
THE Australian-Israeli Mossad agent found hanged in a Tel Aviv jail, Ben Zygier, had passed secrets to Hezbollah before his death, an influential German magazine has reported.

Key militants' numbers found in Hizb man Liyaqat's phone diary
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/terror-plot-in-delhi-police-release-sketch-of-a-hizbul-terrorist/380954-3-244.html
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police special cell has recovered 75 contacts from mobile phone book of Sayyed Liyaqat Ali Shah, which are numbers of leaders and important operatives of Al-Badr, Al-Burq, Tehrik-e-Jihad and at least eight Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) ...

Rodwell freed after deal: negotiator
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/national/australian-hostage-released-in-philippines/story-e6frfku9-1226603955612
Video; Image. Australian hostage released. Warren Rodwell is released in Pagadian City in the southern Philippines, 15 months after he was taken captive by rebels from the Abu Sayyaf group.

Instructor, student die in Florida skydiving accident
http://www.news.com.au/world-news/north-america/skydive-instructor-student-killed-in-florida-jumps/story-fnh81jut-1226605071979
Instructor, student die in Florida skydiving accident. The two men, from Iceland, were jumping separately. It's unknown what caused the accident.

Pilot whales beach in South Africa
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/pilot-whales-beach-in-south-africa/article4544358.ece
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South African officials say 19 pilot whales have beached in Cape Town and five of them have died. Police and other rescue workers are hosing down the surviving whales at Noordhoek Beach to try to keep them alive.