Gaza militants fire at Israel during Obama visit
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/open-mic-moments-obama-takes-jabs-congress-israel/story?id=18774547
JERUSALEM -- Palestinian militants fired two rockets into southern Israel from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip early Thursday morning, the second day of President Obama's three-day visit to Israel and the West Bank.
Julia Gillard survives attempt to replace her as Australian prime minister
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/21/gillard-survives-attempt-prime-minister
Link to video: Australia's PM Julia Gillard sees off leadership threat · Reading this on mobile? Click here to view video.
Sanjay Dutt gets 5 year in jail in 1993 Mumbai blasts
http://www.indianexpress.com/picture-gallery/sanjay-dutt-gets-5-year-in-jail-in-1993-mumbai-blasts-case-/2347-1.html
Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt will have to serve a jail term of more than three years after the Supreme Court upheld his conviction in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.
Deadly car bomb hits Pakistan's Jalozai refugee camp
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21873552
At least 12 people have been killed and 30 hurt after a car bombing at the Jalozai refugee camp near the Pakistani city of Peshawar, officials say.
Huge crowds gather for Turkey-PKK truce
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21857442
Hundreds of thousands of people are gathering in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir in anticipation of a long-awaited ceasefire in a separatist conflict that has killed 35,000 people over three decades.
Live: We will continue to engage with SL, says India at UNHRC vote
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/5XM9uXaNBHMr5dLy4FQ5ZN/India-tells-Sri-Lanka-to-probe-human-rights-violations.html
The envoys from Ireland (speaking on behalf of the EU), Switzerland, Brazil and Sierra Leone have all welcomed the resolution on Sri Lanka as being geared towards helping the country promote national reconciliation and accountability, and have said that ...
Indian legislators pass strict anti-rape law
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/british-tourist-jumps-from-indian-hotel-balcony-to-escape-sexual-assault-police-say/2013/03/19/1c25919c-9094-11e2-9173-7f87cda73b49_story.html
NEW DELHI - The Indian Parliament's lower house passed a landmark law Tuesday that sets tougher penalties for rapists and for police officers who refuse to file a woman's complaint of rape, as well as criminalizing offenses such as stalking, voyeurism and ...
Archbishop of Canterbury admits to gay 'challenge' for church
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/mar/21/archbishop-canterbury-admits-gay-challenge
The new archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has highlighted the challenge faced by the Anglican church over gay relationships ahead of his enthronement on Thursday, saying he has friends who are in long-term gay relationships of "stunning" success.
Students' 'Harlem Shake' costs Oxford librarian her job
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9940450/Oxford-University-librarian-sacked-after-students-perform-Harlem-Shake-dance-and-post-recording-on-YouTube.html
LONDON: A "Harlem Shake" in an Oxford University library cost the librarian her job. Oxford University's St Hilda's College sacked librarian Calypso Nash for not stopping a group of 30 students from breaking into an impromptu jig in the 120-year-old college.
Sudan, South Sudan pull back from disputed border: AU
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jII3vrZueGn0HPqnr5nHkfiBfo8A?docId=CNG.9cdcc924458b5e39e0c0cd6143a97f54.691
Sudan and South Sudan have pulled back troops from their disputed boundary in a first step to establish a demilitarised border zone, the African Union said on Wednesday.
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