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Head of Venezuela's presidential guard says heart attack killed a suffering Hugo ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/head-of-venezuelas-presidential-guard-says-heart-attack-killed-a-suffering-hugo-chavez/2013/03/07/998428e6-86ea-11e2-a80b-3edc779b676f_story.html
CARACAS, Venezuela - Head of Venezuela's presidential guard says heart attack killed a suffering Hugo Chavez. Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.

Syrian Rebels in Golan Region Hold UN Peacekeeping Team
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/08/world/middleeast/syria-developments.html?pagewanted=all
MANILA - Philippine officials appealed Thursday for the release of nearly two dozen Filipino United Nations peacekeepers who were seized by insurgent fighters from Syria while patrolling the disputed Golan Heights region between Syria and Israel.

South Korea Pushes Back on North's Threats
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/north-korea-threatens-to-void-1953-armistice-that-ended-korean-war/article9388912/
SEOUL, South Korea - The South Korean military warned on Wednesday that if it was provoked by North Korea, it would strike the North's “command leadership,” escalating a war of words and hinting at an attack on a North Korean headquarters.

Egypt court suspends April parliamentary elections
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21689545
A court in Egypt has suspended the parliamentary elections which had been scheduled to begin next month. The Cairo Administrative Court said the electoral law promulgated by President Mohammed Morsi needed to be reviewed by the Supreme ...

China rebukes monastery at heart of fiery protests
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2013-03/06/content_16283867.htm
BEIJING - Chinese officials have castigated a Tibetan monastery at the center of a wave of self-immolations, saying it has been inciting the fiery protests.

Victims raise legal questions about retired pope
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/conclave-start-seen-delayed-as-vatican-muzzles-cardinals/377111-2.html
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Attorneys who have tried unsuccessfully for years to sue the Vatican over failures to stop clergy sex abuse are looking into whether former Pope Benedict XVI is more legally vulnerable in retirement, especially if he travels beyond the ...

Northern Irish man wanted in mafia investigation
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/northernireland/9911410/Briton-hunted-as-police-crack-IRA-and-Mafia-fraud-scheme.html
A man from Northern Ireland is being sought after the arrest of 20 men as part of an alleged anti-mafia operation in south Belfast.

Napolitano Girds for Battle to Resolve Italy Election Impasse
http://www.smh.com.au/world/rise-of-grillo-may-threaten-berlusconis-media-20130307-2fmfg.html
President Giorgio Napolitano, a former communist resistance fighter who negotiated Silvio Berlusconi's resignation, is preparing his final political battle as he seeks to steer Italy out of its latest government crisis before his term expires in May.

Palestinian minors face abuse, threats, ill-treatment in Israeli detention â€" UN
http://rt.com/news/israel-children-custody-palestinian-894/
Palestinian children detained by the Israeli military in the West Bank are “systematically” ill-treated, which is a violation of the international law, UNICEF has stated in a report.