[World] Netanyahu phones Erdogan in first call since Gaza flotilla

Netanyahu phones Erdogan in first call since Gaza flotilla
http://www.google.com/hostednews/getty/article/ALeqM5iuDwMiipz2Gd2T6r4T4ih8US9x0Q?docId=164276293
In apparent bid to repair relations between two US allies, Turkish, Israeli PMs have first conversation since 2010, White House says in a statement released minutes before Obama departed out of Tel Aviv on Air Force One.

A Last Bout of Diplomacy in Israel, Then on to Jordan for Obama
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/23/world/middleeast/president-obama-israel.html
JERUSALEM - President Obama prepared to fly from Israel to Jordan on Friday afternoon, where he is likely to confront pressure to help this financially-strapped country cope with a desperate tide of refugees from Syria.

Syria's Assad vows to cleanse nation of extremists
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/03/22/syria-assad-extemists.html
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - President Bashar Assad vowed Friday to "wipe out" Muslim extremists in Syria, blaming them for a suicide bombing at a mosque that killed dozens of people, including a top cleric who supported the embattled regime in the civil war.

Putin, Chinese President Hold Kremlin Meeting
http://rt.com/news/xi-jinping-visit-moscow-642/
Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with China's new President Xi Jinping, who arrived in Moscow Friday on his first foreign trip since taking the official title last week.

Marines reach Delhi; no deal with Italy, Salman Khurshid says
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Marines-reach-Delhi-no-deal-with-Italy-Salman-Khurshid-says/articleshow/19128942.cms
NEW DELHI: Two Italian marines, accused of killing two Indian fishermen, are back in India to stand trial. The Italian marines arrived at the Delhi airport a short while ago.

Sectarian Violence Kills at Least 20 in Myanmar
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hN62zxZktYDUoYA5m4x70HLoNfMQ?docId=f7f66bdd74884c4e8dc95095802c40fc
Myanmar's president declared a state of emergency Friday in a central city shaken by sectarian bloodshed that has killed at least 20 people, as thousands of minority Muslims fled and overwhelmed riot police crisscrossed the still-burning town seizing ...

Sarkozy accused of duping L'Oreal heiress
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/nicolas-sarkozy-accused-of-exploiting-loreal-heiress/article10158821/?cmpid=rss1
PARIS - A judge filed preliminary charges against former French president Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday, accusing him of abusing the confidence of an heiress during fundraising for his 2007 election campaign.

CBI unable to trace Hummer belonging to Stalin's son
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/cbi-unable-to-trace-hummer-belonging-to-stalin-s-son-345810
New Delhi: CBI has recovered 16 more luxury vehicles imported by a Hyderabad-based businessman in alleged violation of customs laws which have been sold to various influential persons even as the SUV registered in the name of DMK leader M K Stalin's ...

Nick Clegg abandons illegal immigrant amnesty proposal
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/mar/22/clegg-abandons-amnesty-immigrants
Nick Clegg announced on Friday that he was abandoning the Liberal Democrats' support for a so-called amnesty for illegal immigrants, one of the central planks of his party's 2010 election manifesto.

Alberta highway re-opens after pileup sent dozens to hospital
http://www.vancouversun.com/Edmonton+area+hospitals+treating+more+than+people+injured+snow+related+crashes/8133736/story.html
Emergency crews and medical staff were still reeling Friday after a massive pileup Thursday near Edmonton sent about 100 people to hospital.

Hackers attack several BBC Twitter accounts
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21879230
Several BBC Twitter accounts, including its weather, Arabic and Radio Ulster feeds were hijacked by a group calling itself Syrian Electronic Army earlier.

Police: Boy kills Ga. infant in stroller
http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Police-Ga-infant-killed-while-pushed-in-stroller-4375946.php
Police are searching for two young suspects in Brunswick, Ga., on Friday after a shooter opened fire on an toddler being pushed by his mother in a stroller, killing the 13-month-old boy.

Norway confirms abduction of Norwegian woman in Egypt
http://www.france24.com/en/20130322-israeli-norwegian-tourists-kidnapped-egypt
OSLO, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The Norwegian foreign ministry confirmed on Friday that a Norwegian national has been kidnapped in the Sinai desert in Egypt.

British judge upholds ban on Christian group's "gay cure" adverts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/mar/22/boris-johnson-christian-ad-court
By Estelle Shirbon. LONDON | Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:48am EDT. LONDON (Reuters) - A British judge upheld on Friday a decision to ban a Christian group from placing adverts on London buses that suggested people could be cured of homosexuality.

Central African Republic rebels reject president's concessions
http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/world/16429076/central-african-republic-rebels-advance-toward-capital/
By Paul Marin Ngoupana. BANGUI | Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:53am EDT. BANGUI (Reuters) - Central African Republic's SELEKA rebel group rejected concessionary decrees from President Francois Bozize as "too little, too late" and demanded on Thursday that ...