[World] North Korea issues fresh threat to US, South probes hacking

North Korea issues fresh threat to US, South probes hacking
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/03/21/south-korea-computers.html
By Jack Kim. SEOUL | Thu Mar 21, 2013 12:09am EDT. SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said it would attack U.S. military bases on Japan and the Pacific island of Guam if provoked, a day after leader Kim Jong-un oversaw a mock drone strike on South Korea.

Australia Prime Minister Fights Own Party to Stay in Office
http://www.skynews.com.au/national/article.aspx?id=856516
SYDNEY, Australia - The embattled prime minister of Australia, Julia Gillard, was fighting for her political life on Thursday after she accepted a public demand for a leadership ballot put forward by a senior lawmaker from her ruling Labor Party, who said that ...

Bombs rock Turkish capital
http://www.euronews.com/2013/03/19/bombs-rock-turkish-capital/
Two devices have exploded outside Turkey's foreign ministry and the head office of the ruling AK Party in the capital Ankara. At least two people have been wounded according to Turkish media reports.

Ban suggests Taliban talk to UN on minimizing civilian casualties in Afghanistan -
http://app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=229281&Itemid=2
UNITED NATIONS, March 20 (APP): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is suggesting a dialogue between the U.N. and the Taliban on reducing civilian casualties in Afghanistan.

ICC Officials ?en Route to Rwanda for Ntaganda?
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/03/21/carl-conradi-tanya-zayed-on-bosco-ntaganda-a-commander-of-child-soldiers-now-headed-to-the-hague/
Officials from the International Criminal Court (ICC) are on their way to the Rwandan capital Kigali to pick DR Congo's war crimes suspect Bosco Ntaganda, who turned himself in at the US Embassy on Monday and asked to be transferred to The Hague-based ...

Northern Ireland: Judge Holds 2 Liable in Bombing by IRA Splinter Group
http://www.irishtimes.com/landmark-civil-action-finds-two-men-liable-for-1998-omagh-bomb-attack-1.1332527
A Belfast judge ruled on Wednesday that two alleged leaders of the Real Irish Republican Army were liable for damages in the 1998 Omagh car bombing that killed 29 civilians and wounded 200 others.

Bangladesh president's body flown from Singapore
http://www.firstpost.com/world/bangladesh-president-dies-in-singapore-668696.html
zillur SINGAPORE: The body of Bangladesh President Zillur Rahman was flown to Dhaka on Thursday following his death in a Singapore hospital, national airline Biman said.

109 Indian prisoners in Italian jails, but govt clueless
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/109-Indian-prisoners-in-Italian-jails-but-govt-clueless/articleshow/19082312.cms
NEW DELHI: Italy has cocked a snook at India by refusing to let its marines face Indian law. But ironic as it is, 109 Indian prisoners are reportedly languishing in Italian jails and the Indian government seems to have done precious little to help their case.

AP INTERVIEW: Jordan king warns Syria could become jihadist state, says ...
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/king-of-jordan-says-relationship-with-netanyahu-has-improved.premium-1.510353
AMMAN, Jordan - Jordan's king is warning a jihadist state could emerge on his northern border in Syria with Islamic extremists trying to establish a foothold in the neighbouring country.