[World] Suicide bombing kills top pro-Assad preacher

Suicide bombing kills top pro-Assad preacher
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/suicide-bombing-kills-top-proassad-preacher/article4537053.ece
A suicide bomb ripped through a mosque in the heart of the Syrian capital on Thursday, killing a top Sunni Muslim preacher and outspoken supporter of President Bashar Assad in one of the most stunning assassinations of Syria's 2-year-old civil war.

Italy to Return Marines to India
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324103504578375250074667018.html
NEW DELHIâ€"Bowing to pressure from New Delhi, Rome announced two Italian marines will return to India to stand trial on murder charges, a move that is likely to end a diplomatic impasse between the two countries.

Australia's Kevin Rudd in party leadership vow
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21891382
Kevin Rudd has ruled out any return to the Australian Labor Party leadership, as ructions continue after Thursday's abortive ballot.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy charged in probe of illegal party funding
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/Former-French-president-Nicolas-Sarkozy-charged-in-probe-of-illegal-party-funding/articleshow/19118462.cms
BORDEAUX, France: Former president Nicolas Sarkozy has been charged with taking financial advantage of France's richest woman, allegations connected with a probe into illegal party funding that could shatter his hopes of a political comeback.

CBI defends raiding DMK, says procedural
http://www.ndtv.com/article/south/dmk-often-falsely-implicated-karunanidhi-on-cbi-raids-at-stalin-s-residence-345101
In a probe into an alleged collusion between a car smuggler and an official of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in Chennai, the CBI on Thursday morning landed at the residence of DMK heir apparent Stalin in search of a high end luxury vehicle ...

George Lowe dies at 89; was on Everest expedition with Hillary
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/8459294/Last-climber-from-Hillarys-Everest-team-dies
After Sir Edmund Hillary's historic ascent of Mt. Everest, everyone knew Hillary's name. Far fewer knew about his indispensable partner, George Lowe.

Obama is not that nice
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/remarks-president-barack-obama-people-israel/story?id=18781413
If we don't see a significant peace process here in the coming years, what will be left is just internal affairs. And the new government was established exactly for that: to deal with the economic-social-civil sphere.

BBC weather Twitter account hijacked by Syrian regime supporters
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/9946200/BBC-weather-Twitter-account-hijacked-by-Syrian-regime-supporters.html
The hackers, calling themselves the “Syrian Electronic Army”, posted a series of spoof weather reports attacking opponents of the Assad regime, including Israel, Lebanon, Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, as well as Britain.

RCMP close QE2 north of Red Deer as accident cleanup continues
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/03/21/crash_near_edmonton_sends_300_people_to_hospital_highway_2.html
Motorists are being advised to avoid a stretch of the QE2 south of Edmonton as crews continue to clear dozens of vehicles involved in multiple collisions earlier in the day.

Alex Salmond announces Scottish independence referendum date
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/mar/21/scottish-independence-referendum-date
Alex Salmond has announced that Scotland's independence referendum will be held on 18 September next year, giving the independence movement 545 days to convince a largely sceptical population to say yes to leaving the UK.

Thatcher papers reveal Tory party split over Falklands
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21884556
Senior Tories were initially sceptical about going to war over the Falklands, newly released papers from Margaret Thatcher's personal archive show.