[World] Video highlights of President Obama's trip to Israel

Video highlights of President Obama's trip to Israel
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21871358
Barack Obama and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu have stressed their shared, tough stance towards Iran, as the US leader makes his first visit to Israel as president.

Lenders Reject New Plans to Assist Cyprus
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324103504578372092101021064.html
Cyprus on Wednesday was left with narrowing options to rescue its outsize financial-services sector from collapseâ€"something that could end its membership in the euro zoneâ€"after international lenders rejected an alternative government plan to secure a ...

Pak will go to polls on May 11, declares Zardari
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/riTiDqolhepktbKiVEAh7K/Pakistan-general-elections-to-be-held-on-11-May.html
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday announced that parliamentary elections would take place in the country on May 11.

France seeks Singapore, Swiss help in fraud probe of ex-minister
http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20130320-410095.html
PARIS - French authorities on Wednesday appointed two of the country's top examining magistrates to oversee an international probe into suspected tax fraud that has forced the country's budget minister to resign.

US, Karzai agree on Wardak withdrawal
http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/nato-forces-say-agree-to-leave-key-afghan-province-near-kabul-344744
KABUL - After weeks of lambasting the United States for its willfulness in Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai reached an agreement with U.S.

Students' 'Harlem Shake' costs Oxford librarian her job
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-21870230
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.

Zimbabwe: Lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa denied bail
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21864596
A Zimbabwean court has refused bail to prominent human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa, saying she was a flight risk. Bail was was also denied to four aides of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, who appeared in leg irons in the dock.

Labor pushes media reforms as MPs tap Rudd
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/comment/will-the-real-julia-gillard-please-stand-up-20130320-2gepl.html
The Federal Government is struggling to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat with its media legislation, as some MPs urge Kevin Rudd to "make himself available" to challenge Julia Gillard for the Labor leadership.

Marines accused of killing Indian fishermen questioned in Italy
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/centre-will-explore-diplomatic-and-legal-options-pm/articleshow/19094560.cms
ROME | Wed Mar 20, 2013 1:58pm EDT. ROME (Reuters) - An Italian military prosecutor on Wednesday questioned two marines who last month refused to return to India to face trial on charges of killing two Indian fisherman while on anti-piracy duty in 2012.

Luka Magnotta preliminary hearing suspended for the day
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2013/03/19/montreal-luka-magnotta-collapses-preliminary-hearing.html
Luka Magnotta collapsed in court during his preliminary hearing while appearing distraught by the evidence presented against him Tuesday.

Omagh bomb: Colm Murphy and Seamus Daly found liable at retrial
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-21858904
Two men who were sued over the Omagh bomb have been found liable for the 1998 atrocity at their civil retrial. The judge described the evidence against Colm Murphy and Seamus Daly as overwhelming.

Bosco Ntaganda, Alleged War Criminal, Surrenders in Africa
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/us-implies-rwanda-assured-warlords-passage-18775363
United Nations officials today welcomed the surrender of rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda, who is wanted by an international court for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including ...

Bangladesh president dies in Singapore: officials
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/world/bangladeshs-figurehead-president-dies/story-e6frfkui-1226602056828
DHAKA - Bangladesh President Zillur Rahman, a veteran ruling party politician named to the largely ceremonial post in 2009, died Wednesday in a Singapore hospital, officials said.

Former premier charged with abuse of office, theft
http://caymannetnews.com/2013/03/20/former-premier-charged-with-abuse-of-office-theft/
Former premier of the Cayman Islands McKeeva Bush was today charged with two counts of Misconduct in a Public Office, four counts of Breach of Trust by a member of the Legislative Assembly (contrary to S.13 of the Anti-Corruption Law 2008), and five ...

Dissident's visit warms Washington's Cuba Cold War
http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/News/cuban-dissident-yoani-sanchez-embarks-world-tour/story?id=18749528
By Patricia Zengerle. WASHINGTON | Tue Mar 19, 2013 3:59pm EDT. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A visit to the Congress on Tuesday by Cuba's best-known dissident may have slightly narrowed one of Washington's long-standing political gaps - the angry ...

Japan turns facts upside down in disputes with China
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/china-vows-firms-defence-as-japan-us-plan-reported/articleshow/19090173.cms
BEIJING, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Japan has made another incorrect step in its territorial disputes with China, as Japanese defense minister used tough words against China, but his judgment is nothing but distortion and misinterpretation of the history.