http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/04/10/why_afghan_peace_talks_with_taliban_are_stalled.html
Afghan officials say 13 soldiers have been killed by a Taliban attack on an outpost in eastern Afghanistan. A spokesman for the Afghan Defense Ministry, General Mohammad Zahir Azimi, said the army post was assaulted early on April 12 in Kunar Province's ...
Ministerial meeting held in Juba between Sudan and South Sudan
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/albashir-arrives-in-south-sudan-for-talks/article4609899.ece
KHARTOUM, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Sudan and South Sudan on Friday started a joint ministerial meeting in Juba, capital of South Sudan, in the presence of the two countries' presidents and a number of ministers from the two sides.
Bombs hit Iraq mosque after prayers, killing 11
http://www.brecorder.com/world/middle-east/114883.html
BAGHDAD - A pair of bombs struck in quick succession outside a Sunni mosque north of Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 11 people and wounding more than 30.
Israel offers to deport frail Palestinian prisoner
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/world/Israel+offers+deport+hungerstriking+Palestinian+prisoner/8233614/story.html
JERUSALEM - An official says Israel has offered to deport a hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner to Europe or a U.N. member country in an effort to reach a compromise over the case.
Manslaughter charges in HK ferry crash
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-04/12/content_16396482.htm
THE two captains involved in a Hong Kong ferry collision last year that claimed 39 lives in the city's worst maritime disaster in decades will be charged with manslaughter, say reports.
Turkish police uncover plot to bomb synagogue
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=58086
US Embassy also a target of al-Qaida plot, 'New York Times' reports; Turkish police arrest 12 in connection with plot. Wreckage from the Neve Shalom Synagogue blast in Istanbul in November 16, 2003.
Burma riots: Muslim gold shop workers jailed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22124346
A court in Burma has sentenced three Muslims to 14 years in jail for their role in communal violence that has left more than 40 dead.
Margaret Thatcher: Time the stage took the Iron Lady seriously
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/9984482/Katy-Brand-Margaret-Thatcher-launched-my-comedy-career.html
I wonder how many playwrights writing - and making a good living from it - today realise how much they owe to Margaret Thatcher. Do you think I'm kidding?
Congo: We did whatever we wanted, says soldier who raped 53 women
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/11/congo-rapes-g8-soldier
In a small house on a hill overlooking Lake Kivu, a young Congolese soldier recounts the crimes he and his comrades committed in Minova a few months ago.
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