http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/middle-east/saudi-court-said-to-order-criminal-to-be-surgically-paralysed-1.1348642
Britain on Thursday voiced its concerns over a recent decision by a court in Saudi Arabia to sentence a man to paralysis as retribution for a crime he allegedly committed 10 years ago, and urged authorities in the oil-rich Gulf Kingdom to ensure that the ...
African warlord Joseph Kony catches a break (+video)
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2013/0404/African-warlord-Joseph-Kony-catches-a-break-video
As the State Department announced this week a $5 million reward for the capture of Lord's Resistance Army chief Joseph Kony and two of his top lieutenants, the on-the-ground hunt for the fugitive warlord took a step back with the suspension of the search.
British Premier Says Nuclear Risks Highlight Need for Deterrent
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22017314
LONDON - Citing tensions with Iran and North Korea, Prime Minister David Cameron offered a strong defense of Britain's nuclear deterrent on Thursday, traveling to Scotland to challenge nationalists seeking independence who want to expel nuclear-armed ...
Attacks on Goths, emos or punks can be recorded as a hate crime in UK
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2304168/And-crime-hate-Sex-Pistols.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
IF you punch a punk in Manchester, it could be a hate crime. Police in the English city say they will begin recording offences against members of alternative subcultures in the same way they do attacks based on race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or ...
US warns Egypt's transition may be backsliding
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jP9gaxW68hn39ZhIaqATJrtX2SFA?docId=CNG.b51e29c6106eae3a0954090556679008.31
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration is warning that Egypt may be backsliding in its transition to democracy. Secretary of State John Kerry says the U.S.
Western Wall rabbi says women will not be arrested for praying at Kotel
http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/western-wall-rabbi-says-women-will-not-be-arrested-for-praying-at-kotel.premium-1.513536
The rabbi assured the agency chairman, Natan Sharansky, that despite a recent warning by Jerusalem police, women would not be arrested for saying the mourner's prayer at the wall; women's group says remarks prove that it's the rabbi who 'calls the shots.
Georgia high school seniors fight racial segregation with first integrated prom
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ga-high-school-seniors-fight-racial-segregation-integrated-prom-article-1.1307821
Students at one Georgia high school are still fighting racial segregation. A group of black and white teens at Wilcox County High School in Rochelle have banded together to organize the school's first-ever integrated prom almost 60 years after the landmark ...
Moroccan Club Dancer Denies Having Sex With Berlusconi
http://www.skynews.com.au/world/article.aspx?id=860650
Karima El-Mahroug, the Moroccan club dancer at the center of under-age sex trial of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, staged a protest outside the court in Milan to reject claims that she had sex with the ex-premier in 2010.
Egypt's Navy Seizes Ship Carring Arms in Red Sea
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j6y21EZn_FFPOOc1EuFtwo1_pYxw?docId=CNG.b731fbf3e0f95c167d536e90ee175296.ad1
Egypt's navy seized a Togolese- flagged ship carrying heavy weapons late yesterday and was questioning crew members at the port of Safaga, Reuters reported.
Syria warns of regional disaster unless Jihadists reined in
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Syria+criticizes+Jordan+allowing+train+Syrian+rebels+seeking/8194056/story.html
DAMASCUS, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Amid reports that Syria has turned the main destination of the world's Jihadists, Damascus warned that unless those Jihadists are denied access, the crisis it has sustained for over two years will spill over across its border and ...
Four fired for marooning minesweeper on ocean reef
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22023650
Raw Video: EX-Guardian Removed from Reef: SULU SEA, Philippines (March 30, 2013) Salvage crew aboard the U.S. Navy contracted crane ship M/V JASCON 25 remove the hull of Ex-Guardian (MCM 5) from Tubbataha Reef.
Yes, Mick's a monster. But it's his wife's role that's most shocking
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2304247/Yes-Micks-monster-But-wifes-role-thats-shocking.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
As he was led down from the dock, before he slipped from public view for a very long time, Mick Philpott did not disappoint. His final act, before being sent down for killing six of his children, was to make obscene gestures at the court.
President Assad loyalists being trained in Iran
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Apr-04/212604-syrian-govt-guerrilla-fighters-being-sent-to-iran-for-training.ashx
The Syrian government is sending members of its irregular militias for guerrilla combat training at a secret base in Iran, in a move to bolster its armed forces drained by two years of fighting and defections, fighters and activists said.
High-speed rail a highlight of Brown's China trip
http://www.news10.net/news/california/article/239491/430/Capitol-Connection-Podcast-The-Middle-Kingdom
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Jerry Brown will be eyeing China's massive high-speed rail system as he tries to lure billions of dollars in investments to California during his trip to the country next week.
Mexico thwarts 'plot to kill' Monreal brothers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22036449
The authorities in Mexico say they have prevented the murder of two leftist legislators, brothers David and Ricardo Monreal. A senior prosecutor said two armed men plotting the murder had been arrested at a hotel in Mexico City.
New Gaza Education Law Imposes Gender Segregation
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/un-aid-agency-suspends-gaza-distribution-over-riot-at-hq-1.513576
The Hamas government in Gaza has passed a new education law that promotes gender segregation in the schools of Gaza and bars men from teaching at girls' schools, sparking a wave of criticism from civil society organizations, which accused the ...
The Suspect Princess: Is This Good for Spanish Democracy?
http://world.time.com/2013/04/04/the-suspect-princess-is-this-good-for-spanish-democracy/
Spain's Infanta Cristina is seen during an official function of the Spanish Civil Guard in Seville on Oct. 7, 2008. Email · Print; Share.
Guatemala: Rios Montt trial hears testimony on conflict-era sexual violence
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/Latin-America-Monitor/2013/0404/Guatemala-Rios-Montt-trial-hears-testimony-on-conflict-era-sexual-violence
Enlarge. • A version of this post ran on the author's blog, centralamericanpolitics.blogspot.com. The views expressed are the author's own.
Will and Kate head to Scotland to show the royal plaid
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22034979
Prince William and Duchess Kate visit Scotland to show the royal plaid and strengthen bonds in the north. Will and Kate in Scotland.
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