[World] Hackers portray Kim Jong Un as a pig

Hackers portray Kim Jong Un as a pig
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/asia/article3731811.ece?CMP=OTH-gnws-standard-2013_04_05
Social networking accounts used to promote North Korean propaganda have been sabotaged by hackers claiming association with the “hacktivist” group Anonymous.

Buddhist, Muslims from Myanmar clash in Indonesia
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Analysis+Myanmar+violence+takes+sheen+Obama+success+story/8197250/story.html
BELAWAN, Indonesia (AP) - In a testament to just how deep tensions are running, Buddhist fishermen and Muslim asylum seekers who fled Myanmar hoping for a better life brawled with rocks and knives Friday at an immigration detention center in ...

Fukushima nuclear plant's cooling system fails
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/04/05/fukushima-japan-nuclear-cooling-outage.html
TOKYO (AP) - Power was restored Friday to a cooling system at a tsunami-damaged nuclear plant in Japan that failed for the second time in a month.

Challenges and opportunities: the road ahead for Pope Francis
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/the-pope/9972837/Pope-Francis-doubles-his-Twitter-flock.html
The resignation in February of Pope Benedict XVI - and the subsequent election of Pope Francis - sent shockwaves through the Catholic world.

David Cameron: North Korea nuclear strike could hit UK
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/david-cameron-north-korea-nuclear-strike-could-hit-uk-8560759.html
David Cameron provoked surprise today when he claimed that North Korea now possessed the capability to launch a nuclear strike against Britain.

African forces suspend hunt for warlord Kony
http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/641354-suspended-kony-hunt-worries-civilians.html
KAMPALA, Uganda - African troops in Central African Republic have suspended the hunt for the fugitive warlord Joseph Kony because the new government there is not cooperating with the mission, Uganda's top military official said Wednesday.

US authorities release hotelier Vikram Chatwal on bond
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/us-authorities-release-hotelier-vikram-chatwal-on-bond/article4584393.ece
Indian-American hotelier Vikram Chatwal, arrested earlier this week at a Florida airport for allegedly carrying drugs, has been released on bond.

Philippines, US start joint military drill
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/DwkyhtSfaTuqObJEHjHSEM/Philippines-may-allow-US-greater-military-access-minister.html
MANILA, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Top officials from the United States and Philippines on Friday formally started a joint military exercise which will involve 8,000 troops from both countries and dozens of military assets, including a squadron of F/A-18 Hornet fighter ...

Bomb Attached To Donkey Kills Afghan Policeman
http://www.brecorder.com/top-news/108-pakistan-top-news/113850-afghan-donkey-bomb-kills-policeman-officials.html
Afghan officials say a bomb attached to a donkey has killed a policeman and wounded three civilians in eastern Afghanistan. A local government spokesman, Sarhadi Zwak, said the donkey blew up in front of a police security post in the Alingar district of ...

Obama to propose changes to Medicare and Social Security in new budget
http://560wgan.com/Obama-budget-to-offer-program-cuts-seek-deficit-de/11435227?newsId=203850
(CNN) -- President Barack Obama's upcoming budget will include proposed changes to Social Security and Medicare plus some new tax increases, changes that are an effort for the president to reach a deficit deal with Republicans, according to senior ...

Portugal Faces Constitutional Court Ruling on Coelho Budget
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/04/what-next-portugal-looming-cuts
Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho faces a Constitutional Court ruling on the legality of some elements in this year's budget that may challenge the government's ability to meet deficit targets.

Florida Democrat Sen. Bill Nelson becomes latest lawmaker to endorse same ...
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/florida-democrat-sen-bill-nelson-latest-lawmaker-endorse-same-sex-marriage-article-1.1308151
Florida Democrat Sen. Bill Nelson on Thursday became the latest lawmaker to flip on the issue of gay marriage. “(T)o discriminate against one class and not another is wrong for me.