http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2013/04/04/north-korea-south-hackers-twitter.html
BEIJING - North Korea is sometimes mocked as the mouse that roared, one of the poorest countries in the world threatening two economic and military giants, the United States and South Korea.
Building collapses in India; at least 35 killed
http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/thane-building-collapse-31-dead-some-still-feared-trapped-350387
MUMBAI, India (AP) - A half-finished building that was being constructed illegally in a suburb of India's financial capital has collapsed, killing 35 people and injuring more than 50 others, police said Friday.
Francis asks for focus on love, peace
http://www.dnaindia.com/world/1819129/report-pope-francis-twitter-flock-doubles-in-just-7-weeks
The new pontiff's acts of love realized his sermons during Holy Week. Pope Francis washed the feet of two women on Holy Thursday.
Fukushima nuclear plant's cooling system fails
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57578084/fukushima-nuke-plant-cooling-system-fails/
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese nuclear regulators say the cooling system has failed for a storage pool for fuel at one of the reactors at the tsunami-damaged nuclear plant in the northeast.
Philippines prepared to defend itself from territorial disputes
http://www.mb.com.ph/article.php?aid=6363&sid=1&subid=2
Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario on Friday said Philippines is committed to defend itself from other countries amid security challenges posed by the territorial disputes at the West Philippine Sea.
Conflicting reports as Egypt's navy seizes arms-laden ship in Red Sea
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/conflicting-reports-as-egypt-s-navy-seizes-arms-laden-ship-in-red-sea-1.513548
Turkish media report that the vessel is Iranian, while other media in the Arab world report that the vessel set sail from Eilat, and was rented or owned by an African security company.
Obama to propose entitlement cuts, tax hikes
http://www.wina.com/Obama-budget-to-offer-program-cuts-seek-deficit-de/11459008?newsId=203850
A senior administration official confirms President Obama's budget, to be delivered to Congress on April 10, will include a formal request to reduce cost-of-living increases to Social Security recipients if congressional Republicans agree to raise additional tax ...
UN cuts Gaza food aid after protest
http://www.euronews.com/2013/04/05/un-agency-suspends-operations-in-gaza/
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories - The United Nations said it has suspended food distribution to about 25,000 Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip, after demonstrators angry at aid cuts stormed a UN depot.
Africa News Round Up April, Friday 05, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22030847
In Guinea-Bissau the former chief of the navy has been arrested and is being transferred to the US, local media have reported, the BBC reports.
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