[World] North Korea Threatens to Restart Nuclear Reactor

North Korea Threatens to Restart Nuclear Reactor
http://abcnews.go.com/International/north-korea-restart-nuclear-facilities/story?id=18860168
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea said on Tuesday that it will put all its nuclear facilities - including its operational uranium-enrichment program and its reactors mothballed or under construction - to use in expanding its nuclear weapons arsenal, sharply ...

Suspected militants attack Pakistan power station, seven dead
http://www.channel4.com/news/militants-destroy-pakistan-power-grid
By Jibran Ahmad. PESHAWAR, Pakistan | Tue Apr 2, 2013 2:49am EDT. PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Dozens of suspected militants attacked a major power station in northwest Pakistan with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades and killed seven ...

First political prisoners freed in Sudan under amnesty
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hslDhwGpJgGjieg4nlXCVzLUtn4w?docId=CNG.c7b0cb7599e37a8e44c3828e87386904.4f1
Sudanese authorities released six political prisoners early on Tuesday, an AFP photographer reported, after President Omar al-Bashir vowed to free all political detainees.

Statement On the Confirmation of Kenyatta
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/-/1064/1736968/-/b0q5gt/-/index.html
The African National Congress congratulates Uhuru Kenyatta on his election as the President of Kenya. The confirmation of his victory by the Kenya Supreme court following a dispute of the outcome and the subsequent acceptence of the outcome by his ...

News Summary: Privately owned daily newspapers return to Myanmar after 50 ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/news-summary-privately-owned-daily-newspapers-return-to-myanmar-after-50-year-absence/2013/04/01/2e060b42-9b04-11e2-9219-51eb8387e8f1_story.html
NEWSPAPER REVIVAL: Privately run daily newspapers hit newsstands in Myanmar for the first time in 50 years. REFORM ERA: The country's former dictator had imposed a monopoly on the daily press in the 1960s.

Serbia to Reject 'Humiliating' Kosovo Compromise, PM Says
http://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/Kosovo-Serbs-anxious-over-Brussels-talks-4399555.php
Serbia would reject any “humiliating” compromise with the breakaway province of Kosovo in order to improve its chances of starting European Union membership talks in April, Premier Ivica Dacic said.

American Woman Gang-Raped and Beaten on Brazilian Transit Van
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/04/01/tourists_held_for_6_hours_raped_aboard_public_transit_van_in_rio_de_janeiro.html
RIO DE JANEIRO - An American woman was raped by three men aboard a public van in a six-hour abduction over the weekend that began in the seaside district of Copacabana, the police said.

March Was Bloodiest Month of Syrian Uprising, Group Says
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/March+deadliest+month+Syria+civil+with+more+than+dead/8180632/story.html
March was the “most devastating” month of the two-year Syrian uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, with 6,005 documented deaths, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Hamas re-elects Khaled Meshaal
http://www.euronews.com/2013/04/02/hamas-re-elects-khaled-meshaal/
Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has re-elected Khaled Meshaal as it's leader. Since 2004, the 56-year old has headed the movement, which controls the Palestinian territory of Gaza and refuses to acknowledge Israel.

ECB's Draghi phoned Napolitano over resignation reports: press
http://www.bayoubuzz.com/us-news/item/384276-ecb-s-draghi-phoned-napolitano-over-resignation-reports-press
ROME (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Mario Draghi phoned Italian President Giorgio Napolitano after media reports that the 87-year-old head of state was planning to resign early to clear the way for new elections, newspapers reported on ...

Egypt: Nearly 500 university students are hit with food poisoning, authorities ...
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Apr-02/212285-egypt-nearly-500-students-hit-with-food-poisoning.ashx
CAIRO - A senior Egyptian health ministry official says nearly 500 students from Cairo's Al-Azhar university have been admitted to hospital with food poisoning.

Palestinian prisoner dies of cancer, sparks unrest in jails
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Apr-02/212276-palestinian-prisoner-serving-life-dies-of-cancer.ashx
Hamas member Maisara Abu Hamdiyeh, sentenced to life in prison in Israel for attempted murder, dies in hospital; Palestinians blame Israeli negligence; unrest ensues in several prisons, rioting in Hebron.