[World] Pentagon sending additional troops to Jordan

Pentagon sending additional troops to Jordan
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/04/17/syrias_bashar_assad_tells_west_that_backing_rebels_helps_al_qaeda.html
Pentagon officials said Wednesday that the Obama administration has ordered additional U.S. troops to Jordan for possible chemical weapons control, humanitarian response or “stability operations” in Syria.

Terror strikes Bengaluru again, bike bomb goes off near BJP HQ
http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Bangalore/Explosion-outside-BJP-office-in-Bangalore-15-injured/Article1-1045625.aspx
A bomb placed on a parked motorcycle exploded near the BJP's office in the Karnataka capital on Wednesday, injuring 16 persons.

Burgeoning IT sector aims to reverse Palestinian economic rot
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iOjV3kUwMe5DhFYmLYoI3oEzG2Uw?docId=15dc5d989a194fd7b6cafe138c1f436d
By Noah Browning. NABLUS, West Bank | Wed Apr 17, 2013 10:08am EDT. NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) - Nestled in a basin in the northern West Bank, the city of Nablus was for millennia a Palestinian cultural and commercial hub, attracting traders to its ...

Burma Opposition Leader Says Reforms Depend on Military
http://www.voanews.com/content/burma_opposition_leader_says_reforms_irreversibility_depends_on_military/1643197.html
BANGKOK, THAILAND - Burma opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi told an audience in Japan that her country's democratic reforms are not yet irreversible and still depend on the powerful military, which ruled Burma for decades.

A Video Shows an Angry Putin Threatening to Dismiss Officials
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/cabinet-under-fire-after-putin-threatens-reshuffle/478811.html
MOSCOW - A Kremlin-linked Web site on Wednesday leaked a video clip of an angry President Vladimir V. Putin threatening to dismiss top officials, fueling speculation that Prime Minister Dmitri A. Medvedev and members of his cabinet are in danger of ...

Experts Urge Evacuation from Kaesong
http://www.euronews.com/2013/04/17/south-korean-workers-leave-kaesong/
North Korea experts say it is high time to evacuate some 200 South Korean staff who remain at the inter-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex.

Hopes, fears as Zimbabwe marks 33rd birthday
http://www.thestate.com/2013/04/17/2728221/hopes-fears-as-zimbabwe-marks.html
Zimbabwean Soldiers and Police are seen during rehearsals for Independence day celebrations at the National Sports Stadium in Harare, Wednesday, April, 17, 2013.

Debate starts on gene patenting
http://www.france24.com/en/20130417-human-dna-be-patented-myriad-us-supreme-court
In a lively Supreme Court argument on Monday, the justices struggled to find a narrow way to rule on the momentous question of whether human genes may be patented.

Report Urges White House to Rethink Iran Penalties
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/10001461/Iran-set-to-boost-uranium-enrichment.html
WASHINGTON - A panel of former senior American officials and outside experts, including several who recently left the Obama administration, issued a surprisingly critical assessment of American diplomacy toward Iran on Wednesday, urging President ...

Mexican prosecutors dropped charges against retired general accused of ...
http://www.laprensasa.com/309_america-in-english/2012992_9-bodies-found-along-river-in-northern-mexico.html
MEXICO CITY - A Mexican official says federal prosecutors have dropped organized crime charges against a retired army general accused of aiding a drug cartel after determining that the witness testimony was not enough to sustain their case.

Senate commitee passes resolution to back Israel in conflict with Iran
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/senate-commitee-passes-resolution-to-back-israel-in-conflict-with-iran-1.515967
Resolution 65 goes beyond affirming U.S. commitment to preventing a nuclear Iran to ensure it will 'authorize the use of military force, diplomatic, military, and economic support to Israel in its defense of its territory, people, and existence.

French Alps coach crash: British bus driver killed and several injured in Aple d ...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/french-alps-coach-crash-british-bus-driver-killed-and-several-injured-in-aple-dhuez-8575423.html
Police have confirmed that at least one British tourist has been killed in a coach crash in the French Alps. Reports suggest that the coach, which was carrying the group of tourists home following a week-long visit to the region, failed to maneuver a mountain ...

Obama talks Syria with Saudi FM
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gJaFtRT9we1HVblNms73NVe15Y9Q?docId=CNG.6be733b733d88a0732a758a94c78e2ea.271
WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama met with Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal Wednesday, in the latest of a string of talks with key players in the Middle East and the Gulf as he mulls policy on Syria.

Boston's Wild, Unnerving, Topsy Turvy Day
http://swampland.time.com/2013/04/17/bostons-wild-unnerving-topsy-turvy-day/
A U.S. marshal gestures to a crowd of journalists and people who were evacuated from the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse back during a bomb threat in Boston, Massachusetts April 17, 2013.

Canadian's message in a bottle washes ashore in Croatia 28 years later
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/canadian-s-message-in-a-bottle-washes-ashore-in-croatia-28-years-later-1.1241831
A Nova Scotia man's mysterious message in a bottle has washed ashore in Croatia -- 28 years after it was sent. Penned in 1985 to a woman named Mary, popped into a bottle and presumably tossed into the ocean, Jonathon's letter travelled an incredible ...

Judge OKs delay in Sept. 11 case at Guantanamo over Pentagon data breach
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-17/sept-11-hearings-delayed-until-june-after-computer-crash.html
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - A military judge has agreed to postpone the next round of hearings in the Sept. 11 case at Guantanamo after thousands of defense emails were turned over to the prosecution in an apparent mistake.

"Tragedy in Syria worsens by the day": UN chief
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Apr-17/214038-brahimi-eyes-new-un-envoy-role-in-syria-dropping-arab-league.ashx
UNITED NATIONS, April 17 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said here Wednesday that "the tragedy in Syria worsens by the day," and the United Nations will continue to push for a political solution to the crisis in the Middle East country, which ...