Monday, April 1, 2013

[World] Seoul vows tough response to North Korea

Seoul vows tough response to North Korea
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/04/01/2013040100454.html
President Park Geun-hye has told the South Korean military to respond strongly to any North Korean provocation, in Seoul's strongest warning yet to Pyongyang.

Suicide bomber in fuel truck kills nine in Iraq's Tikrit
http://www.google.com/hostednews/getty/article/ALeqM5h-ytKWsynwbYukcTstuHouTHwSiQ?docId=165120908
TIKRIT, Iraq | Mon Apr 1, 2013 6:59am EDT. TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide bomber drove an oil tanker packed with explosives into a local Iraqi government compound on Monday, killing at least nine people, mostly policemen, in the northern city of Tikrit.

Burma Urged to Investigate Sectarian Violence
http://www.voanews.com/content/rights-group-urges-burma-to-investigate-sectarian-violence/1632277.html
A human rights group has urged Burma to investigate and hold accountable those who incited and committed deadly sectarian violence in central Burma late last month.

Obama, Israel, and Palestine
http://gulfnews.com/opinions/columnists/barack-obama-s-shortsighted-middle-east-strategy-will-backfire-us-president-achieved-nothing-on-a-two-state-solution-or-syria-1.1165049
We did not intend to flee Jerusalem when the great man arrived, but we saw no reason to change our plans when we heard about his trip.

Islamist Fighters Slip Back Into Timbuktu and Are Repelled by French and Malians
http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/international/01-Apr-2013/clashes-erupt-in-timbuktu-2-rebels-killed
PARIS - A small band of radical Islamist fighters battled French and Malian soldiers for hours in a firefight in Timbuktu on Sunday after infiltrating the Malian city overnight, Malian officials and witnesses said.

In strife torn Myanmar, private daily newspapers return
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/in-strife-torn-myanmar-private-daily-newspapers-return/1096031/
Myanmar's decades-long state monopoly on daily newspapers will be broken tomorrow with the launching of four privately-owned dailies.

China Says 2 Pilots Killed in Su-27...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9964824/Chinese-top-guns-killed-in-fighter-crash.html
Share. 0. China's Defense Ministry says two air force pilots were killed when their Russian-made Su-27 fighter crashed during a training mission.

Pakistani Woman Makes History With Run in May Vote
http://www.firstpost.com/world/two-tribal-women-to-contest-polls-for-first-time-in-pak-680864.html
Share. 0. A 40-year-old Pakistani housewife has made history by becoming the first woman to run for parliament from the country's northwest tribal region, a highly conservative area that is a haven for Islamist militants.

Report: Mashaal re-elected chief of Hamas Political Bureau
http://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/AP-PHOTOS-Gazans-turn-wood-into-charcoal-4399264.php
Re-election still unconfirmed; would contradict earlier reports that Maashal would not run for chief of Islamist organization as he intended to run for PLO presidency.

Mongolia Seeks to Play Peacemaker as North Korea Declares 'War'
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iKoT6X36JNS-Vqwmi7w9Giaye-lg?docId=CNG.38c0d54e21499e1e599c248b9d3bf59d.c1
Mongolia called for six-party talks to be resumed after North Korea said it's in a “state of war” with its neighbor to the south.

Syrian official says historic synagogue looted
http://rt.com/news/synagogue-jobar-destroyed-damascus-139/
DAMASCUS, Syria - A Syrian antiquities official says a historic Jewish synagogue in Damascus has been damaged and looted as clashes between government troops and rebels have consumed the surrounding neighborhood.

11 killed in flash floods in Mauritius capital
http://www.euronews.com/2013/04/01/mauritian-capital-port-louis-rocked-by-heavy-floods/
MAURITIUS: Officials say flash floods, triggered by climate change killed at least 11 people in the capital of the Indian ocean island of Mauritius.

Princeton mom: Women have a 'shelf life'
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/princeton-mom-tells-girls-find-husband-article-1.1303301
Susan Patton, a Princeton alum and mother, told female students that they should be looking for husbands at the Ivy League school.

Saudi Religious Police Lift Ban on Women...
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Apr-01/212144-saudi-religious-police-lift-ban-on-women-on-bikes.ashx
Share. 0. A Saudi newspaper says the kingdom's religious police are now allowing women to ride motorbikes and bicycles but only in restricted, recreational areas.

Bahrain upholds sentence in Iran spy case
http://www.france24.com/en/20130401-bahraini-given-10-year-jail-term-spying-iran
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) - Bahrain's news agency says an appeals court has confirmed a 10-year prison sentence against a man convicted of spying for Iran.

4 killed, 32 injured in China iron works blast
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/national_world&id=9047845
BEIJING - An explosion at an iron works in an eastern Chinese province killed four people and left 32 injured today, state media reported, amid a string of deadly industrial accidents across the country.



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