http://www.indianexpress.com/news/jfks-daughter-caroline-kennedy-may-be-next-us-ambassador-to-japan/1096528/
Washington (CNN) -- Caroline Kennedy has been asked to serve as the U.S. ambassador to Japan and is being vetted for the post, a Democrat familiar with the discussions told CNN on Monday.
Pakistan Militants Kill 7, Abduct 4 at Power Station
http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/national/02-Apr-2013/7-killed-in-sheikh-muhammadi-grid-station-rocket-attacks-in-peshawar
ISLAMABADâ€"Dozens of suspected Taliban militants destroyed an electricity station in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least seven people and disrupting power supply to the area, officials said.
Brazil's da Silva Backs Chavez Candidate for Venezuela Presidency
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/world/Tough+times+ahead+postChavez+Venezuela+dollar+scarcity/8179564/story.html
SAO PAULOâ€"Former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has jumped into Venezuela's April 14 presidential election, throwing his weight behind Nicolás Maduro, handpicked by the late President Hugo Chávez as his successor.
How Similar are the Brazil and Delhi Bus Rapes?
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/delhi-gangrape-redux-girl-sexually-assaulted-in-van-in-brazil/1096648/
A young woman and her companion were held captive and beaten after boarding a minivan bus in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro on Saturday night.
President-elect Uhuru meets foreign envoys
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2013/04/president-elect-uhuru-meets-foreign-envoys/
NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 2 - President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto on Tuesday held talks with envoys from Ghana, Kuwait, Algeria, Nigeria, United Arab Emirates and Malawi.
Women's group slams Gaza law on gender segregation
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/RRlwnRg9MbZrmEcHgHgWxO/Hamas-reelects-Khaled-Meshaal-as-leader-official.html
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- The head of a Palestinian women's group says a new law mandating separate classrooms for boys and girls from age nine is a worrisome sign that Gaza's Islamic militant Hamas ruler are gradually imposing their ...
After Victory, Palestinian Village Runs Into A Wall
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/04/02/after-victory-palestinian-village-runs-into-a-wall.html
The newly-vernal sun beat down hot last Friday afternoon in the Palestinian West Bank village of Bi'lin. A group of around 70 protesters squinted as they walked from heart of the village, arrived at its fields and, finally, at the concrete wall that brings the road to ...
500 Students Hit With Food Poisoning
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/protests-erupt-egypt-500-students-local-university-admitted-hospital-food-poisoning-article-1.1305402
Share. 0. Hundreds of Egyptian students angered by a mass outbreak of food poisoning at a Cairo university stormed on Tuesday the offices of the country's top Muslim cleric, who presides over the institution.
Russia announces summit with Abe on April 29
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/world/Exambassadors+cold+spell+between+Russia+should+left+behind/8182628/story.html
MOSCOW - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Russia on April 29, the Interfax news agency reported Monday. A diplomat was quoted as saying that “preparations are being made for (the prime minister's) planned visit on the 29th.
Sudan frees Abdul Aziz Khalid and other political prisoners
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22001866
Seven political prisoners have been freed in Sudan a day after President Omar al-Bashir ordered the release of all political detainees.
Italy's Bersani again refuses coalition with centre-right
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ia2pjV_gEOkpX3IuCaXZbFFIDynQ?docId=99c0a9c17cb24fe5ac94f44bc126a323
ROME, April 2 | Tue Apr 2, 2013 10:37am EDT. ROME, April 2 (Reuters) - Italian centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani restated his refusal to form a grand coalition with the centre-right bloc led by Silvio Berlusconi, saying on Tuesday that a cross-party ...
Pope to review Vatican bureaucracy, scandal-ridden bank
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/h1DuyVu9g1juzprpLcvg2I/Pope-Francis-to-review-Vatican-bureaucracy-scandalridden-b.html
Pope Francis, who has said he wants the Catholic Church to be a model of austerity and honesty, could restructure or even close the Vatican's scandal-ridden bank as part of a broad review of its troubled bureaucracy, Vatican sources say.
US: Hunger strikers at Gitmo Ready to Die for Quran, says lawyer
http://abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=404711
(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - "It's the ultimate expression of desperation," David Remes said on Saturday. "It's a matter of personal autonomy... the detainees are determined to take it all the way unless the military stops searching their Qur'ans." Remes said that ...
Syrian forces pound rebel-held areas of Damascus
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Activists+government+warplanes+artillery+pound+areas+around/8182551/story.html
The University of Kentucky's Kentucky Digital Library has been picked to work with four others nationwide in a pilot project to launch The Digital Public Library of America.
UN General Assembly set to adopt arms treaty
http://www.firstpost.com/world/un-to-vote-on-treaty-regulating-arms-trade-today-682433.html
UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly is expected to adopt the first global treaty on the conventional arms trade on Tuesday after the 193 member states failed to reach consensus on it last week, diplomats said.
In Georgia, town requires gun ownership
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57577449/ga-town-passes-law-requiring-residents-to-own-gun-and-ammunition/
(CNN) -- Nelson, a small Georgia city north of Atlanta, is requiring the head of virtually every household to own a firearm, the city's clerk told CNN Tuesday.
Afghanistan, Pakistan Struggle To Find Common Ground
http://www.npr.org/2013/04/02/175965076/afghanistan-pakistan-struggle-to-find-common-ground
Much has changed since last November, when Afghans were praising Pakistan for saying it would no longer support the Taliban and would instead work for peace.
Turkey trade with Iran to resume despite the US sanctions
http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/nation/washington/20130401_ap_promisespromisestightirantimelineforobama.html
Recent data shows that Turkey resumed gold exports to Iran despite the US sanctions against Tehran. It seems that Ankara is willing to take political risks in order to continue its gold-for-gas trading with Iran.
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