http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/9967745/UN-adopts-first-global-treaty-on-arms-trade.html
UNITED NATIONS -- In a historic move that culminated more than a decade of work, the United Nations on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a treaty intended to regulate the multibillion-dollar international arms trade.
Maduro and Capriles kick off Venezuelan campaign
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22000171
The two men vying to replace the late Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, have addressed tens of thousands of people on the first official day of campaigning for this month's election.
France: Ex-Minister Admits Lying About Secret Bank Account
http://www.euronews.com/2013/04/02/disgraced-former-french-budget-minister-admits-foreign-bank-accounts-/
The former budget minister, Jérôme Cahuzac, admitted Tuesday that he lied to Parliament and the president about the existence of a secret overseas bank account.
Is Putin trading his own party for a new power base?
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2013/0402/Is-Putin-trading-his-own-party-for-a-new-power-base
President Vladimir Putin is moving to redesign Russia's political system by shouldering aside the ruling party that has anchored his power for the past dozen years and creating a new, East German-style Popular Front of all Russians, which would stand above ...
Philpott relatives recount bizarre behaviour in aftermath of house fire
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/apr/03/mick-mairead-philpott-bizarre-behaviour
The bizarre behaviour of Mick and Mairead Philpott following the deaths of their six children included engaging in hospital food fights, going on shopping sprees while the community was raising funds for the funerals and singing Suspicious Minds in a pub ...
Brazil nightclub fire: Four charged with manslaughter
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22010406
Four people in Brazil have been charged with manslaughter in connection with the deaths of 241 people in The Kiss nightclub fire in January.
Israel launches first air strike on Gaza since truce
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/9968130/Israel-launches-airstrike-on-Gaza.html
Israel has carried out an air strike on the Gaza Strip for the first time since an eight-day war ended in a truce last November. Hamas, the Islamist group that runs Gaza, says aircraft bombed fields near the border and no-one was injured.
UN report says more malnutrition in Haiti following heavy storm season
http://www.abc6onyourside.com/template/inews_wire/wires.international/28ed6095-www.abc6onyourside.com.shtml
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The United Nations says a growing number of Haitians are not getting enough to eat. The U.N. mission in the Caribbean nation of 10 million people said in a monthly bulletin Tuesday that a spike in malnutrition has been recorded in ...
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