http://ibnlive.in.com/news/un-adopts-treaty-to-regulate-global-arms-trade-india-abstains/382791-2.html
UNITED NATIONS, April 2 (Xinhua) -- The UN General Assembly by 154-3, with 23 abstentions, on Tuesday passed the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) to limit for the first time international conventional weapons commerce, which was estimated at up to 70 billion ...
Palestinian Authority using prisoners' death to keep up populist struggle against ...
http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/palestinian-authority-using-prisoners-death-to-keep-up-populist-struggle-against-israel.premium-1.513106
A third intifada doesn't seem to be on the horizon, but it is impossible to ignore the continuous increase in the number of 'populist' incidents over the last six months.
'Airpocalypse' hits China
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2013-04/02/content_16368980.htm
China has been battling air pollution levels so high it's been dubbed the "airpocalypse." This year air quality in Beijing has frequently been categorized as very unhealthy or hazardous, according data from the U.S.
Putin to Russian officials: close foreign accounts
http://www.voanews.com/content/russian-officials-foreign-bank-accounts-reuters/1633599.html
MOSCOW (AP) - President Vladimir Putin has given Russian officials a three-month deadline to close their foreign bank accounts or face dismissal.
Georgia Town Requires Arms in Every Home, but Won't Enforce Rule
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/georgia-community-passes-vote-requiring-all-citizens-to-own-guns-1.1221382
But in a sign of how divisive gun rights remain, the town council doesn't plan to enforce the measure, passed Monday night as a show of support for the Second Amendment.
Brazil Ex-Leader Wades Into Venezuelan Politics
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/F5AOdBaT2bRwYv1NBiLGHJ/Venezuelas-Capriles-cries-foul-ahead-of-election.html
SÃO PAULOâ€"Former Brazilian leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva waded into Venezuelan politics on Tuesday, throwing his weight behind late President Hugo Chávez's handpicked successor in elections this month.
Azhar's Tayeb Convenes Meeting As Mursi Visits Food-Poisoned Students
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22004918
Top Azhar cleric Ahmed al-Tayeb convened an urgent meeting on Tuesday with university president Ossama al-Abd and board members to discuss a food poisoning crisis that began on Monday, a local newspaper has reported.
couple guilty of killing six of their children
http://www.smh.com.au/world/uk-couple-guilty-of-killing-six-of-their-children-in-fire-20130403-2h5jh.html
Seemingly overwhelmed by grief during an appeal for information about the killer of six of his children, Mick Philpott buried his face in a tissue and wept.
François Hollande rocked as minister confesses to lying over tax evasion
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/franois-hollande-rocked-as-minister-confesses-to-lying-over-tax-evasion-8557621.html
In a bombshell confession, the former French Budget Minister, Jerome Cahuzac, has admitted that he had lied repeatedly to the President, parliament and public and had cheated on his taxes for 20 years.
Amnesty 'outrage' at Saudi paralysis sentence
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22010122
The reported sentencing of paralysis for a Saudi man as punishment for paralysing another man has been described as "outrageous" by a leading human rights group.
Tolkien ring works its magic one more time
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/books/article3729376.ece?CMP=OTH-gnws-standard-2013_04_02
An ancient gold ring that may have inspired the piece of jewellery at the centre of The Lord of the Rings books is having its own exhibition at The Vyne, a National Trust property in Hampshire.
Israel Says Its Tanks Responded to Shots Fired From Syrian Side
http://www.haaretz.com/news/haaretz-newsline/back-online-after-passover-catch-up-with-haaretz-1.513104
JERUSALEM - The Israeli military said Tuesday night that its tanks had fired into Syria in response to shots fired from the Syrian side at an Israeli Army jeep in the Israeli-held Golan Heights, adding that the shells hit their target.
Double standard emerges in Brazil van gang rape investigation
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2013/0402/Double-standard-emerges-in-Brazil-van-gang-rape-investigation
When two foreigners reported on early Saturday morning that they had been held hostage for nearly six hours in a van the night before - while the drivers gang-raped the young American woman and beat her French male companion with an iron bar - the ...
Suicide attack kills at least 9 in Iraq, 3 die in shootings
http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/suicide-truck-bomb-kills-11-as-iraq-unrest-spikes-349002
Map: Tikrit, Iraq. STORY HIGHLIGHTS. Twelve people die in suicide attack and shootings; A suicide attack kills 9 in Tikrit; Three people die in two shootings; 163 Iraqi civilians, policemen and soldiers died in March.
Israel launches first air strike on Gaza since truce
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/sources-egypt-pressured-meshal-to-stay-on-as-hamas-leader.premium-1.513093
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.
Heavy Rains Flood Argentina's Capital
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323611604578398924249933626.html
A man maneuvers with his inflatable dinghy after heavy rains lashed Buenos Aires on Tuesday. BUENOS AIRESâ€"Argentina's capital was hit Tuesday by the heaviest rains in more than a century, causing floods that claimed at least six lives and left pockets of ...
Pair suspected in Algeria terrorist attack a 'wake-up call' of radicalization of ...
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/national/Pair+suspected+Algeria+terrorist+attack+wake+call/8185589/story.html
Just years ago, they walked the halls of a London, Ont., high school - one was a gregarious, football player who took Latin; the other was a skinny, quiet kid.
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