http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/02/world/asia/south-korea-gives-military-leeway-to-answer-north.html
WASHINGTON - Despite a drumbeat of increasingly bellicose threats from North Korea, the White House said Monday that there was no evidence that the country's leader, Kim Jong-un, was mobilizing troops or other military forces for any imminent attack.
Islamic school fire kills 13 children in Myanmar
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57577398/myanmar-police-14-orphans-die-in-mosque-fire/
By Aung Hla Tun and Min Zayar Oo. YANGON | Mon Apr 1, 2013 11:56pm EDT. YANGON (Reuters) - A fire at an Islamic school in Yangon killed 13 children in the early hours of Tuesday in what officials said could have been an accident, but comes in the ...
Palestinian Islamist group Hamas re-elects Meshaal as its leader
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/world/hamas-re-elects-meshaal-as-leader/story-e6frfkui-1226610703714
GAZA | Mon Apr 1, 2013 11:41pm EDT. GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas re-elected Khaled Meshaal on Tuesday as the Islamist group's leader, at a marathon overnight closed-door meeting held in Cairo, an official with the organization said.
Two Tourists Kidnapped, One Raped in Rio, Police Say
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/04/01/rio-brazil-foreign-tourists-sexual-assault-copacabana.html?cmp=rss
RIO DE JANEIROâ€"Two tourists were kidnapped for hours and one of them was raped as they were driven around this beach-side city, police said.
Sexual Violence Scares Off India's Tourists
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/foreign-tourists-drop-by-25-per-cent-in-the-aftermath-of-the-2012-delhi-gang-rape-assocham-study/1/260229.html
The horrific gang rape and death of a young woman in Delhi in December has changed the perception many foreigners have of India. Questions like: “Is India safe?
UN General Assembly to vote on global arms treaty
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21998394
The UN General Assembly is due to vote on what would be the first treaty to regulate the $70bn (£46bn) global trade in conventional arms.
Pope Prays For World Peace At Easter
http://www.google.com/hostednews/getty/article/ALeqM5jA1SkHY76_dbbR07eIH9momaAh7A?docId=165166303
Pope Francis has prayed for peace in the world during his first Easter Sunday message, delivered from the balcony of Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.
Bag-snatcher smashes through glass window, escapes
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/asia-pacific/australian-bag-snatcher-filmed-running-into-glass-door-1.1345545
CCTV footage has been released of a bag snatcher in Western Australia who crashed through a window while trying to flee the scene of the crime.
Lawless Libyans kidnap prime minister's aide just days after two British women ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2302344/Now-lawless-Libyans-kidnap-prime-ministers-aide-just-days-British-women-raped-father.html
An adviser to the Libyan Prime Minister was grabbed from his car by unknown assailants on the outskirts of Tripoli last night, it has been claimed.
Yemenis Want Detainees in Guantanamo Released
http://www.dailypolitical.com/issues/yemenis-want-detainees-in-guantanamo-released.htm
Relatives of nearly 90 detainees from Yemen, being held by U.S. authorities at the U.S. Guantanamo Bay lockup, alongside activists staged a protest in Sanaa, in front of the U.S.
Georgia town will require residents to own guns
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/georgia-town-will-require-residents-to-own-guns/article10657586/
A small Georgia town on Monday passed a law requiring the head of each household to own a gun as a way to keep crime down. The ordinance, approved unanimously by the City Council in Nelson, is symbolic, however, because there is no penalty for ...
Tribal women decide to challenge men in polls
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/hJR0ErzPcrWqnVrHVUHX6L/Pakistani-woman-makes-history-with-run-in-May-vote.html
PESHAWAR/LOWER DIR: In a break with tradition, two tribal women have decided to take part in the upcoming general election. A female candidate having a master's degree and experience of working in the development sector has decided to challenge ...
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