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NKorea rocket fizzles, US says; Obama urges action (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2009 02:27 PM PDT AP - The U.S. and its allies sought punishment Sunday for North Korea's defiant launch of a rocket that apparently fizzled into the Pacific, holding an emergency U.N. meeting in response to the "provoctive act" that some believe was a long-range missile test.

Taliban threaten 2 attacks per week in Pakistan (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2009 03:20 PM PDT AP - A suicide bombing at a crowded Shiite mosque south of Pakistan's capital killed 22 people Sunday, the latest evidence of how security in the U.S.-allied nation is crumbling well beyond the Afghan border region where al-Qaida and Taliban fighters thrive.

Obama outlines sweeping goal of nuclear-free world (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2009 03:52 PM PDT AP - Declaring the future of mankind at stake, President Barack Obama on Sunday said all nations must strive to rid the world of nuclear arms and that the U.S. had a "moral responsibility" to lead because no other country has used one.

US law fights submarine-like boats hauling cocaine (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2009 10:05 AM PDT AP - It's a game played out regularly on the high seas off Colombia's Pacific coast: A U.S. Navy helicopter spots a vessel the size of a humpback whale gliding just beneath the water's surface.

Dubai: Chechen leader's ally behind assassination (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2009 02:11 PM PDT AP - The assassination of a Chechen renegade — the first reported political killing in this glitzy city — was masterminded by a close ally of Chechnya's president, Dubai authorities said Sunday, calling on Russia to untie "the knot of this crime."

Putin to defend handling of Russian crisis (Reuters) Posted: 05 Apr 2009 03:34 PM PDT Reuters - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will defend his handling of Russia's worst economic crisis in a decade on Monday and is likely to tell lawmakers there are signs the battered economy could be on the road to recovery.

Netanyahu pledges to produce peace policy soon (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2009 01:50 PM PDT AP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said his government would immediately get to work on Mideast peace issues, promising to present a diplomatic agenda in the coming weeks.

Mexico's death cult protests shrine destruction (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2009 03:10 PM PDT AP - About 200 worshippers marched Sunday to protest the government's destruction of "Death Saint" shrines, saying Mexico's fight against drug cartels has veered into religious persecution.

Zimbabwe government sets plan to end isolation (Reuters) Posted: 05 Apr 2009 03:37 PM PDT Reuters - Zimbabwe's power-sharing administration will relax media laws and strive in the next 100 days to end the country's international isolation, government ministers said on Sunday.

Obama seeks to boost ties with Muslim ally Turkey (Reuters) Posted: 05 Apr 2009 03:58 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama will seek on Monday to shore up ties with Turkey, a Muslim country with growing clout whose help Washington needs to solve confrontations and conflicts from Iran to Afghanistan.

British teen sailor stops in Australia for repairs (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2009 12:20 AM PDT AP - A 17-year-old British sailor said Sunday he was confident of beating a U.S. rival into the record books as the youngest person to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe despite a fourth repair stop in Australia about halfway through his trouble-plagued voyage.

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