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• AP Analysis: Karzai remarks risk US-Afghan rift (AP)
• Now 16, Elian Gonzalez shown at Cuba youth meeting (AP)
• Ill Nigerian president meets Christian leaders (AP)
• US consulate attacked in northwest Pakistan (AP)
• Terre'Blanche murder reveals S. Africa racial divide (Time.com)
• Brown defends economy plans as election battle set to start (AFP)
• Police say Shiite family of 6 gunned down in Iraq (AP)
• 88 gay couples have married in Mexico City (AP)
• One dead in fresh sectarian clashes in central Nigeria (AFP)
• Hawaii man's China military secrets trial to begin (AP)
• Loonie edges closer to parity with U.S. dollar (Reuters)
• Stranded coal carrier threatens Great Barrier Reef (AFP)
• Attack on U.S. consulate suggests Pakistani militants still a threat (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Islamist network takes shape in Russia (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Pakistani Taliban bomb attack: U.S. consulate a target (Time.com)
• Iraq's Health System Needs Years of Work (OneWorld.net)

AP Analysis: Karzai remarks risk US-Afghan rift (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2010 03:16 PM PDT AP - President Hamid Karzai's startling threat to join the Taliban if foreigners don't stop meddling in Afghanistan and his strident criticism of the West's role have worsened relations with Washington at a time when the U.S. military wants closer cooperation ahead of a potentially decisive offensive this summer.

Now 16, Elian Gonzalez shown at Cuba youth meeting (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2010 04:59 PM PDT AP - Cuba has released photos of one-time exile cause celebre Elian Gonzalez wearing an olive-green military school uniform and attending a Young Communist Union congress.

Ill Nigerian president meets Christian leaders (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2010 03:01 PM PDT AP - Nigeria's ill and long unseen president met briefly with Christian religious leaders Monday, still physically weak but "able to grunt out an amen," a pastor who took part in the visit said.

US consulate attacked in northwest Pakistan (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2010 02:43 PM PDT AP - Islamist militants unleashed a car bomb and grenade attack against a U.S. consulate in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing four people and striking back after months of American missile strikes against Taliban and al-Qaida fighters in the region.

Terre'Blanche murder reveals S. Africa racial divide (Time.com) Posted: 05 Apr 2010 03:50 PM PDT Time.com - The bludgeoning to death of South Africa's most infamous white racist, Eugene Terre'Blanche, focuses attention on his most notorious black successor, Julius Malema

Brown defends economy plans as election battle set to start (AFP) Posted: 05 Apr 2010 03:19 PM PDT AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown defended his handling of the economic recovery on Monday as he prepared to fire the starting gun for a general election that opinion polls suggest he could lose.

Police say Shiite family of 6 gunned down in Iraq (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2010 01:01 PM PDT AP - A Shiite couple and four of their children were gunned down in their home outside Baghdad on Monday, the latest in a string of attacks that have killed some 70 people since Friday, police said.

88 gay couples have married in Mexico City (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2010 05:05 PM PDT AP - Mexico City's officials say 88 same-sex couples have gotten married in Mexico's capital since a law allowing such unions took effect last month.

One dead in fresh sectarian clashes in central Nigeria (AFP) Posted: 05 Apr 2010 02:34 PM PDT AFP - Fresh clashes erupted Monday between groups of Christian and Muslim youths in Nigeria's central city of Jos, leaving one dead as security forces restored order, a senior state official said.

Hawaii man's China military secrets trial to begin (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2010 05:21 PM PDT AP - A former B-2 stealth bomber engineer from Maui who is accused of selling military secrets to China is due to face trial in federal court this week.

Loonie edges closer to parity with U.S. dollar (Reuters) Posted: 05 Apr 2010 09:26 AM PDT Reuters - The Canadian dollar shot to a 20-month high against the greenback on Monday, within striking distance of parity with the U.S. currency, bolstered by higher oil and metals prices and bullish U.S. employment data.

Stranded coal carrier threatens Great Barrier Reef (AFP) Posted: 05 Apr 2010 01:50 AM PDT AFP - Australian authorities were Monday battling to prevent a badly damaged Chinese coal carrier stranded on the Great Barrier Reef from spilling tonnes of oil into pristine waters teeming with marine life.

Attack on U.S. consulate suggests Pakistani militants still a threat (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 05 Apr 2010 04:05 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD — A multi-pronged assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in northwest Pakistan and a suicide bomb attack elsewhere in the area left some 50 people dead Monday, demonstrating extremists' continued ability to strike despite military operations against them.

Islamist network takes shape in Russia (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 05 Apr 2010 12:18 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Five terrorist attacks that killed almost 60 people in a single week have left Russians deeply shaken. The latest attack took place today in the restive Republic of Ingushetia.

Pakistani Taliban bomb attack: U.S. consulate a target (Time.com) Posted: 05 Apr 2010 02:50 PM PDT Time.com - The Pakistani Taliban's attack on the U.S. consulate on Monday suggests that they are undettered by U.S. drones and Islamabad's forces

Iraq's Health System Needs Years of Work (OneWorld.net) Posted: 05 Apr 2010 02:12 PM PDT OneWorld.net - BAGHDAD, Apr 4 (IRIN) - Much more time and effort is needed to improve Iraq's health system and institutions, which have been battered by decades of conflict, underinvestment and neglect, the country's top health official said on 3 April.

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