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• Pakistan: Bombers kill refugees waiting for food (AP)
• AP Exclusive: How the pope got his US lawyer (AP)
• Poland holds public memorial for crash victims (AP)
• Young China quake survivor survived by sleeping in (AP)
• Pakistan's Military Holds Back in North Waziristan (Time.com)
• Europe extends flight bans as ash cloud spreads (AFP)
• Vote monitors: Sudan elections short of standards (AP)
• Sudan vote 'fails standards but should be recognised' (AFP)
• China's President Hu flies to quake-hit region: Xinhua (AFP)
• UN concerned about Australia's asylum freeze (AFP)
• Volcano in Iceland: Brits add it to their grievances toward Viking republic (The Christian Science Monitor)

Pakistan: Bombers kill refugees waiting for food (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 06:38 PM PDT AP - Two burqa-clad suicide bombers attacked refugees from a Pakistani offensive against the Taliban, killing 41 as they lined up to register for food and other relief supplies.

AP Exclusive: How the pope got his US lawyer (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 06:25 PM PDT AP - The Vatican has long let cardinals or its official spokesmen do its talking when scandal hits.

Poland holds public memorial for crash victims (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 03:11 PM PDT AP - Some 100,000 Poles filled Warsaw's biggest public square Saturday, joining together for a memorial and funeral Mass for the 96 people killed in a plane crash a week earlier.

Young China quake survivor survived by sleeping in (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 06:11 PM PDT AP - Her roommates used to call her a "lazy pig" for trying to sleep in before class. But Song Yuhuan's slowness to get out of bed saved her life — the girls who rushed from their dorm were crushed by the walls collapsing in an earthquake that leveled their town and left 1,484 dead.

Pakistan's Military Holds Back in North Waziristan (Time.com) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 02:55 PM PDT Time.com - Islamabad's forces aren't pursuing the Taliban in North Waziristan, despite American pleas, because it says it is heeding the lessons of Iraq

Europe extends flight bans as ash cloud spreads (AFP) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 06:26 PM PDT AFP - Millions of people faced worsening travel chaos Sunday as a volcanic ash cloud from Iceland moved further south and east, forcing European countries to extend flight bans into next week.

Vote monitors: Sudan elections short of standards (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 12:50 PM PDT AP - International monitors said Saturday that Sudan's first multiparty elections in more than two decades failed to meet international standards, an assessment that diminishes hopes the voting would set the nation on the road to peace and democracy.

Sudan vote 'fails standards but should be recognised' (AFP) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 01:37 PM PDT AFP - Sudan's landmark polls, which look certain to secure President Omar al-Beshir's re-election, failed to reach international standards but should win world recognition, observers said on Saturday.

China's President Hu flies to quake-hit region: Xinhua (AFP) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 06:20 PM PDT AFP - China's President Hu Jintao was flying to the remote northwest region hit by a strong earthquake to guide rescue efforts as the death toll rises to more than 1,400, state-run media reported Sunday.

UN concerned about Australia's asylum freeze (AFP) Posted: 16 Apr 2010 10:13 PM PDT AFP - The United Nations has raised concerns about Australia's decision to freeze asylum applications from Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, saying it could leave people in detention for prolonged periods.

Volcano in Iceland: Brits add it to their grievances toward Viking republic (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 16 Apr 2010 12:17 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Could the volcanic ash cloud currently paralyzing Britain's air traffic and exacting a heavy economic toll on the country be Iceland's latest strike in a curious and long-running spate of hostilities between the Viking republic and Her Majesty's Government?

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