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• Man stabs 28 children at kindergarten in China (AP)
• Argentine journalists accused in 'people's trial' (AP)
• Belgium bans burqa-type dress in public (AP)
• Germany Comes to Greece's Rescue -- but is it Too Late? (Time.com)
• Britain's Cameron judged winner of election debate (Reuters)
• Baghdad vote recount to take about 2-3 weeks (AP)
• Brazil mom keeps son for now in fight with US dad (AP)
• US gives $7.5M more for Taylor war crimes trial (AP)
• Now a good time for China property tax: researcher (Reuters)
• Omar Khadr's interrogation was "friendly": FBI (Reuters)
• Giant NASA balloon crashes in Australia (AFP)
• Pakistan's Punjab heartland alive with extremist groups (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Afghanistan war: US night raid sparks protest over civilian deaths (The Christian Science Monitor)
• China's Alarming Spate of School Knifings (Time.com)

Man stabs 28 children at kindergarten in China (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 04:57 PM PDT AP - The screams of the 4-year-olds inside the kindergarten could be heard out in the street. When people ran in to investigate, they found what one witness said was a scene "too horrible to imagine" — blood everywhere as a knife-wielding man slashed 28 children, two teachers and a security guard Thursday in the second such school attack in China in two days.

Argentine journalists accused in 'people's trial' (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 03:45 PM PDT AP - The Argentine presidency's campaign against media criticism inspired a symbolic "people's trial" Thursday against some of the nation's leading journalists.

Belgium bans burqa-type dress in public (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 03:01 PM PDT AP - Belgium's lower house of parliament on Thursday banned burqa-type Islamic dress in public, but the measure faces a challenge in the Senate which will delay early enactment of the law.

Germany Comes to Greece's Rescue -- but is it Too Late? (Time.com) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 03:45 PM PDT Time.com - Now that Greece's debt crisis seems to be spreading to other parts of the euro zone, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is finally ready to agree a deal on a rescue package. But should Berlin have acted sooner?

Britain's Cameron judged winner of election debate (Reuters) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 05:29 PM PDT Reuters - Polls declared Conservative leader David Cameron the winner on Thursday of a final TV debate before next week's British election, giving him a boost going into the closing stages of the campaign.

Baghdad vote recount to take about 2-3 weeks (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 12:40 PM PDT AP - Iraq's election officials said Thursday that a recount of the Baghdad ballots could take up to three weeks as a car bomb killed eight people in the capital, highlighting again the tenuous security situation while the chaos arising from the March 7 parliamentary vote drags on.

Brazil mom keeps son for now in fight with US dad (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 05:16 PM PDT AP - Brazil's top appeals court says a young boy must stay with his Brazilian mother and not his American father until a final ruling is made in their international abduction case.

US gives $7.5M more for Taylor war crimes trial (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 02:40 PM PDT AP - The United States is giving an additional $7.5 million to help pay for Charles Taylor's war crimes trial.

Now a good time for China property tax: researcher (Reuters) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 05:11 PM PDT Reuters - It would be feasible for China to launch a property tax in the near term because economic growth is sufficiently strong, a senior researcher with the Ministry of Finance said in remarks published on Friday.

Omar Khadr's interrogation was "friendly": FBI (Reuters) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 08:44 AM PDT Reuters - A Canadian captive admitted throwing a grenade that killed a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan during an interview eight years ago that an FBI agent described on Wednesday as "comfortable" and "friendly," once the hood and handcuffs were removed.

Giant NASA balloon crashes in Australia (AFP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 10:04 AM PDT AFP - A giant NASA science balloon crashed during take-off in Australia Thursday, destroying its multi-million-dollar payload, toppling a large car and narrowly missing frightened observers.

Pakistan's Punjab heartland alive with extremist groups (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 04:55 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - FAISALABAD, Pakistan — Even the Pakistan army conducts military operations against Taliban guerrillas in northwest tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, banned al Qaida-linked groups are operating openly in the Pakistani heartland of Punjab, which itself has been the target of dozens of terror attacks.

Afghanistan war: US night raid sparks protest over civilian deaths (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 01:38 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Irate demonstrators burned tires and blocked traffic in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday after U.S.-led forces killed an armed relative of an Afghan lawmaker during a night raid on her home, according to military and Afghan officials.

China's Alarming Spate of School Knifings (Time.com) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 03:45 PM PDT Time.com - Violent crime is rare in the People's Republic because of a ban on guns but that has not stopped a recent string of assaults on children

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