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• Drug cartels target Mexican army in brazen attacks (AP)
• Colombian rebels turn over remains of captive (AP)
• Cardinals defend pope on church sex abuse scandal (AP)
• China's Hu to attend nuclear summit in Washington (AP)
• Afghan president blames foreigners for vote fraud (AP)
• Somali Pirates in Nairobi Leaving Trade: Not Enough Money (Time.com)
• Benfica put 10-man Liverpool on spot in Europa League (AFP)
• Israeli aircraft strike Gaza (AP)
• Rights group: Chavez trying to silence dissent (AP)
• Main Sudan opposition withdraw from presidential polls (Reuters)
• AP Exclusive: US aid going to Afghanistan partners (AP)
• Canada police apologize for Polish immigrant's death (Reuters)
• Robin Williams' 'rednecks' jibe angers Aussie PM (AFP)
• Beheadings become signature of Mexico's drug gangs (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Changing course, Fatah officials call for Palestinian protests against Israel (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Sex Abuse: The Vatican's Struggle for Damage Control (Time.com)

Drug cartels target Mexican army in brazen attacks (AP) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 06:35 PM PDT AP - In a ratcheting up of tactics in a long, bloody war, drug cartel gunmen made seven especially brazen assaults on Mexican soldiers in one day this week, throwing up roadblocks near army garrisons and spraying checkpoints with automatic weapons fire.

Colombian rebels turn over remains of captive (AP) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 07:02 PM PDT AP - Colombia's largest rebel group on Thursday turned over the remains of a police officer who died while being held captive — the guerrillas' latest gesture aimed at prodding the government into negotiating a prisoner exchange.

Cardinals defend pope on church sex abuse scandal (AP) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 06:35 PM PDT AP - Cardinals across Europe used their Holy Thursday sermons to defend Pope Benedict XVI from accusations he played a role in covering up sex abuse scandals, and an increasingly angry Vatican sought to deflect any criticism in the Western media.

China's Hu to attend nuclear summit in Washington (AP) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 06:29 PM PDT AP - China's president will attend a nuclear security summit in Washington this month, signaling a fresh start between the superpowers amid a chill in relations over Beijing's unhappiness with U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and a meeting with the Dalai Lama.

Afghan president blames foreigners for vote fraud (AP) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 05:28 PM PDT AP - President Hamid Karzai lashed out at the U.N. and international community Thursday, accusing them of interfering in last year's fraud-tarnished presidential election and seeking to weaken his authority after parliament rejected his bid to expand his control over the country's electoral institutions.

Somali Pirates in Nairobi Leaving Trade: Not Enough Money (Time.com) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 01:55 PM PDT Time.com - Who profits from piracy in Somalia these days? Not the men who do the dirty work

Benfica put 10-man Liverpool on spot in Europa League (AFP) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 03:32 PM PDT AFP - Benfica put 10-man Liverpool on the spot on Thursday as the Portuguese side came from behind to win their Europa League quarter-final first-leg clash 2-1.

Israeli aircraft strike Gaza (AP) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 04:37 PM PDT AP - Israeli aircraft have struck multiple targets in the Gaza Strip following a rocket attack on southern Israel.

Rights group: Chavez trying to silence dissent (AP) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 03:20 PM PDT AP - Amnesty International on Thursday accused the government of President Hugo Chavez of using Venezuela's judiciary to persecute its opponents.

Main Sudan opposition withdraw from presidential polls (Reuters) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 03:34 PM PDT Reuters - Sudan's main opposition parties have withdrawn from presidential elections, a senior member of one of the groups said on Thursday, a move that could wreck the looming vote and damage a faltering peace process.

AP Exclusive: US aid going to Afghanistan partners (AP) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 04:48 PM PDT AP - The Pentagon is pouring millions of dollars into equipment and training for its smaller partner nations in the Afghanistan war, a new effort that could encourage some countries not to abandon the increasingly unpopular conflict.

Canada police apologize for Polish immigrant's death (Reuters) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 01:56 PM PDT Reuters - The Royal Canadian Mounted Police apologized on Thursday for the death of a Polish man in a stun-gun incident that drew world attention and shook public confidence in the iconic police force.

Robin Williams' 'rednecks' jibe angers Aussie PM (AFP) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 04:48 AM PDT AFP - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has lashed out at US comedian Robin Williams for calling Australians "rednecks", suggesting the star should look closer to home before bashing Aussies.

Beheadings become signature of Mexico's drug gangs (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 01:20 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - CUERNAVACA, Mexico — The preferred form of cruelty by drug cartel henchmen is to capture enemies and behead them, a once-shocking act that has now become numbingly routine.

Changing course, Fatah officials call for Palestinian protests against Israel (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 10:33 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Senior officials in Fatah, the mainstream faction of the PLO, have for several years taken a backseat approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- leaving negotiations to a few leaders at the top and demonstrations to the grass-roots activists on the street.

Sex Abuse: The Vatican's Struggle for Damage Control (Time.com) Posted: 01 Apr 2010 12:55 PM PDT Time.com - The Holy See has a Twitter feed and a YouTube channel but still thinks it need answer only to God

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