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• Europe resumes some air travel despite volcano (AP)
• Top al-Qaida leaders killed in Iraq, US says (AP)
• Bidding on huge Amazon dam project halted again (AP)
• Brazil priest detained after pedophilia accusation (AP)
• The Cost of Europe's Volcanic Ash Travel Crisis (Time.com)
• Think-tank unveils website to boost aid controls (AFP)
• Hamas leader vows to capture more Israeli soldiers (AP)
• Chavez hosts Latin American allies for summit (AP)
• U.S. faults Sudan election but will work with victors (Reuters)
• 3 rescued, 5 days after China quake killed 2,000 (AP)
• Volcanic ash cloud reaches North American coast (Reuters)
• UN 'troubled' by Australia's treatment of asylum-seekers (AFP)
• Pakistan suspends officials after scathing U.N. report (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Two Iraq Al Qaeda leaders killed: Did they really get Abu Omar al-Baghdadi? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Christianity's Surge in Indonesia (Time.com)
• Relief Work Suspended After Dozens Killed in Pakistan IDP Camp Attack (OneWorld.net)

Europe resumes some air travel despite volcano (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2010 06:34 PM PDT AP - Europe began to emerge from a volcanic cloud Monday, allowing limited air traffic to resume and giving hope to millions of travelers stranded around the world when ash choked the jet age to a halt.

Top al-Qaida leaders killed in Iraq, US says (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2010 06:36 PM PDT AP - The U.S. and Iraq claimed a major victory against al-Qaida on Monday, saying their forces killed the terror group's two top figures in this country in an air and ground assault on their safehouse near Saddam Hussein's hometown.

Bidding on huge Amazon dam project halted again (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2010 05:34 PM PDT AP - A Brazilian judge on Monday suspended for a second time bidding on a massive hydroelectric dam project opposed by environmentalists, Indians and "Avatar" director James Cameron.

Brazil priest detained after pedophilia accusation (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2010 05:33 PM PDT AP - Brazilian police have detained an 83-year-old priest after a congressional hearing produced allegations he molested boys as young as 12, fueling a growing scandal involving Roman Catholic clergy across Latin America.

The Cost of Europe's Volcanic Ash Travel Crisis (Time.com) Posted: 19 Apr 2010 04:05 PM PDT Time.com - As the cloud of volcanic ash hanging over Europe dissipates, E.U. authorities give the okay to fly again. But the recession-hit region won't emerge from the five-day travel ban unscathed

Think-tank unveils website to boost aid controls (AFP) Posted: 19 Apr 2010 06:12 PM PDT AFP - Aid agencies can now ensure that companies contracted to carry aid and peacekeepers to disaster zones do not also engage in activities that spark conflict, a leading think-tank said Tuesday.

Hamas leader vows to capture more Israeli soldiers (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2010 01:55 PM PDT AP - The leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas has vowed to capture more Israeli soldiers to use in bargaining for the release of Palestinian prisoners.

Chavez hosts Latin American allies for summit (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2010 04:54 PM PDT AP - President Hugo Chavez marked the 200th anniversary of Venezuela's independence movement Monday with celebrations and a gathering of his closest Latin American allies.

U.S. faults Sudan election but will work with victors (Reuters) Posted: 19 Apr 2010 01:53 PM PDT Reuters - The United States said on Monday Sudan's elections were neither free nor fair but it will deal with the victors to try to settle internal disputes before a referendum that could bring independence to southern Sudan.

3 rescued, 5 days after China quake killed 2,000 (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2010 06:27 PM PDT AP - Relatives kept alive a 4-year-old girl and an elderly woman trapped by an earthquake under a collapsed house for almost a week in China by using bamboo poles to push water and rice through the rubble until rescuers saved them.

Volcanic ash cloud reaches North American coast (Reuters) Posted: 19 Apr 2010 02:20 PM PDT Reuters - The ash cloud from Iceland's volcanic eruption brushed up against Canada's Eastern seaboard on Monday, but airlines said domestic flight cancellations were mostly because of fog.

UN 'troubled' by Australia's treatment of asylum-seekers (AFP) Posted: 18 Apr 2010 11:53 PM PDT AFP - The United Nations said Monday it was "deeply troubled" by Australia's treatment of asylum-seekers, as rights group Amnesty International condemned the reopening of a remote detention centre.

Pakistan suspends officials after scathing U.N. report (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 19 Apr 2010 01:01 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - LAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistan suspended a raft of officials following a damning United Nations report into the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, the government said Monday.

Two Iraq Al Qaeda leaders killed: Did they really get Abu Omar al-Baghdadi? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 19 Apr 2010 03:47 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The death of a top Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) leader could sever a link between Al Qaeda headquarters and its Iraqi offshoot but the identity of a second figure previously announced to have been killed appears far from clear.

Christianity's Surge in Indonesia (Time.com) Posted: 19 Apr 2010 04:05 PM PDT Time.com - Christianity's Surge in Indonesia

Relief Work Suspended After Dozens Killed in Pakistan IDP Camp Attack (OneWorld.net) Posted: 19 Apr 2010 03:46 PM PDT OneWorld.net - KOHAT, Apr 18 (IRIN) - Relief work has been suspended at the Kacha Pakha camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) on the outskirts of Kohat town in northwestern Pakistan after two bomb attacks killed at least 41 IDPs, according to officials and media reports.

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