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• Rebels push west before Libya crisis talks (Reuters)
• Syrian forces fired warning shots in Deraa (Reuters)
• Japan finds plutonium at stricken nuclear plant (Reuters)
• Egypt plans September ballot, shortens curfew (Reuters)
• NATO to take full command of Libya mission in days (Reuters)
• What's Behind Berlusconi's Rare Court Appearance? (Time.com)
• Italy offers olive branch over 'stolen' Getty statue (AFP)
• Abbas would give up US aid for Palestinian unity (AP)
• Carter visits Cuba amid dispute over contractor (AP)
• Libyan rebels bear down on Gadhafi's hometown (AP)
• US apologizes for more Afghan 'kill team' photos (AFP)
• Australia targets Aborigines in anti-smoking drive (AFP)
• How Germany's Greens rose from radical fringe to ruling power (The Christian Science Monitor)
• South Sudan: Will Freedom Just Lead to Civil War? (Time.com)
• High profile scandals in China, India, and the Philippines: What's going on? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• TV or not TV: that is the Nigerian question (OneWorld.net)

Rebels push west before Libya crisis talks (Reuters) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 02:51 PM PDT Reuters - Rebels advanced west toward the birthplace of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Monday, firing mortars and heavy machineguns in sporadic clashes with loyalist forces.

Syrian forces fired warning shots in Deraa (Reuters) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 02:55 PM PDT Reuters - Syrian forces fired into the air on Monday to disperse a pro-democracy protest in the southern flashpoint city of Deraa, where reformists want to overthrow the 41-year rule of the Assad family.

Japan finds plutonium at stricken nuclear plant (Reuters) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 03:26 PM PDT Reuters - Plutonium found in soil at the crippled Fukushima nuclear complex heightened alarm on Tuesday over Japan's protracted battle to contain the world's worst atomic crisis in 25 years.

Egypt plans September ballot, shortens curfew (Reuters) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 10:58 AM PDT Reuters - Egypt will hold a parliamentary election in September, its military rulers said on Monday, setting a date that analysts said would suit well-organized Islamists and remnants of former leader Hosni Mubarak's party.

NATO to take full command of Libya mission in days (Reuters) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 08:45 AM PDT Reuters - NATO should have complete command of military operations in Libya "in a couple of days," but a spokeswoman said the alliance saw no military solution to the crisis and hoped for a political settlement.

What's Behind Berlusconi's Rare Court Appearance? (Time.com) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 02:45 PM PDT Time.com - For the first time in eight years and many court hearings, the Italian Prime Minister has taken the stand to face fraud charges -- but will he show for his much-anticipated sex trial?

Italy offers olive branch over 'stolen' Getty statue (AFP) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 04:52 PM PDT AFP - An Italian politician offered an olive branch to the Getty Museum on Monday, in a long-running dispute over antiquities allegedly looted for display in California.

Abbas would give up US aid for Palestinian unity (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 12:33 PM PDT AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is making a heavy push for reconciliation with Hamas and is willing to give up hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. aid if that's what it takes to forge a Palestinian unity deal, a top aide said Monday.

Carter visits Cuba amid dispute over contractor (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 03:28 PM PDT AP - Former President Jimmy Carter met with religious leaders in Cuba on Monday as he began a trip to discuss economic policies and ways to improve Washington-Havana relations, which are even more tense than usual over the imprisonment of a U.S. contractor on the island.

Libyan rebels bear down on Gadhafi's hometown (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:04 PM PDT AP - Rebel forces bore down Monday on Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte, a key government stronghold where a brigade headed by one of the Libyan leader's sons was digging in to defend the city and setting the stage for a bloody and possibly decisive battle.

US apologizes for more Afghan 'kill team' photos (AFP) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 04:28 PM PDT AFP - The US military apologized again Monday after Rolling Stone published more photos and videos of members of an alleged rogue army unit "kill team" accused of killing Afghan civilians for sport.

Australia targets Aborigines in anti-smoking drive (AFP) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 12:28 AM PDT AFP - Australia on Monday launched its first national health TV advertising campaign aimed at Aboriginal people, hoping to halve the 50 percent of indigenous people who smoke by 2018.

How Germany's Greens rose from radical fringe to ruling power (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 02:09 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - When Germany's left-leaning Green party was born 30 years ago, former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt dismissed them outright. "They’re just environmental idiots who will have disappeared again soon," he said.

South Sudan: Will Freedom Just Lead to Civil War? (Time.com) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 02:45 PM PDT Time.com - Old warlords and new rebels in South Sudan unite in an insurgency that could tear the country apart even as it finally achieves independence

High profile scandals in China, India, and the Philippines: What's going on? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 10:10 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A series of corruption scandals in high places have engulfed some of Asia’s fastest-growing economies, posing political challenges and clouding their investment outlook. While complaints over government graft is nothing new, the latest revelations have raised public concern over the failure of political institutions to keep pace with economic development.

TV or not TV: that is the Nigerian question (OneWorld.net) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 07:34 AM PDT OneWorld.net - Mar 28 (OneWorld.net) - With less than a fortnight to go before the presidential election, Nigerian voters continue to be denied the opportunity of assessing the leading candidates in a televised debate.

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