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• Libya troops advance east; powers want Gaddafi out (Reuters)
• Syria mobilizes thousands for pro-Assad marches (Reuters)
• France, U.S. to help Japan in nuclear crisis (Reuters)
• At least 53 dead as Iraqi forces end gunmen's siege (Reuters)
• Britain, Qatar give message of support to Libyans (Reuters)
• Syria's Crisis: How Much Rides on the President's Speech (Time.com)
• Britain, Mexico to double bilateral trade by 2015 (AFP)
• Gunmen kill 56 in grisly Iraq hostage siege (AP)
• Haiti postpones results of presidential election (AP)
• Obama hopes Gaddafi will ultimately step down (Reuters)
• Terror suspect in Bali bombings caught in Pakistan (AP)
• Parties differ on how to cut budget deficit (Reuters)
• Australian PM's computer hacked: report (AFP)
• How AU's boycott of London Libya meeting may hurt Africa's interests (The Christian Science Monitor)
• London Dilemma: Two Ways to Go After Gaddafi (Time.com)
• Can Libya’s people be protected if Qaddafi stays? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Desperate Measures in Times of Hunger (OneWorld.net)

Libya troops advance east; powers want Gaddafi out (Reuters) Posted: 29 Mar 2011 04:12 PM PDT Reuters - Muammar Gaddafi's better armed and organized troops reversed the rapid westward advance of rebels on Tuesday as world powers meeting in London piled pressure on the Libyan leader to step down.

Syria mobilizes thousands for pro-Assad marches (Reuters) Posted: 29 Mar 2011 03:24 PM PDT Reuters - President Bashar al-Assad sought to deflect the greatest challenge to his 11-year rule by mobilizing tens of thousands of Syrians in mass rallies across the country on Tuesday in response to pro-democracy protests.

France, U.S. to help Japan in nuclear crisis (Reuters) Posted: 29 Mar 2011 05:28 PM PDT Reuters - France and the United States are to help Japan in its battle to contain radiation from a crippled nuclear complex where plutonium finds have raised public alarm over the world's worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl in 1986.

At least 53 dead as Iraqi forces end gunmen's siege (Reuters) Posted: 29 Mar 2011 11:14 AM PDT Reuters - At least 53 people were killed on Tuesday when gunmen took hostages at a provincial council headquarters in Saddam Hussein's hometown, precipitating a battle with security forces who swept in to end the siege.

Britain, Qatar give message of support to Libyans (Reuters) Posted: 29 Mar 2011 04:03 PM PDT Reuters - Britain and Qatar, countries which have led international opposition to Muammar Gaddafi, told ordinary Libyans Wednesday that they would not desert them as they seek to build a peaceful future.

Syria's Crisis: How Much Rides on the President's Speech (Time.com) Posted: 29 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Time.com - Assad has barely managed to keep himself separate from the violence perpetrated by his regime. But he needs to address the country. What happens next depends on whether his fellow Syrians believe him.

Britain, Mexico to double bilateral trade by 2015 (AFP) Posted: 29 Mar 2011 04:51 PM PDT AFP - Britain and Mexico on Tuesday committed to double bilateral trade to $6.7 billion by 2015 and boost ties, during a visit by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.

Gunmen kill 56 in grisly Iraq hostage siege (AP) Posted: 29 Mar 2011 04:07 PM PDT AP - Gunmen wearing military uniforms over explosives belts charged into a government building in Saddam Hussein's hometown Tuesday in an attack that left 56 people dead, including 15 hostages who were shot execution-style.

Haiti postpones results of presidential election (AP) Posted: 29 Mar 2011 04:33 PM PDT AP - Haitians will have to wait at least a few more days to learn the preliminary results of their presidential election because of alleged irregularities and fraud uncovered at the vote-counting center, officials said Tuesday.

Obama hopes Gaddafi will ultimately step down (Reuters) Posted: 29 Mar 2011 05:48 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the objective of a U.S. and allied military campaign is to apply steady pressure on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi so he will "ultimately step down" from power.

Terror suspect in Bali bombings caught in Pakistan (AP) Posted: 29 Mar 2011 05:53 PM PDT AP - A senior Indonesian al-Qaida operative wanted in the 2002 Bali bombings has been arrested in Pakistan, a rare high-profile capture in the war on terror that could provide valuable intelligence about the organization and possible future plots.

Parties differ on how to cut budget deficit (Reuters) Posted: 29 Mar 2011 11:51 AM PDT Reuters - The two main parties contesting Canada's election have the same fundamental economic goals -- cutting the budget deficit chief among them -- but two very different approaches.

Australian PM's computer hacked: report (AFP) Posted: 29 Mar 2011 09:05 AM PDT AFP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's parliamentary computer and the foreign and defence ministers' machines are all suspected of being hacked, with China under suspicion, reports said Tuesday.

How AU's boycott of London Libya meeting may hurt Africa's interests (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 29 Mar 2011 12:02 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The United Nations-backed no-fly zone imposed on Libya is easily the most important new intervention on the African continent today. So why did the African Union refuse to send a representative to participate in today's international conference in London about the way forward for the air campaign against Mr. Qaddafi's forces?

London Dilemma: Two Ways to Go After Gaddafi (Time.com) Posted: 29 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Time.com - There is a general consensus that the Libyan strongman must be relieved of power. But how exactly does the coalition go about doing that?

Can Libya’s people be protected if Qaddafi stays? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 29 Mar 2011 10:51 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama may have equivocated last night â€" saying the international bombing campaign against Muammar Qaddafi’s forces is not about forcing regime change while insisting that Mr. Qaddafi must “step down from power.”

Desperate Measures in Times of Hunger (OneWorld.net) Posted: 29 Mar 2011 09:08 AM PDT OneWorld.net - HARARE, Mar 29 (IRIN) - A mother of four in Zimbabwe’s rural Midlands Province gave her husband custody of her children, after divorcing him three years ago, because the failing crops on her two-acre plot meant she would be unable to feed them.

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