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Coalition "friendly fire" kills 13 Libyan rebels (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 01:49 PM PDT

Rebel fighters pray at the graves of around 10 fellow rebels who were killed in what they say was a coalition airstrike on a group of vehicles along the road between Ajdabiyah and Brega April 2, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew WinningReuters - A NATO-led air strike killed 13 Libyan rebels, a rebel spokesman said on Saturday, but their leaders called for continued raids on Muammar Gaddafi's forces despite the "regrettable incident."


Ten dead on second day of Afghan Koran burning protests (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 05:40 PM PDT

Reuters - At least 10 people have been killed and 83 wounded in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, officials said on Saturday, on a second day of violent protests over the burning of a Koran by a radical fundamentalist Christian in the United States.

Fighting rages in Ivory Coast, 800 dead in west (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 03:00 PM PDT

Forces loyal to presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara ride on the back of a pickup about 20 km (12 miles) north of Abidjan April 1, 2011. REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun (Reuters - Soldiers of Ivory Coast's rival leaders battled for the presidential palace, military bases and state TV in the main city Abidjan Saturday, in a conflict so brutal that 800 people have been killed in just one town.


Four Iranian police killed in border attack: report (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 02:00 PM PDT

Reuters - Four Iranian border guards were killed and five wounded by a grenade attack on their post at a city in the Kurdistan region that borders Iraq, state television reported late Saturday.

Al Qaeda members hide in Brazil, raise money: report (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 04:16 PM PDT

Reuters - Al Qaeda operatives are in Brazil planning attacks, raising money and recruiting followers, a leading news magazine reported Saturday, renewing concerns about the nation serving as a hide-out for Islamic militants.

A Mystery in Tripoli: Blood on the Street? (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 12:30 AM PDT

Time.com - In Gaddafi's besieged capital, a burst of gunfire in the night leads to rumor and bitter speculation.

Booby-trap bomb kills Northern Ireland policeman (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 05:32 PM PDT

Police Service of Northern Ireland officers secure the area close to where a police officer was killed in a under car bomb at his house in Omagh, Northern Ireland, Saturday, April, 2, 2011.  (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)AP - A 25-year-old Catholic policeman who had just joined Northern Ireland's police force has been killed after a booby-trap bomb exploded as he got into his car, police and neighbors said.


Syria tightens security following protests (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 02:42 PM PDT

Palestinians carry the bodies of Hamas militants in Al-Omari Mosque during their funeral in Gaza City April 2, 2011. Israeli aircraft killed three Palestinian gunmen in the southern Gaza Strip early on Saturday, medical officials and the Israeli army said. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)AP - Syrian security agents tightened security and made sweeping arrests Saturday as President Bashar Assad tried to cut off two weeks of deadly pro-democracy demonstrations that are threatening his family's ruling dynasty.


Mexico alcohol distillery blast kills 3, injures 3 (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 04:50 PM PDT

A fire burns at an alcohol factory after an explosion near the city of Orizaba, Mexico, Saturday April 2, 2011. According to local police and civil protection, four people died due to the explosion. (AP Photo/Juan Jose Enriquez)AP - An explosion and fire has hit a Mexican factory that distills raw alcohol, killing three people and injuring three others.


Scots set for Lockerbie talks over Libyan defector (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 04:19 PM PDT

Libyan Foreign Minister Mussa Kussa speaks during a press conference in Tripoli in March 2011. Scottish detectives and prosecutors are to meet with Foreign Office officials on Monday to discuss Kussa, who defected to Britain, as part of the Lockerbie bombing probe.(AFP/File/Mahmud Turkia)AFP - Scottish detectives and prosecutors are to meet with Foreign Office officials on Monday to discuss Libyan foreign minister Mussa Kussa, who defected to Britain, as part of the Lockerbie bombing probe.


Obama condemns Koran burning 'bigotry' (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 05:24 PM PDT

An Afghan policeman stands guard near the charred remains of a vehicle at the UN headquarters after protesters attacked the compound in Mazar-i-Sharif. President Barack Obama on Saturday condemned a US pastor's burning of the Koran, after violent protests at what he called an act of AFP - President Barack Obama condemned a US pastor's burning of the Koran, after violent protests at what he called an act of "extreme intolerance and bigotry" left 17 dead in Afghanistan.


Canada's Conservatives gain ground in new poll (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 05:03 AM PDT

Reuters - Canada's ruling Conservatives gained ground in an opinion poll released on Saturday, coming into territory that might hand them a majority in Parliament in the May 2 federal election.

Australia floods may cost coal business $8 bln (AFP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 11:44 PM PDT

The giant Dalrymple coal loading terminal lies idle near Mackay, as seen in this aerial photo, taken in January. Devastating floods could cost Australia up to $8.3 billion in lost coal production, new estimates show -- a sharp increase on earlier projected losses.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Devastating floods could cost Australia up to $8.3 billion in lost coal production, new estimates show -- a sharp increase on earlier projected losses.


The peacebuilders: Making conflict resolution permanent (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 12:58 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Michael von der Schulenburg drove deliberately into the riot. Angry men filled a main road here in Freetown; they quickly surrounded his car. They were members of the APC, the All People's Congress, and their leader, Ernest Koroma, was Sierra Leone's president. They were in a dispute with their opposition over a local election that had taken place a day's drive deep into the countryside.

Slaughter in Ivory Coast as the Grisly Political Standoff Intensifies (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 12:30 AM PDT

Time.com - Hundreds die as the town of Duekoue changes hands, and the forces of Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara continue to battle for control of the nation

Why Terry Jones Quran burning spurred two days of deadly Afghan protests (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 08:32 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Protests in response to a US pastor burning the Koran spread across Afghanistan for a second day on Saturday, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 70 in the southern city of Kandahar. On Friday, a demonstration in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif turned violent when an angry mob stormed a United Nations compound killing seven members of the foreign staff and five Afghans.

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