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• Egypt's Mubarak detained, army wins protest respite (Reuters)
• Syrian students mount protests in Aleppo, capital (Reuters)
• Belarus opposition to be quizzed over bomb: Lukashenko (Reuters)
• Italian lower house votes to cut Berlusconi trial (Reuters)
• Was Evidence Against Accused Nazi Criminal John Demjanjuk Faked? (Time.com)
• George Galloway to sue Canada govt (AFP)
• Protesters see victory as Egypt's Mubarak detained (AP)
• Mexico finds 6 more bodies in border pits (AP)
• NATO airstrikes hit Gadhafi targets (AP)
• NKorea says it has detained a US citizen (AP)
• PM did enough to survive debate: analysts (Reuters)
• Briton attempts to cross Indian Ocean in rowboat (AP)
• Belarus terror probe widens into crackdown on opposition (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Relics Returned: Cairo Museum Regains Four Looted Objects (Time.com)
• Senior US military official in Iraq advocates keeping some troops longer (The Christian Science Monitor)

Egypt's Mubarak detained, army wins protest respite (Reuters) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 03:54 PM PDT Reuters - Egypt ordered ousted President Hosni Mubarak detained for 15 days on Wednesday for questioning into accusations he abused power during his 30-year rule, embezzled funds and had protesters killed.

Syrian students mount protests in Aleppo, capital (Reuters) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 05:17 PM PDT Reuters - Syrian forces clamped down at universities after students marched for the first time in the second biggest city Aleppo during unprecedented protests against Baathist rule, activists said on Thursday.

Belarus opposition to be quizzed over bomb: Lukashenko (Reuters) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 08:31 AM PDT Reuters - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ordered security forces on Wednesday to question local "political actors" -- a reference to the opposition -- over a metro station bomb attack which killed 12 people.

Italian lower house votes to cut Berlusconi trial (Reuters) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 03:35 PM PDT Reuters - Italy's lower house of parliament voted Wednesday to cut the length of some criminal trials, approving a measure that is likely to end Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's trial for bribing his lawyer David Mills.

Was Evidence Against Accused Nazi Criminal John Demjanjuk Faked? (Time.com) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 03:55 PM PDT Time.com - The trial against alleged WWII criminal John Demjanjuk could be derailed bya once-secret FBI report claiming the ID card used to prove he was a Naziguard was actually forged

George Galloway to sue Canada govt (AFP) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 05:42 PM PDT AFP - Firebrand former MP George Galloway is to sue the Canadian government for $1.5 million over claims made against him in 2009, it has been announced.

Protesters see victory as Egypt's Mubarak detained (AP) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 06:14 PM PDT AP - Ousted President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons were detained Wednesday for investigation of corruption, abuse of power and killings of protesters, bringing cheers of victory from activists who hoped it marked a turning point in Egypt's turbulent transition to democracy.

Mexico finds 6 more bodies in border pits (AP) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 06:01 PM PDT AP - Mexican investigators found a clandestine grave with six bodies in Tamaulipas state, bringing to 122 the number of bodies found in pits in a region near the U.S. border that is wracked by battling drug cartels, authorities said Wednesday.

NATO airstrikes hit Gadhafi targets (AP) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 06:13 PM PDT AP - NATO launched new airstrikes Wednesday on targets held by Moammar Gadhafi as rebel leaders urged a stronger air campaign that will allow them to advance on Gadhafi's territory.

NKorea says it has detained a US citizen (AP) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 06:17 PM PDT AP - North Korea says it has detained an American man for an unspecified crime and is preparing to indict him.

PM did enough to survive debate: analysts (Reuters) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 10:50 AM PDT Reuters - Canada's prime minister shook off tough blows in a key televised debate with opposition leaders and emerged unwounded and likely to win the May 2 election, analysts and media said on Wednesday.

Briton attempts to cross Indian Ocean in rowboat (AP) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 04:55 AM PDT AP - A British woman who survived fierce storms and a near-drowning on her journeys across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans set off from Australia on Wednesday for a rowing adventure across the Indian Ocean with a new worry on her mind: pirates.

Belarus terror probe widens into crackdown on opposition (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 11:05 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Belarussian authorities said Wednesday that they have caught and extracted confessions from three people accused of detonating a powerful bomb that killed 12 people and injured more than 200 in a Minsk metro station Monday.

Relics Returned: Cairo Museum Regains Four Looted Objects (Time.com) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 03:55 PM PDT Time.com - Four objects previously missing from the Cairo Museum in Egypt have found their way back home

Senior US military official in Iraq advocates keeping some troops longer (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 10:37 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A senior US military official said Wednesday that keeping some US forces in the country would be "best for Iraq" and warned that the Iraqi military was not equipped to ward off threats in an increasingly volatile region.

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