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• Allies vow no halt to campaign until Gaddafi goes (Reuters)
• Gaza group threatens to execute abducted Italian (Reuters)
• U.N. defends role in Ivory Coast Gbagbo ouster (Reuters)
• U.S., allies see Libyan rebels in hopeless disarray (Reuters)
• How Road Crashes Became Asia's Latest Public Health Crisis (Time.com)
• Belgian bishop admits abusing second nephew (AP)
• Pro-Palestinian group: Activist kidnapped in Gaza (AP)
• River sweeps bus off Colombian highway, 16 dead (AP)
• US senators unveil resolution against Libya conflict (AFP)
• CIA will not halt operations in Pakistan: official (AFP)
• Conservatives lose some ground in poll (Reuters)
• Australia rapped on Aboriginal imprisonment (AFP)
• Berlusconi says he won't run again. Don't be so sure. (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Bahrain: Is a U.S. Ally Using Torture to Put Down Dissent? (Time.com)
• Ivory Coast, Libya highlight growing rift between Africa and the West (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Vast Majority of Stillbirths Found in Developing Countries (OneWorld.net)

Allies vow no halt to campaign until Gaddafi goes (Reuters) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 03:39 PM PDT Reuters - The British, French and U.S. leaders vowed on Friday to press on with their military campaign in Libya until Muammar Gaddafi leaves power, and rebels said his forces were pounding the besieged city of Misrata with missiles.

Gaza group threatens to execute abducted Italian (Reuters) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 01:56 PM PDT Reuters - A Jihadist group in the Gaza Strip aligned with al Qaeda threatened on Thursday to execute an abducted Italian it is holding within hours, unless Hamas Islamists release the group's leader.

U.N. defends role in Ivory Coast Gbagbo ouster (Reuters) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 08:40 AM PDT Reuters - Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo was overthrown by Ivorians, not by foreign powers, the United Nations said on Thursday amid rising criticism of its role in the removal of the former leader.

U.S., allies see Libyan rebels in hopeless disarray (Reuters) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 03:51 PM PDT Reuters - Too little is known about Libya's rebels and they remain too fragmented for the United States to get seriously involved in organizing or training them, let alone arming them, U.S. and European officials say.

How Road Crashes Became Asia's Latest Public Health Crisis (Time.com) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 03:50 PM PDT Time.com - Across the developing world, porous urbanization, lax enforcement of traffic laws, crumbling infrastructure and crowded streets have led to what the World Health Organization calls a "road safety crisis"

Belgian bishop admits abusing second nephew (AP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 04:27 PM PDT AP - A former Belgian bishop at the center of one of the Roman Catholic church's biggest pedophile scandals said Thursday that he had abused two nephews and insisted he had no plans to abandon the priesthood.

Pro-Palestinian group: Activist kidnapped in Gaza (AP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 04:42 PM PDT AP - A pro-Palestinian group said Thursday that one of its activists, an Italian, has been kidnapped by Islamic militants in Gaza. It would be the first kidnapping of a foreigner since Hamas overran Gaza in 2007.

River sweeps bus off Colombian highway, 16 dead (AP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 03:29 PM PDT AP - Authorities say a river swollen with heavy rains swept a passenger bus off a highway in Colombia's mountainous northwest, killing at least 16 people and leaving four others missing.

US senators unveil resolution against Libya conflict (AFP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 04:22 PM PDT AFP - US military strikes on Libya are "not in the vital interests of the United States" and further action should require congressional approval, under a symbolic senate resolution unveiled Thursday.

CIA will not halt operations in Pakistan: official (AFP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 04:05 PM PDT AFP - The Central Intelligence Agency has no plans to suspend "operations" in Pakistan against terror suspects despite objections from leaders in Islamabad, a US official said Thursday.

Conservatives lose some ground in poll (Reuters) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:05 AM PDT Reuters - Teh ruling Conservative Party lost some ground to rivals ahead of the May 2 election, but remained the front-runners in the race, according to an opinion poll released on Thursday.

Australia rapped on Aboriginal imprisonment (AFP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 09:03 AM PDT AFP - Human rights advocates attacked the Australian government Thursday over the disproportionate number of Aborigines in the nation's jails 20 years after a landmark inquiry into prison deaths.

Berlusconi says he won't run again. Don't be so sure. (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 09:30 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Is one of Europe’s most flamboyant and controversial statesmen finally preparing to call it quits?

Bahrain: Is a U.S. Ally Using Torture to Put Down Dissent? (Time.com) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 03:50 PM PDT Time.com - In the continuing crackdown on the opposition, the Kingdom may be turning to torture, perhaps including the use of electric shock

Ivory Coast, Libya highlight growing rift between Africa and the West (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 08:04 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - If ever there was doubt of a growing rift between African and Western leaders, it was made clear with the recent conflicts of Libya and Ivory Coast.

Vast Majority of Stillbirths Found in Developing Countries (OneWorld.net) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 06:57 AM PDT OneWorld.net - UNITED NATIONS, Apr 14 (IPS) - According to a special series in the medical journal The Lancet presented in New York Wednesday at the U.N. children's agency UNICEF, over 2.6 million stillbirths occur worldwide annually, affecting mostly African and Asian women who lack proper access to health care and facilities.

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