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• Syria's Assad vows to lift emergency law by next week (Reuters)
• Early results suggest close Nigerian election (Reuters)
• Yemen opposition to meet Gulf ministers over crisis (Reuters)
• Obama wants South Korea FTA passed this year: Clinton (Reuters)
• Syria: Who Is the Real President Assad? (Time.com)
• UK's Prince Harry promoted to captain in army (AP)
• Latest developments in Arab world's unrest (AP)
• Mexico massacre question: How did it happen twice? (AP)
• Rebels say Gaddafi forces target Misrata dairy plant (Reuters)
• Chinese aid good for Africa: ministers (AFP)
• Conservatives hold opinion poll lead (Reuters)
• Rare quake rocks Australia's Barrier Reef coast (AFP)
• Assassinated Kandahar police chief was optimistic about security (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Behind a United Front, NATO Meeting Deepens Cracks in the Alliance (Time.com)
• What Kate Middleton’s wedding to Prince William could do for Britain (The Christian Science Monitor)

Syria's Assad vows to lift emergency law by next week (Reuters) Posted: 16 Apr 2011 02:46 PM PDT Reuters - President Bashar al-Assad said on Saturday emergency law in place for almost 50 years in Syria would be lifted by next week but ignored popular demands to curb the security apparatus and dismantle its authoritarian system.

Early results suggest close Nigerian election (Reuters) Posted: 16 Apr 2011 03:46 PM PDT Reuters - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan looked set for a close race against ex-military ruler Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday as results trickled in from a vote broadly deemed to have been the most credible for decades.

Yemen opposition to meet Gulf ministers over crisis (Reuters) Posted: 16 Apr 2011 01:15 PM PDT Reuters - Yemen's opposition said it would send a delegation to Saudi Arabia on Sunday to discuss with Gulf Arab ministers the transition of power in Yemen, as thousands rallied anew to demand President Ali Abdullah Saleh step down.

Obama wants South Korea FTA passed this year: Clinton (Reuters) Posted: 16 Apr 2011 04:49 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday the Obama administration was committed to passing a long-delayed free trade agreement with South Korea, and that the pact was ready for review by Congress.

Syria: Who Is the Real President Assad? (Time.com) Posted: 15 Apr 2011 10:55 PM PDT Time.com - The country's crisis has revealed a Jekyll-and-Hyde leader. Which one is authentic? And which one will prevail?

UK's Prince Harry promoted to captain in army (AP) Posted: 16 Apr 2011 04:56 PM PDT AP - Royal officials say Britain's Prince Harry has been promoted to captain in the Air Corps after completing five years' service in the army.

Latest developments in Arab world's unrest (AP) Posted: 16 Apr 2011 02:58 PM PDT AP - Moammar Gadhafi's forces pour rocket fire into Misrata, the only western city still in rebel hands, and weary residents who have endured more than a month of fighting angrily lash out at NATO for failing to halt the deadly assault. In eastern Libya, fierce fighting leaves seven rebels dead, 27 wounded and four missing as the anti-Gadhafi forces seek to push toward the strategic oil town of Brega, a hospital supervisor says.

Mexico massacre question: How did it happen twice? (AP) Posted: 16 Apr 2011 04:18 PM PDT AP - With only odd jobs to support a young wife and 2-year-old son in their concrete hut on a dirt road, Uriel Carvajal decided to seek work in the U.S., heading from central Mexico by bus to the northeastern border state of Tamaulipas.

Rebels say Gaddafi forces target Misrata dairy plant (Reuters) Posted: 16 Apr 2011 03:16 PM PDT Reuters - Rebels said Muammar Gaddafi's forces targeted food industry plants in renewed bombardment of Misrata on Saturday, a day after a Western rights group accused his loyalists of using cluster bombs in the besieged city.

Chinese aid good for Africa: ministers (AFP) Posted: 16 Apr 2011 04:10 PM PDT AFP - African officials said Saturday they need Chinese aid because they cannot get support from traditional partners, and called Western criticism of China's huge Africa support program unfounded.

Conservatives hold opinion poll lead (Reuters) Posted: 16 Apr 2011 08:27 AM PDT Reuters - Canada's ruling Conservative Party is holding on to a 10-point lead over its liberal rivals even as support for the left-leaning New Democratic Party rises, according to a poll released on Saturday.

Rare quake rocks Australia's Barrier Reef coast (AFP) Posted: 16 Apr 2011 02:34 AM PDT AFP - Australia's Barrier Reef district was rocked by an unusual 5.2-magnitude earthquake Saturday, but laid-back locals said they had barely felt a thing.

Assassinated Kandahar police chief was optimistic about security (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 15 Apr 2011 01:59 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A Taliban suicide bomber killed the police chief of Afghanistan’s critical and long restive southern province of Kandahar on Friday, just days after the chief had expressed optimism about security gains.

Behind a United Front, NATO Meeting Deepens Cracks in the Alliance (Time.com) Posted: 15 Apr 2011 10:55 PM PDT Time.com - A meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Berlin ended on a note of unity over Libya, but brought up questions of whether the real endgame is regime change

What Kate Middleton’s wedding to Prince William could do for Britain (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 15 Apr 2011 12:13 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The most anticipated wedding since that of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer takes place exactly two weeks from today at 11 a.m., when the eldest son from that marriage, Prince William, ties the knot.

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