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• Government forces retreat in Libya's Misrata (Reuters)
• Five women brutally murdered in Mexico beach resort (Reuters)
• Fresh fighting on Thai-Cambodia border kills 4 soldiers (Reuters)
• Iraqi cleric's followers demand U.S. troops leave (Reuters)
• Iraqi Shi'ites want Saudis to withdraw from Bahrain (Reuters)
• The Muddle at the Middle of NATO's Libya Efforts (Time.com)
• Pope: Humanity isn't random product of evolution (AP)
• Latest developments in Arab world's unrest (AP)
• Gunmen kill environmental activist in Brazil (AP)
• Fighting grips Misrata, drones enter Libya conflict (AFP)
• BoJ Shirakawa sees Japan economy contraction in Jan-June (Reuters)
• Gillard must set example in China: Human Rights Watch (AFP)
• Deadly Crackdown on Uganda's Walk-to-Work Protests (Time.com)
• Renewables enjoy spring surge of superlatives (OneWorld.net)

Government forces retreat in Libya's Misrata (Reuters) Posted: 23 Apr 2011 03:58 PM PDT Reuters - Government forces retreated in Misrata but seized a rebel town in Libya's remote Western Mountains, as no sign emerged of Muammar Gaddafi being dislodged from power despite more than a month of air strikes.

Five women brutally murdered in Mexico beach resort (Reuters) Posted: 23 Apr 2011 01:31 PM PDT Reuters - Five women, all apparently connected to a beauty parlor, were found brutally murdered in the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco on Saturday morning, state police said.

Fresh fighting on Thai-Cambodia border kills 4 soldiers (Reuters) Posted: 23 Apr 2011 06:05 AM PDT Reuters - A second day of fighting between Thai and Cambodian troops on Saturday killed at least four soldiers, bringing the two-day death toll to 11, the worst bloodshed since the United Nations called for a ceasefire in February.

Iraqi cleric's followers demand U.S. troops leave (Reuters) Posted: 23 Apr 2011 10:22 AM PDT Reuters - Hundreds of followers of anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr took to the streets of Baghdad on Saturday, trampling U.S. flags and vowing to escalate military resistance if U.S. troops fail to leave Iraq this year.

Iraqi Shi'ites want Saudis to withdraw from Bahrain (Reuters) Posted: 23 Apr 2011 07:50 AM PDT Reuters - Hundreds of Iraqi Shi'ites rallied in Baghdad on Saturday to demand the immediate withdrawal of Saudi troops from Bahrain, which has sparked reminders of Iraq's own sectarian divide.

The Muddle at the Middle of NATO's Libya Efforts (Time.com) Posted: 22 Apr 2011 10:55 PM PDT Time.com - If a regime is so monstrous that it warrants a fighting, then how can that fight end with the regime still in power?

Pope: Humanity isn't random product of evolution (AP) Posted: 23 Apr 2011 03:33 PM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI marked the holiest night of the year for Christians by stressing that humanity isn't a random product of evolution.

Latest developments in Arab world's unrest (AP) Posted: 23 Apr 2011 03:23 PM PDT AP - Security forces fire on funeral processions that drew tens of thousands of people, one day after the bloodiest crackdown so far in the uprising against President Bashar Assad.

Gunmen kill environmental activist in Brazil (AP) Posted: 23 Apr 2011 01:40 PM PDT AP - Police in Brazil say gunmen have killed an environmental activist, his brother and three friends.

Fighting grips Misrata, drones enter Libya conflict (AFP) Posted: 23 Apr 2011 03:52 PM PDT AFP - Heavy fighting rocked Misrata, overwhelming its hospital, as US drones entered the fray and official media said fresh NATO raids killed and wounded several people across Libya.

BoJ Shirakawa sees Japan economy contraction in Jan-June (Reuters) Posted: 23 Apr 2011 03:11 PM PDT Reuters - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa said the country's economy will likely shrink in the first half of 2011 due mainly to stalled output in the wake of Japan's March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.

Gillard must set example in China: Human Rights Watch (AFP) Posted: 22 Apr 2011 11:37 PM PDT AFP - Australian premier Julia Gillard must set an international example and tackle China on human rights rather than sidestepping the issue in favour of improving trade ties, Human Rights Watch said.

Deadly Crackdown on Uganda's Walk-to-Work Protests (Time.com) Posted: 22 Apr 2011 10:55 PM PDT Time.com - A government crackdown on peaceful protests against rising fuel prices in Uganda have led to worries about President Yoweri Museveni's increasingly heavy-handed tactics

Renewables enjoy spring surge of superlatives (OneWorld.net) Posted: 23 Apr 2011 12:10 AM PDT OneWorld.net - LONDON April 23 (OneWorld.net) - The arrival of nature's season of renewal in the northern hemisphere has been greeted with a burst of timely announcements of renewable energy schemes around the world, many of them claiming to be bigger and better than anything before.

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