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• Libya declares sea blockade of rebel port (Reuters)
• Yemen's Saleh due to sign transition deal (Reuters)
• German police arrest three al Qaeda suspects (Reuters)
• Morocco counts cost of bombing at tourist hotspot (Reuters)
• Why Even Anti-Royalists Have Reason to Celebrate Will and Kate (Time.com)
• EU hits banks with credit default swap probe (Reuters)
• Nicaraguan president: Royal wedding 'offensive' (AP)
• Libya regime launches tanks on port, warns ships (AFP)
• In US visit, Japan pledges to keep global focus (AFP)
• Leftist NDP closes in on Conservatives (Reuters)
• Two Australians charged over military sex scandal (AFP)
• London quiet on the eve of William and Kate's wedding (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Escaping Assad: Syrians Bring Tales of Gunfire and Defiance (Time.com)
• Bahrain sentences four protesters to death, deepening anger among Shiites (The Christian Science Monitor)

Libya declares sea blockade of rebel port (Reuters) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 05:24 PM PDT Reuters - Libya's government has threatened to attack any ships approaching the western rebel outpost of Misrata, potentially depriving insurgents of a lifeline to the country's eastern insurgent heartland.

Yemen's Saleh due to sign transition deal (Reuters) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 03:50 PM PDT Reuters - Yemen's president was to sign an agreement on Saturday to quit power in a month's time in exchange for immunity, a deal rejected by street protesters demanding his immediate ouster and prosecution.

German police arrest three al Qaeda suspects (Reuters) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 11:04 AM PDT Reuters - German police arrested three suspected members of al Qaeda on Friday, averting "a concrete and imminent danger" of a terrorist operation, authorities said.

Morocco counts cost of bombing at tourist hotspot (Reuters) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 02:54 PM PDT Reuters - Morocco was counting the cost to its vital tourism industry on Friday from an explosion at a busy Marrakesh cafe that killed 15 people in an attack described by the government as a terrorist act.

Why Even Anti-Royalists Have Reason to Celebrate Will and Kate (Time.com) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 10:40 AM PDT Time.com - While the world was watching the royal wedding, British anti-monarchy group Republic was throwing a rival bash -- and hoping the big day would bring attention to their cause

EU hits banks with credit default swap probe (Reuters) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 05:18 PM PDT Reuters - The $28 trillion credit default swaps market came under investigation on Friday by the European Union, adding to official pressures bearing down on a huge and opaque business that is widely blamed for aggravating the recent banking and euro zone debt crises.

Nicaraguan president: Royal wedding 'offensive' (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 05:35 PM PDT AP - Not everyone enjoyed the royal wedding. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega says he's offended by William and Kate Middleton's gala marriage ceremony.

Libya regime launches tanks on port, warns ships (AFP) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 04:23 PM PDT AFP - Libyan government tanks launched an assault Friday on Misrata as the regime threatened to hit any ships entering the lifeline port and NATO said it stopped pro-Kadhafi forces laying mines in the harbour.

In US visit, Japan pledges to keep global focus (AFP) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 05:38 PM PDT AFP - Japan pledged that it would stay active on the world stage and maintain aid to Afghanistan as it sought to ease US concerns that the key Asian ally would turn inward after its mega-disaster.

Leftist NDP closes in on Conservatives (Reuters) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 03:35 PM PDT Reuters - The left-leaning New Democrats are just five percentage points behind the ruling Conservatives ahead of Monday's general election, three polls released on Friday showed.

Two Australians charged over military sex scandal (AFP) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 11:56 PM PDT AFP - Two young men were charged Friday over a sex scandal at a prestigious Australian military college which led to a review of the treatment of women in the armed forces.

London quiet on the eve of William and Kate's wedding (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 01:07 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - With royal family wedding rehearsals over, there’s less than 24 hours before Prince William and Catherine Middleton exchange vows in the "wedding of the century."

Escaping Assad: Syrians Bring Tales of Gunfire and Defiance (Time.com) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 10:40 AM PDT Time.com - At a border town in Lebanon, refugees from the Damascus regime tell how anti-government protests have continued despite brutal repression

Bahrain sentences four protesters to death, deepening anger among Shiites (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 11:36 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A Bahrain military court today sentenced four antigovernment Shiite demonstrators to death after finding them guilty of murdering two policemen during protests that have rocked the small kingdom.

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