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• With $10 million bounty on his head, Pakistan militant taunts U.S
• U.N. peacekeeper due in Damascus for ceasefire talks
• U.S. to relax Myanmar sanctions amid "dramatic" progress
• Mexican conservatives revamp presidential bid
• Wounded survivor revisits massacre island as Norway trial looms
• ICC rejects Libya's request over Gaddafi son surrender
• Sunnis seek own voice in Bahrain's turmoil
• Mali postpones talks, Qaeda stokes fear
• Islamist rebels bomb Somali theater, killing six
• Greek pensioner kills himself outside parliament
• Somali theater bombing kills 10, shatters calm
• Brazil: Officer latest slaying victim in Rio slum
• Islamists impose sharia in Mali's Timbuktu
• South Sudan says it shoots down Sudanese jet
• Egypt: Constitution panel on track despite boycott
• Afghan bomb kills at least 10, including 3 GIs
• Movie, centennial, return Canada town to spotlight
• 7 killed in sect violence in north Nigeria
• In Germany, 10,000 Easter eggs grace tree
• US eases some Myanmar restrictions

With $10 million bounty on his head, Pakistan militant taunts U.S Posted: RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Who wants to be a millionaire? In Pakistan, all you have to do is give the United States information leading to the arrest or conviction of Hafiz Saeed - an Islamist leader whose whereabouts are usually not a mystery. Saeed is suspected of masterminding the attack on India's financial capital Mumbai in 2008 that killed 166 people, including six Americans. U.S. ...

U.N. peacekeeper due in Damascus for ceasefire talks Posted: BEIRUT (Reuters) - A senior Norwegian U.N. peacekeeper flies into Damascus on Thursday to try to broker an agreement that will allow observers to be deployed across Syria to monitor a ceasefire demanded by an international peace plan. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has accepted the plan, which calls for him to withdraw heavy weapons from cities, and his ally Russia said Syrian forces had begun to pull back. ...

U.S. to relax Myanmar sanctions amid "dramatic" progress Posted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday it was ready to relax some sanctions on Myanmar to recognize its fledgling democratic transition, including a ban on U.S. companies investing in or offering financial services to the country. However, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stressed the Obama administration wanted to move cautiously, saying that the resource-rich Southeast Asian country has a long way to go to shake off decades of military rule. ...

Mexican conservatives revamp presidential bid Posted: MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Conservative candidate Josefina Vazquez Mota will re-jig her campaign to become Mexico's first woman president in an effort to close a yawning gap with the opposition front-runner, only five days after the race officially began. Gustavo Madero, chairman of the ruling National Action Party, or PAN, announced the changes in the election strategy following splits within the party and a series of campaign mishaps as the vote looms just 12 weeks away. "The strategies are being reviewed," Madero told reporters on Wednesday. "There will be adjustments. ...

Wounded survivor revisits massacre island as Norway trial looms Posted: UTOEYA, Norway (Reuters) - She last saw Anders Behring Breivik when he raised his rifle at her on the shore of a small Norwegian island and calmly pulled the trigger. Now, 18-year-old Alexandra Peltre will face him in court as he stands trial for killing 77 people that summer's day. "I saw him right in the eyes, and poof! I had a hole in my leg," she said during a return to the wooded island where Breivik, an anti-Islam fanatic, killed 69 of his victims as they attended a Labour Party youth summer camp. ...

ICC rejects Libya's request over Gaddafi son surrender Posted: AMSTERDAM/TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday ordered Libya to immediately hand over for trial Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of the late Libyan leader, but Libya's new authorities said they still wanted to try him themselves. The court in The Hague ordered Tripoli to "comply with its obligations to enforce the warrant of arrest" and surrender him into the court's custody without delay, rejecting a Libyan request to delay the handover. The ICC says it has jurisdiction in the case and that a U.N. Security Council Resolution obliges Libya to cooperate. ...

Sunnis seek own voice in Bahrain's turmoil Posted: MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrain's Sunni Muslim minority, fearful of Shi'ite political assertiveness, is spawning factions that rail against compromise with the island's sectarian majority, while nursing their own grudges against its Sunni ruling family. The emergence of hardline Sunni groups is further evidence of sectarian polarization in Bahrain, where a Shi'ite-led opposition movement persists despite the crushing of the mass protests it organized during last year's burst of Arab revolts. Shi'ite reformists want an end to the Al Khalifa family's monopoly on political and economic power. ...

Mali postpones talks, Qaeda stokes fear Posted: PARIS/BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's military rulers on Wednesday postponed a national convention to end a crisis sparked by a coup, which has led to international isolation and allowed rebels to seize control of the northern half of the country. Colonel Moussa Coulibaly, an adviser to the head of the junta, said the talks, which political parties and civil society groups had earlier said they would boycott, were postponed to provide more time for preparations. "Given material difficulties and the short time we had to prepare for it, we have decided today ... ...

Islamist rebels bomb Somali theater, killing six Posted: (Reuters) - At least six people, including two of Somalia's top sports officials, were killed when a female suicide bomber struck a ceremony at Mogadishu's national theater in an attack Islamist rebels said was aimed at assassinating government ministers. Al Shabaab insurgents claimed responsibility for the blast on Wednesday that killed the heads of Somalia's soccer federation and Olympic committee in yet another stark reminder of the fragile security in the capital Mogadishu. ...

Greek pensioner kills himself outside parliament Posted: ATHENS (Reuters) - A cash-strapped Greek pensioner shot and killed himself outside parliament in Athens on Wednesday saying he refused to scrounge for food in the rubbish, touching a nerve among ordinary Greeks feeling the brunt of the country's economic crisis. The public suicide of the 77-year-old retired pharmacist quickly triggered an outpouring of sympathy in a country where one in five is jobless and a sense of national humiliation has accompanied successive rounds of salary and pension cuts. ...

Somali theater bombing kills 10, shatters calm Posted: Two weeks ago, Somalia's National Theater reopened for the first time in 20 years for a concert that drew an audience in festive colors in a city trying to rise above war. A welcoming banner proclaimed: "The country is being rebuilt."

Brazil: Officer latest slaying victim in Rio slum Posted: About 150 special operations police officers are patrolling Brazil's biggest shantytown after a police officer was shot to death.

Islamists impose sharia in Mali's Timbuktu Posted: Mali's crisis deepened Wednesday, as officials in the fabled northern city of Timbuktu confirmed that the Islamic rebel faction that seized control of the town over the weekend has announced it will impose sharia law.

South Sudan says it shoots down Sudanese jet Posted: South Sudan says it shot down a Sudanese fighter jet Wednesday after two military planes dropped bombs around its oil fields, but Sudan denied it had lost such an aircraft.

Egypt: Constitution panel on track despite boycott Posted: The head of Egypt's constitutional assembly said Wednesday the committee will forge ahead with its work despite appeals from liberals, Christians and others who walked out in protest against the Islamist domination of the panel.

Afghan bomb kills at least 10, including 3 GIs Posted: A suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed at least 10 people, including three American soldiers, at a park in a relatively peaceful area of northern Afghanistan on Wednesday, part of an increase in violence at the start of the spring fighting season.

Movie, centennial, return Canada town to spotlight Posted: Among the graves of Fairview Lawn Cemetery, there is one that was a magnet for bouquets and weeping girls in the 1990s. The name on the tombstone: J. Dawson.

7 killed in sect violence in north Nigeria Posted: Suspected members of a radical Islamist sect opened fire on a crowded market in northeast Nigeria Wednesday, killing at least seven people in an area protected by federal troops, witnesses and the police said.

In Germany, 10,000 Easter eggs grace tree Posted: You thought Easter eggs don't grow on trees? Check out Volker Kraft's garden in eastern Germany, and think again.

US eases some Myanmar restrictions Posted: The Obama administration said Wednesday that it would soon nominate an ambassador to Myanmar and ease some travel and financial restrictions on the formerly military-run Southeast Asian nation following historic elections that saw opposition gains in parliament.

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