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• Exclusive: Mubarak aide presidency bid an "insult": Islamist rival
• Exclusive: Egypt's Islamist candidate says IMF deal unlikely
• Peace Corps leaves Mali, new U.S. travel warning issued
• West to target Iran's nuclear fuel work
• Libya probing local, foreign oil companies: WSJ
• Brazil not planning new incentives for automakers
• UK cruise retraces Titanic's ill-fated voyage
• Anonymous says hacks Tunisia prime minister's emails
• Bomb kills at least 16 in Nigeria's Kaduna
• Syria demands guarantees; rebels say peace plan doomed
• Syria scuttles truce plan with new demands
• Rocket in position at launch pad in North Korea
• Mali's president hands in resignation
• Car bomb near Nigeria churches kills 38
• Iran holds firm on nuclear 'rights' as talks loom
• Pope marks Easter with call for Syria violence end
• Afghans, US sign deal on night raids
• Following poem, Israel bars entry to Guenter Grass
• US helps Pakistan search for 135 buried in snow
• Yemen's main airport reopens day after attack

Exclusive: Mubarak aide presidency bid an "insult": Islamist rival Posted: CAIRO (Reuters) - A bid for power by Hosni Mubarak's former intelligence chief is an insult to Egypt's revolution that, if successful, would trigger a second nationwide revolt, the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate for Egypt's presidency said. In his first public comments since being nominated by the Brotherhood on March 31, Khairat al-Shater played down fears of a clash between the powerful Islamist movement and the army generals who have ruled Egypt since Mubarak was ousted last year. But he warned the Brotherhood would not back a $3. ...

Exclusive: Egypt's Islamist candidate says IMF deal unlikely Posted: CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has warned the government it will not support an IMF loan unless the terms are changed or it moves aside and allows a new administration to oversee how the funds are spent, its candidate for president said on Sunday. The government has been negotiating a $3.2 billion loan with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help it avert a balance of payments crisis caused by the political and economic turmoil of the last year, and an IMF technical team is now in Cairo. ...

Peace Corps leaves Mali, new U.S. travel warning issued Posted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Peace Corps volunteers have been evacuated from Mali and non-essential U.S. diplomatic personnel have been offered flights out due to ongoing political instability following a military coup in March, the State Department said on Sunday. The agency again warned Americans against travel to the West African nation due to a rebellion in the north and continuing threats of attacks and kidnappings of Westerners. It strongly urged U.S. citizens there to consider leaving temporarily. ...

West to target Iran's nuclear fuel work Posted: JERUSALEM/DUBAI (Reuters) - The United States and its allies are pressing for an end to Iran's high-level uranium enrichment and the closure of a facility built deep under a mountain as talks on Tehran's nuclear standoff with the West resume this week. Iranian media and Western officials said the talks, which collapsed more than a year ago, would begin on Saturday in Istanbul. ...

Libya probing local, foreign oil companies: WSJ Posted: NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Libyan general prosecutor's office is investigating foreign and domestic oil companies over their past operations in the country, which is recovering from a civil war that ended with the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi, the Wall Street Journal reported. The office is probing Libyan and foreign operators in the country for possible financial irregularities, the body's deputy head, Abdelmajeed Saad, told the newspaper. ...

Brazil not planning new incentives for automakers Posted: SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil has no plans to offer further incentives for automakers, but the government does not rule out taking steps to boost the competitiveness of other industries, Trade and Industry Minister Fernando Pimentel said in an interview published on Sunday. Pimentel told O Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper that the Brazilian government wants to encourage automakers to invest more heavily in innovation to meet surging demand in the world's fourth biggest auto market. "The industry already has many incentives. I don't see the need to touch that," he said. ...

UK cruise retraces Titanic's ill-fated voyage Posted: SOUTHAMPTON, England (Reuters) - Descendants of some of the 1,500 people killed when the Titanic sank a century ago were among the passengers on a cruise ship that set off from Britain on Sunday to retrace the route of the liner's ill-fated voyage. Some donned period costume, including furs and feathered hats for women and suits and bowler hats for men, to board the MS Balmoral at Southampton on the southern English coast. Passengers lined the decks and waved as the ship set sail almost 100 years after the Titanic set off on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. ...

Anonymous says hacks Tunisia prime minister's emails Posted: TUNIS (Reuters) - A group claiming affiliation with activist hacker collective Anonymous says it has hacked 2,725 emails belonging to Tunisia's ruling Ennahda party, including those of the prime minister, in the latest challenge to the Islamist-led government. In a video posted on a Facebook page belonging to Anonymous TN, a hacker wearing the trademark activist "Guy Fawkes" mask, said the emails were released in protest against Ennahda's alleged failure to protect the unemployed and artists who were attacked by Salafi Islamists during a recent protest. ...

Bomb kills at least 16 in Nigeria's Kaduna Posted: KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - A car bomb killed at least 16 people and wounded dozens more in the northern Nigerian town of Kaduna on Easter Sunday, after security officers stopped the vehicle carrying it from approaching a church, witnesses and police said. There was also an explosion around 200 km (125 miles) southeast in the central town of Jos on Sunday evening, the national emergency management agency said. A military spokesman said it was a "minor explosion" and nobody was killed. ...

Syria demands guarantees; rebels say peace plan doomed Posted: BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria on Sunday demanded written guarantees insurgents will stop fighting before it pulls back troops under the terms of a U.N. peace plan, and a rebel leader said the initiative was doomed. "The regime will not implement this plan. This plan will fail," Free Syrian Army (FSA) chief Riad al-Asaad told Reuters. Escalating violence has already raised questions over the ceasefire. Opposition activists said dozens of people were killed and wounded on Sunday when President Bashar al-Assad's loyalists shelled a rebellious area near the border with Turkey. U.N. ...

Syria scuttles truce plan with new demands Posted: A U.N.-brokered plan to stop the bloodshed in Syria effectively collapsed Sunday after President Bashar Assad's government raised new, last-minute demands that the country's largest rebel group swiftly rejected.

Rocket in position at launch pad in North Korea Posted: North Korean space officials have moved all three stages of a long-range rocket into position for a controversial launch, vowing Sunday to push ahead with their plan in defiance of international warnings against violating a ban on missile activity.

Mali's president hands in resignation Posted: From one of the hiding places where he has been holed up since last month's coup, Mali's president penned a resignation letter and handed it to an emissary to deliver to the country's new leaders, while reporters looked on.

Car bomb near Nigeria churches kills 38 Posted: A suicide car bomber detonated his explosives Sunday morning on a busy road after apparently turning away from attacking Nigerian churches holding Easter services, killing at least 38 people in a massive blast that rattled a city long at the center of religious, ethnic and political violence in the nation.

Iran holds firm on nuclear 'rights' as talks loom Posted: When talks between Iran and world powers collapsed last year, Tehran quickly blamed the West for trying to trample its "nuclear rights." The Iranian line appears little changed — signaling that critical negotiations could begin this week where the impasse left off.

Pope marks Easter with call for Syria violence end Posted: Pope Benedict XVI implored the Syrian regime Sunday to heed international demands to end the bloodshed and expressed hope that the joy of Easter will comfort Christian communities suffering because of their faith.

Afghans, US sign deal on night raids Posted: The U.S. and Afghanistan signed a deal Sunday giving Afghans authority over raids of Afghan homes, resolving one of the most contentious issues between the two wartime allies.

Following poem, Israel bars entry to Guenter Grass Posted: Israel on Sunday declared Guenter Grass persona non grata, deepening a spat with the Nobel-winning author over a poem that deeply criticized the Jewish state and suggested it was as much a danger as Iran.

US helps Pakistan search for 135 buried in snow Posted: The U.S. sent a team of experts Sunday to help Pakistan search for 135 people buried a day earlier by a massive avalanche that engulfed a military complex in a mountain battleground close to the Indian border.

Yemen's main airport reopens day after attack Posted: Yemen's main airport reopened on Sunday, a day after gunmen loyal to the nation's ousted president seized the facility in the capital Sanaa in a brazen challenge to the new government's authority, officials said.

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