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• U.S. to send missile defenses to Guam over North Korea threat
• Palestinian youth shot to death as West Bank seethes
• U.S. official puts onus on Iran in upcoming nuclear talks
• North Korea can likely revive reactor in six months, needs years for more bombs
• Regional leaders refuse to recognize Central African Republic coup leader
• Sudden flooding kills at least 46 people in Argentina
• Capriles mocks "skin-deep" socialists before Venezuela vote
• Albanian PM's coalition ally switches sides ahead of polls
• Cuba ballet says seven dancers defected in Mexico last month
• Showcase building in Russia's Chechnya engulfed in flames
• US missile defense shield to counter NKorea threat
• NKorea warns military cleared to wage nuke attack
• Syrian rebels set their sights on strategic south
• Scientists find possible hint of dark matter
• Venezuela opposition: Military can't take sides
• Since fierce clash, Egypt's crisis takes new turn
• Taliban attack Afghan courthouse, leaving 53 dead
• Argentina: flooding from torrential rains kill 52
• High-profile rapes threaten India tourism business
• New push for Mideast peace: John Kerry heads back
• 'New affluent workers' and 'precariats'? Britain's classes get makeover
• When Egypt's satirists poke fun, public prosecutor hits back
• New black eye for Spanish royals? Princess Cristina under criminal investigation
• Madrid, Catalonia play down secret talks on independence
• How much is a nuclear program worth? For Iran, well over $100 billion.
• Sacred eels and peace in an occasionally troubled corner of Indonesia
• 'Close your foreign accounts or be fired,' Putin tells Russian officials
• North Korea unexpectedly closes entry to key industrial park, upping tensions
• For Egypt's rich, a touch of irrational exuberance
• Bread riots or bankruptcy: Egypt faces stark economic choices
• Palestinian prisoners go on hunger strike en masse to protest inmate's death

U.S. to send missile defenses to Guam over North Korea threat Posted: 03 Apr 2013 03:43 PM PDT By Phil Stewart and Jack Kim WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday it would soon send a missile defense system to Guam to defend it from North Korea, as the U.S. military adjusts to what Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has called a "real and clear danger" from Pyongyang. At the same time, North Korea repeated its threat to launch a nuclear attack on the United States. Pyongyang said it had ratified a potential strike because of U.S. military deployments around the Korean peninsula that it claimed were a prelude to a possible nuclear attack on the North. ...

Palestinian youth shot to death as West Bank seethes Posted: 03 Apr 2013 04:04 PM PDT By Ali Sawafta and Allyn Fisher-Ilan RAMALLAH/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian youth in the West Bank, a Palestinian medic said, as confrontations went into a third day after the death of a prisoner held by Israel provoked street clashes and rocket fire. Medical staff said troops brought the body of 17-year-old Amer Nassar from the village of Anabta to a hospital near Tulkarm, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. ...

U.S. official puts onus on Iran in upcoming nuclear talks Posted: 03 Apr 2013 02:39 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Progress in this week's nuclear talks between Iran and six major powers depends on how Tehran responds to a proposal offered by the six in February, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday. "How far we get ... depends on what the Iranians come back with in terms of a response on the substance to our proposal," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. "There has been a very positive line out of Tehran on the talks so far. We hope that that positive talk will now be matched with some concrete responses and actions on the Iranian side," the official added. ...

North Korea can likely revive reactor in six months, needs years for more bombs Posted: 03 Apr 2013 03:22 PM PDT By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - North Korea can probably restart a mothballed plutonium-producing reactor in six months if it is determined to do so and the site has suffered no major structural damage, but it may take years to produce significant new atom bomb material. Pyongyang announced on Tuesday that it would revive the aged Yongbyon five-megawatt research reactor that yields bomb-grade plutonium, but stressed it was seeking a deterrent capacity and did not repeat recent threats to attack South Korea and the United States. ...

Regional leaders refuse to recognize Central African Republic coup leader Posted: 03 Apr 2013 04:27 PM PDT By Madjiasra Nako N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - African heads of state on Wednesday refused to recognize rebel leader Michel Djotodia's self-appointment as president of Central African Republic, calling instead for the creation of a new transitional body to guide the country to elections. The decision, taken at a summit of leaders from the central African region, further isolates Djotodia, who led thousands of insurgents into the former French colony's crumbling riverside capital Bangui on March 24, ousting President Francois Bozize. ...

Sudden flooding kills at least 46 people in Argentina Posted: 03 Apr 2013 02:01 PM PDT LA PLATA, Argentina (Reuters) - Flash floods killed at least 46 people and forced about 1,500 residents to evacuate the Argentine city of La Plata, capital of Buenos Aires province, government officials said on Wednesday. Some people drowned after being trapped in their cars or while walking along city streets when the water rose suddenly on Tuesday night, while others were electrocuted, provincial governor Daniel Scioli told reporters. The same storm killed at least five people in Buenos Aires, which lies about 60 km (36 miles) northwest of La Plata. ...

Capriles mocks "skin-deep" socialists before Venezuela vote Posted: 03 Apr 2013 01:02 PM PDT By Andrew Cawthorne CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's opposition presidential candidate tore into government leaders on Wednesday as false revolutionaries lining their pockets while professing faith to the late Hugo Chavez's radical socialism. Trailing in opinion polls ahead of the April 14 vote, Henrique Capriles is attacking acting President Nicolas Maduro and other senior officials as a corrupt and incompetent coterie unable to solve Venezuelans' basic problems. "They talk of socialism, but it's on the surface only. ...

Albanian PM's coalition ally switches sides ahead of polls Posted: 03 Apr 2013 02:18 PM PDT By Benet Koleka TIRANA (Reuters) - The junior partner in Albania's ruling coalition pulled out of government on Wednesday and allied itself with the opposition Socialist Party ahead of parliamentary elections on June 23. Prime Minister Sali Berisha promptly named three ministers to replace those who left his cabinet when their Socialist Integration Movement (SIM) withdrew from government and said he was confident parliament would approve his nominees on Thursday. ...

Cuba ballet says seven dancers defected in Mexico last month Posted: 03 Apr 2013 03:02 PM PDT HAVANA (Reuters) - Seven members of the National Ballet of Cuba, one of the communist-led country's proudest and most prestigious institutions, defected last month while the troupe toured Mexico, a spokesman for the ballet said on Wednesday. "Yes, it's true, they stayed in Mexico, the seven, they defected, it's a reality," said the spokesman, who asked not to be identified. According to Miami-based website www.cafefuerte.com, six of the dancers crossed into the United States from Mexico and are now in Miami, center of the U.S. Cuban exile community, while one remained in Mexico. ...

Showcase building in Russia's Chechnya engulfed in flames Posted: 03 Apr 2013 01:30 PM PDT GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) - A 45-storey building in the middle of Grozny meant to showcase the regeneration of the capital of Russia's Chechnya region after years of civil war was engulfed in flames on Wednesday. Dozens of fire crews battled for hours to extinguish the fire that spread quickly through the newly built and vacant building - the highest in the city that was once a byword for destruction and chaos during two wars in the 1990s. ...

US missile defense shield to counter NKorea threat Posted: 03 Apr 2013 04:48 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Wednesday it was deploying a missile defense shield to Guam to protect the U.S. and its allies in the region in response to increasingly hostile rhetoric from North Korea. The North renewed its threat to launch a nuclear attack on the United States.

NKorea warns military cleared to wage nuke attack Posted: 03 Apr 2013 04:30 PM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Ratcheting up the rhetoric, North Korea warned early Thursday that its military has been cleared to wage an attack on the U.S. using "smaller, lighter and diversified nuclear" weapons.

Syrian rebels set their sights on strategic south Posted: 03 Apr 2013 02:07 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels captured a military base in the south on Wednesday and set their sights on seizing control of a strategically important region along the border with Jordan that would give them a critical gateway to attempt an attack on the capital, Damascus.

Scientists find possible hint of dark matter Posted: 03 Apr 2013 01:52 PM PDT GENEVA (AP) — It is one of the cosmos' most mysterious unsolved cases: dark matter. It is supposedly what holds the universe together. We can't see it, but scientists are pretty sure it's out there.

Venezuela opposition: Military can't take sides Posted: 03 Apr 2013 04:29 PM PDT CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's presidential campaign on Wednesday veered between warnings of military meddling in the April 14 vote and opposition mirth at the acting president's suggestion that the spirit of Hugo Chavez visited him as "a little bird" while he prayed.

Since fierce clash, Egypt's crisis takes new turn Posted: 03 Apr 2013 01:41 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — It has come to be known as the "Battle of the Mountain": a ferocious fight between members of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and their opponents near the group's Cairo headquarters. In a country that has already seen crisis after crisis, it could mark a dangerous turning point in the political turmoil.

Taliban attack Afghan courthouse, leaving 53 dead Posted: 03 Apr 2013 02:12 PM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Insurgents wearing Afghan army uniforms launched a suicide attack and stormed a courthouse Wednesday in a failed bid to free Taliban inmates, killing at least 44 people, half of them shot in the basement. Nine attackers were killed.

Argentina: flooding from torrential rains kill 52 Posted: 03 Apr 2013 03:14 PM PDT LA PLATA, Argentina (AP) — At least 52 people drowned in their homes and cars, were electrocuted or died in other accidents as flooding from days of torrential rains swamped Argentina's low-lying capital and province of Buenos Aires.

High-profile rapes threaten India tourism business Posted: 03 Apr 2013 01:06 PM PDT MUMBAI, India (AP) — A fatal gang rape in New Delhi didn't deter Germans Carolina De Paolo and Canan Wahner from traveling to India for a six-week tour. The attack was awful, but there is crime everywhere, they figured, and they'd take precautions.

New push for Mideast peace: John Kerry heads back Posted: 03 Apr 2013 02:15 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Evoking the U.S. shuttle diplomacy of decades past, Secretary of State John Kerry is making his third trip to the Middle East in a span of just two weeks in a fresh bid to restart long-stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.

'New affluent workers' and 'precariats'? Britain's classes get makeover Posted: 03 Apr 2013 01:30 PM PDT Britain's infamous class system has become fragmented and unrepresentative of the country's new social and economic order, a new study has concluded.

When Egypt's satirists poke fun, public prosecutor hits back Posted: 03 Apr 2013 01:26 PM PDT Egypt is escalating a series of cases against government critics, and pursuing investigations against journalists, comedians, and activists in what the president's critics say is a bid to silence them.

New black eye for Spanish royals? Princess Cristina under criminal investigation Posted: 03 Apr 2013 01:12 PM PDT A Spanish court announced Wednesday it will investigate Spanish Princess Cristina, daughter of King Juan Carlos, as part of an ongoing criminal investigation against her husband for alleged embezzlement of public funds – and spurring new questions about the future of the royal family.

Madrid, Catalonia play down secret talks on independence Posted: 03 Apr 2013 10:20 AM PDT Spain's central government and its secessionist-minded economic motor Catalonia hardened their positions Wednesday after a discreet attempt to renegotiate the region's fiscal deal with Madrid went nowhere.

How much is a nuclear program worth? For Iran, well over $100 billion. Posted: 03 Apr 2013 10:12 AM PDT After a half century of work, the benefits of Iran's nuclear program remain few: It provides less than 2 percent of Iran's energy needs and some medical isotopes and has demonstrated scientific prowess.

Sacred eels and peace in an occasionally troubled corner of Indonesia Posted: 03 Apr 2013 09:31 AM PDT I'm going to keep this short.

'Close your foreign accounts or be fired,' Putin tells Russian officials Posted: 03 Apr 2013 08:20 AM PDT President Vladimir Putin has ordered all Russian officials to get rid of any bank accounts and financial securities they may hold abroad and bring them home to Russia by July 1, or face being fired.

North Korea unexpectedly closes entry to key industrial park, upping tensions Posted: 03 Apr 2013 07:58 AM PDT North Korea barred South Korean workers from crossing the border to go to work at a cluster of factories jointly operated by North and South, threatening the future of the last major institution of inter-Korean cooperation.

For Egypt's rich, a touch of irrational exuberance Posted: 03 Apr 2013 06:43 AM PDT Down a leafy side street in Zamalek, a fashionable Cairo neighborhood on an island in the Nile, and behind a heavy oak door lies an old reliable Lebanese restaurant with quilted burgundy-leather banquettes, tiny lamps on the tables, and a steady, but aging, clientele.

Bread riots or bankruptcy: Egypt faces stark economic choices Posted: 03 Apr 2013 06:34 AM PDT It was a perilous time for Egypt. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was demanding subsidy cuts in exchange for a loan Egypt's leaders desperately wanted. So they complied, cutting subsidies on the bread, cooking fuel, and gasoline average citizens relied on to live.

Palestinian prisoners go on hunger strike en masse to protest inmate's death Posted: 03 Apr 2013 06:06 AM PDT • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

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