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• South Korea says North likely to test-launch missile
• Syria, North Korea top G8 meeting in London
• U.N. talks with Syria on chemical arms probe at "impasse"
• Syria's Nusra rebels say support Qaeda's Zawahri
• Venezuela's opposition denies it would scrap Chavez welfare aid
• Italy center-left tensions rise as Renzi cries foul
• Mali's leading party picks candidate for July presidential poll
• Egypt's Mursi drops complaints against journalists
• Palestinian Prime Minister Fayyad offers resignation: sources
• Yemen president removes key officer in army shakeup: TV
• US couple in jail after fleeing to Cuba with kids
• No panic in NKorea despite talk of missile test
• Liberal Jews see a victory in proposed prayer area
• Tensions emerge in al-Qaida alliance in Syria
• Putin on Finland's criminal blacklist by 'mistake'
• Gay attack victim in France becomes cause celebre
• Yemen president orders military shakeup
• IVF pioneer Robert Edwards dead at age 87
• House committee approves pro-business cyber bill
• SKorea says NKorea behind computer crash in March
• 15 years after Good Friday Agreement, an imperfect peace in Northern Ireland
• Business before politics: Merchants set up court to handle Israeli-Palestinian trade disputes
• Calm in Guam as islanders doubt North Korean missile aim
• 'The Fatwa Show': Moroccan journalist tells clerics to just have some fun
• Fashionable and ready to fight
• North Korea threat: How one island is taking Kim Jong-un more seriously
• Is birth the 'old-fashioned way' on its way out in Mexico?
• North Korea threat: Is it cooling?
• Just how bothered is Beijing about North Korea?
• Finishing school, Chinese style
• Why Kerry could succeed at securing Israeli-Palestinian peace

South Korea says North likely to test-launch missile Posted: 10 Apr 2013 02:36 PM PDT By Daum Kim and Phil Stewart SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South Korea said on Wednesday there was a "very high" probability that North Korea, after weeks of threats of war, would test-launch a medium-range missile at any time as a show of strength. Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said South Korea had asked China and Russia to intercede with the North to ease tension that has mounted since the U.N. Security Council imposed fresh sanctions on North Korea after its third nuclear arms test in February. In Washington, U.S. ...

Syria, North Korea top G8 meeting in London Posted: 10 Apr 2013 11:10 AM PDT By Natalie Huet and Arshad Mohammed LONDON (Reuters) - Western and Middle Eastern nations trying to help the Syrian opposition in its war against President Bashar al-Assad will meet in Turkey on April 20, a U.S. official said on Wednesday as G8 foreign ministers gathered in London for a summit. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will attend the meeting of the so-called Friends of Syria "core group" in Istanbul, said the official, who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity. ...

U.N. talks with Syria on chemical arms probe at "impasse" Posted: 10 Apr 2013 03:37 PM PDT By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Discussions between the United Nations and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government on a possible investigation into the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria have reached an impasse, U.N. diplomats said on Wednesday. Syria and the United Nations have been exchanging letters for weeks but the two sides are far from agreement on how the investigation should be run, diplomats said on condition of anonymity. Syria has asked the United Nations only to investigate what it says was a rebel chemical attack near Aleppo last month. ...

Syria's Nusra rebels say support Qaeda's Zawahri Posted: 10 Apr 2013 11:14 AM PDT By Mariam Karouny BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's rebel al-Nusra Front, one of the most effective forces fighting President Bashar al-Assad, pledged allegiance to al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri in an audio recording posted on the Internet on Wednesday. Abu Mohammad al-Golani also appeared to distance his group from a recently announced merger with al Qaeda's Iraq branch. The group's allegiance to Zawahri would trouble Western nations which support the revolt against Assad and will dismay Syrian moderates who want a civil state but fear the rise of extreme Islamist militancy. ...

Venezuela's opposition denies it would scrap Chavez welfare aid Posted: 10 Apr 2013 05:02 PM PDT By Andrew Cawthorne and Mario Naranjo CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition candidate Henrique Capriles denied on Wednesday accusations from acting President Nicolas Maduro that he would scrap popular welfare policies if he wins Sunday's election. Social "missions" in poor areas, from subsidized groceries to Cuban-staffed medical clinics, were a mainstay of the late Hugo Chavez's 14-year socialist rule and kept his popularity high. ...

Italy center-left tensions rise as Renzi cries foul Posted: 10 Apr 2013 01:38 PM PDT By James Mackenzie ROME (Reuters) - Italy's center-left alliance showed new signs of division on Wednesday after the chief rival to Democratic Party leader Pier Luigi Bersani denounced the party hierarchy as efforts to form a government enter a critical phase. The deadlock has left the euro zone's third-largest economy with only a caretaker government in charge as it slides further into a recession that many analysts expect will last until at least next year. ...

Mali's leading party picks candidate for July presidential poll Posted: 10 Apr 2013 03:55 PM PDT BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's largest political party, Adema-PASJ, has chosen Dramane Dembele, a 46-year-old mining engineer, as its candidate in a July presidential election aimed at ending a tumultuous political transition in the West African nation. Once an example of democracy in what is known as West Africa's "coup belt", Mali has been mired in turmoil since March 2012, prompted by a Tuareg rebellion, an occupation of the north of the country by Islamic militants and a military coup. ...

Egypt's Mursi drops complaints against journalists Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:28 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi has ordered the withdrawal of legal complaints filed by the presidency against journalists, in a move that appeared aimed at fending off accusations of a crackdown on dissent by the Islamist-led authorities. Mursi withdrew the complaints out of respect for freedom of expression, presidential spokesman Ehab Fahmy said. Mursi is under international pressure to work for consensus and stability while Egypt seeks aid from the International Monetary Fund to ease an economic crisis. ...

Palestinian Prime Minister Fayyad offers resignation: sources Posted: 10 Apr 2013 02:47 PM PDT By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad offered his resignation to President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday following a rift between the two men over government policy, two sources told Reuters. Abbas was due to return to the occupied West Bank from Jordan on Thursday, and it was not immediately clear whether he would accept the resignation of the U.S.-educated economist. A spokeswoman at Fayyad's office declined to comment on the reports, which followed persistent rumors that Abbas wanted to sack Fayyad following internal political wrangling. ...

Yemen president removes key officer in army shakeup: TV Posted: 10 Apr 2013 01:54 PM PDT By Mohammed Ghobari SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen's president removed the commander of the elite Republican Guard, a powerful political foe, from the military on Wednesday, state television reported, in an apparent move to unify the divided armed forces under his own control. The television read out orders by President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi appointing Brigadier General Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh, who is the son of Hadi's predecessor, former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, as ambassador to the United Arab Emirates. ...

US couple in jail after fleeing to Cuba with kids Posted: 10 Apr 2013 02:38 PM PDT TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Joshua and Sharyn Hakken seemed to have a charmed life, doting on their two young boys, buying a comfortable home and building successful careers as engineers. It all derailed last year when police in Louisiana found the family inside a hotel room with drugs, weapons and promises from the parents to take "a journey to the Armageddon."

No panic in NKorea despite talk of missile test Posted: 10 Apr 2013 11:13 AM PDT PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — As the world braced for a provocative missile launch by North Korea, with newscasts worldwide playing up tensions on the Korean Peninsula, the center of the storm was strangely calm.

Liberal Jews see a victory in proposed prayer area Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:59 PM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli authorities have proposed establishing a new section at the Western Wall where men and women can pray together, a groundbreaking initiative that would mark a significant victory by liberal streams of Judaism in their long quest for recognition.

Tensions emerge in al-Qaida alliance in Syria Posted: 10 Apr 2013 01:44 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Tensions emerged Wednesday in a newly announced alliance between al-Qaida's franchise in Iraq and the most powerful Syrian rebel faction, which said it was not consulted before the Iraqi group announced their merger and only heard about it through the media.

Putin on Finland's criminal blacklist by 'mistake' Posted: 10 Apr 2013 10:24 AM PDT HELSINKI (AP) — Vladimir Putin, banned in Finland?

Gay attack victim in France becomes cause celebre Posted: 10 Apr 2013 04:28 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — The shocking photo of a homophobic attack victim in Paris that went viral on social media this week and caused the French interior minister to weigh in was used as an emblem in a pro-gay rally Wednesday evening.

Yemen president orders military shakeup Posted: 10 Apr 2013 02:26 PM PDT SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen's president removed his predecessor's son and nephews from powerful security posts on Wednesday in the most dramatic step yet in sidelining old regime figures, according to the nation's state-run media.

IVF pioneer Robert Edwards dead at age 87 Posted: 10 Apr 2013 10:49 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — Robert Edwards, a Nobel laureate from Britain whose pioneering in vitro fertilization research led to the first test tube baby and has since brought millions of people into the world, died Wednesday at age 87.

House committee approves pro-business cyber bill Posted: 10 Apr 2013 03:28 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A House panel voted overwhelmingly Wednesday in favor of a new data-sharing program that would give the federal government a broader role in helping banks, manufacturers and other businesses protect themselves against cyberattacks.

SKorea says NKorea behind computer crash in March Posted: 09 Apr 2013 11:53 PM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea was responsible for a cyberattack that shut down tens of thousands of computers and servers at South Korean broadcasters and banks last month, officials in Seoul said Wednesday, noting that an initial investigation pointed to a military-run spy agency as the culprit.

15 years after Good Friday Agreement, an imperfect peace in Northern Ireland Posted: 10 Apr 2013 01:56 PM PDT Fifteen years ago today, one of Europe's longest and seemingly most intractable conflicts came to an end. On April 10, 1998, Irish republicans and unionists signed the Good Friday Agreement, a peace accord that put a formal end to the "Troubles," a slow-burn civil war that had been going on in earnest since 1969. Well, in fact, they didn't sign it. Nothing was actually signed on paper by the opposing sides. But they did agree to it, marking the end of the beginning of the Irish peace process. ...

Business before politics: Merchants set up court to handle Israeli-Palestinian trade disputes Posted: 10 Apr 2013 01:39 PM PDT Secretary of State John Kerry has put Palestinian economic growth high on the agenda with his recent shuttle diplomacy to restart peace talks, but a group of Israeli and Palestinian business leaders are a couple steps ahead of him.

Calm in Guam as islanders doubt North Korean missile aim Posted: 10 Apr 2013 09:01 AM PDT Doomsday missives aside, the beat goes on in Guam.

'The Fatwa Show': Moroccan journalist tells clerics to just have some fun Posted: 10 Apr 2013 09:06 AM PDT A woman places her foot on the table and Sheikh Muslim Jiddan gingerly lifts the hem of her robe – then drops it again in shock at an impossibly hairy calf.

Fashionable and ready to fight Posted: 10 Apr 2013 08:32 AM PDT This is one of the first posts of a new regular feature from the Monitor's Jerusalem bureau chief, Christa Case Bryant. Read the introductory post for more explanation.

North Korea threat: How one island is taking Kim Jong-un more seriously Posted: 10 Apr 2013 07:57 AM PDT For six decades, the residents of South Korea's Baengnyeong Island have practically stared down the barrels of North Korea's artillery. Located just 10 miles off the North's Yellow Sea coast, this South Korean island is at the forefront of what some observers say could be the next military flashpoint.

Is birth the 'old-fashioned way' on its way out in Mexico? Posted: 10 Apr 2013 08:03 AM PDT Is birth the old-fashioned way on its way out in Mexico?

North Korea threat: Is it cooling? Posted: 10 Apr 2013 07:06 AM PDT North Korea picked Wednesday April 10 as the day by which foreign embassies in Pyongyang should submit evacuation plans, foreigners should leave South Korea, and South Korean workers should leave the now barely functioning Kaesong Industrial Complex, hinting at a provocation that could bring the area into a state of conflict.

Just how bothered is Beijing about North Korea? Posted: 10 Apr 2013 06:19 AM PDT • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

Finishing school, Chinese style Posted: 10 Apr 2013 06:10 AM PDT How's this for a Chinese start-up? Finishing school.

Why Kerry could succeed at securing Israeli-Palestinian peace Posted: 09 Apr 2013 02:27 PM PDT Secretary of State John Kerry's focus on restarting Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, underscored by his third visit to Jerusalem in two weeks, marks what some see as perhaps the most promising American diplomatic efforts here since 2000.

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