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• Pentagon says North Korea can likely launch nuclear missile
• Senators push for military aid for Syrian rebels
• U.S. seeks tough Chinese stance on North Korea as Kerry heads to Seoul
• Exclusive: Brazil's Rousseff to make rare state visit to U.S.
• Italy's center-left leader denies party about to split
• U.S. targets web of companies accused of evading Iran sanctions
• Egyptian parliament approves revamped election law
• Sudan's Bashir to visit South Sudan for first time since split
• At least 45 die in shelling, executions in Syrian town: activists
• North Korea can launch nuclear missiles, U.S. spy agency says
• North Korea hints it will soon launch a missile
• Pentagon: NKorea could launch nuclear missile
• Serb suspect in shooting rampage dies
• Bitcoin bursts: Hacker currency gets wild ride
• Canada minister to oversee probe to teen's suicide
• Syrian troops launch counterattack on south
• France's top rabbi takes leave amid scandal
• Outside Caracas, Chavismo's unfulfilled promises
• Maduro takes narrowing lead into Sunday vote
• French judge to rule if Hopi masks can be sold
• Madonna loses VIP status in Malawi
• British Euroskeptics claim Thatcher, but was she in their camp?
• Hot idea to keep African farmers planting harvests 100,000th participant
• Death penalty: Amnesty International says global decline in executions stalls
• Think Chávez was paranoid? Venezuela's Maduro warns of US-funded biker gangs.
• Friend or frenemy? For China, key issue is how US really views it
• Foreign ministers struggle to find common ground on Syrian conflict
• Al Qaeda in Iraq and Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra make it official
• UN arms trade treaty: Will it receive US Senate approval?

Pentagon says North Korea can likely launch nuclear missile Posted: 11 Apr 2013 04:23 PM PDT By David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Pentagon spy agency concluded for the first time that North Korea likely has the ability to launch nuclear-armed missiles, illustrating the high stakes surrounding the escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula. A study dated last month by the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency reckoned with "moderate confidence" that Pyongyang is able to launch nuclear-armed ballistic missiles but the weapons would probably be unreliable, officials said on Thursday. ...

Senators push for military aid for Syrian rebels Posted: 11 Apr 2013 03:36 PM PDT By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. senators, including some of President Barack Obama's fellow Democrats, pushed the White House on Thursday to shift its policy and provide lethal military assistance to rebels waging a civil war against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. It is time for Washington to do more to oust Assad and end a two-year conflict in which more than 70,000 people have been killed and millions displaced, they said at a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Sentiment is growing in the United States and internationally that more should be done in Syria. ...

U.S. seeks tough Chinese stance on North Korea as Kerry heads to Seoul Posted: 11 Apr 2013 04:19 PM PDT By Arshad Mohammed BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) - The United States wants China to deliver a "tough" message to North Korea to rein in its nuclear program and belligerent rhetoric, a U.S. official said on Friday as Secretary of State John Kerry flew to Asia. Kerry begins a three-day visit to Seoul, Beijing and Tokyo as U.S. and South Korean officials say the nuclear-armed North appears poised to test a medium-range missile after weeks of threatening statements. ...

Exclusive: Brazil's Rousseff to make rare state visit to U.S. Posted: 11 Apr 2013 01:23 PM PDT By Brian Winter SAO PAULO (Reuters) - President Dilma Rousseff will make the first formal state visit by a Brazilian leader to the United States in nearly two decades, a diplomatic breakthrough for an emerging power that has clashed with Washington but is hungry for closer ties and recognition of its growing prestige. The trip will occur later this year, likely in October, officials told Reuters on condition of anonymity because the White House has not yet announced the visit. A White House spokeswoman declined comment. ...

Italy's center-left leader denies party about to split Posted: 11 Apr 2013 12:36 PM PDT By Massimiliano Di Giorgio and Steve Scherer ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Democratic Party (PD) chief Pier Luigi Bersani on Thursday denied an imminent split of his center-left bloc, the largest in parliament, amid increasing criticism of his leadership during a prolonged political stalemate. The PD is divided over whether to join forces with its center-right rival Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who says a "grand coalition" is the only way to break the political impasse caused by February's inconclusive national vote. ...

U.S. targets web of companies accused of evading Iran sanctions Posted: 11 Apr 2013 03:42 PM PDT By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday slapped financial penalties on an Iranian businessman, a Malaysian bank and a network of companies it accused of attempting to evade international sanctions on Iran's nuclear program through money laundering. The Treasury Department blacklisted Babak Zanjani and First Islamic Investment Bank for providing financial and other support to the National Iranian Oil Company. ...

Egyptian parliament approves revamped election law Posted: 11 Apr 2013 10:29 AM PDT By Maggie Fick CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's parliament approved a revised election law on Thursday setting rules for a parliamentary poll later this year, but opposition politicians denounced the new statute and repeated a threat to boycott the vote. The Islamist-dominated upper house will now send the text to the Supreme Constitutional Court to check the legality of the voting procedures for a new lower house. The court has 45 days to review the bill. ...

Sudan's Bashir to visit South Sudan for first time since split Posted: 11 Apr 2013 02:59 PM PDT By Khalid Abdelaziz and Andrew Green KHARTOUM/JUBA (Reuters) - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir will visit South Sudan on Friday for the first time since Africa's once-largest country split in 2011, raising hope the two long-time adversaries will take steps to establish peaceful co-existence. They agreed in March to resume cross-border oil flows and take steps to defuse tension that has plagued them since South Sudan's independence in July 2011 following a treaty which ended decades of civil war. ...

At least 45 die in shelling, executions in Syrian town: activists Posted: 11 Apr 2013 10:46 AM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 45 Syrians were killed, some in cold blood, when government troops stormed the contested town of Sanamein in the southern province of Deraa, opposition activists and a monitoring group said on Thursday. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said dozens of civilians, including children, were killed on Wednesday in shelling and summary executions after forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad entered Sanamein. There was no immediate comment from Syrian state officials. ...

North Korea can launch nuclear missiles, U.S. spy agency says Posted: 11 Apr 2013 03:26 PM PDT By David Alexander, Christine Kim and Narae Kim WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has the ability to launch nuclear-armed ballistic missiles, although they would likely be unreliable, a Pentagon spy agency has concluded, as the United States and South Korea kept watch on Thursday for a missile test-launch by Pyongyang. The Defense Intelligence Agency study, dated last month, appeared to be the first time the agency had reached such a conclusion. ...

North Korea hints it will soon launch a missile Posted: 11 Apr 2013 02:42 PM PDT PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Hinting at a missile launch, North Korea delivered a fresh round of war rhetoric Thursday with claims it has "powerful striking means" on standby. Seoul and Washington speculated that it is preparing to test-fire a missile designed to be capable of reaching the U.S. territory of Guam in the Pacific Ocean.

Pentagon: NKorea could launch nuclear missile Posted: 11 Apr 2013 04:31 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. intelligence report concludes that North Korea has advanced its nuclear knowhow to the point that it could arm a ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead, a jarring revelation in the midst of bellicose threats from the unpredictable communist regime.

Serb suspect in shooting rampage dies Posted: 11 Apr 2013 09:42 AM PDT BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The Serbian veteran suspected of killing 13 people in a shooting rampage and then turning the gun on himself and his wife died Thursday, hospital officials said.

Bitcoin bursts: Hacker currency gets wild ride Posted: 11 Apr 2013 12:40 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — It's a promising form of electronic cash free from central bankers and beloved by hackers. It — Bitcoin — may also be in trouble, registering catastrophic losses that have sent speculators scrambling.

Canada minister to oversee probe to teen's suicide Posted: 11 Apr 2013 03:00 PM PDT HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — Canada is looking further into the case of a teenage girl who hanged herself after an alleged rape and months of bullying, after a photo said to be of the assault was shared online and no charges were filed against four teenage boys being investigated.

Syrian troops launch counterattack on south Posted: 11 Apr 2013 02:25 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government forces launched a counteroffensive in the south, capturing a town and killing at least 45 people including women and children, opposition activists said Thursday.

France's top rabbi takes leave amid scandal Posted: 11 Apr 2013 08:56 AM PDT PARIS (AP) — France's top rabbi announced Thursday he is taking leave from his post, hoping to end a scandal that has unsettled the Jewish community after he acknowledged "borrowing" other people's work and lying about his educational pedigree.

Outside Caracas, Chavismo's unfulfilled promises Posted: 11 Apr 2013 02:13 PM PDT VALENCIA, Venezuela (AP) — It's just after nightfall and the power is out again in untold hundreds of thousands — probably millions — of Venezuelan homes. If the government knows how many, it's not saying. It hasn't issued reports on problems in the public power grid since 2010.

Maduro takes narrowing lead into Sunday vote Posted: 11 Apr 2013 02:44 PM PDT CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — It's the final day of campaigning for Sunday's election to replace Hugo Chavez and the streets of Caracas are flooded with red-shirted backers of the man the recently deceased Venezuelan president tapped to succeed him.

French judge to rule if Hopi masks can be sold Posted: 11 Apr 2013 12:09 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — Is there such a thing as too sacred to sell? That's the question a French judge could answer Friday in a potentially landmark decision in Paris on whether dozens of Native American tribal masks can go up for auction.

Madonna loses VIP status in Malawi Posted: 11 Apr 2013 02:44 PM PDT Celebrity jaunts to Africa are usually carefully staged PR projects: posing with school children at a ribbon cutting here, shaking hands with refugees there.

British Euroskeptics claim Thatcher, but was she in their camp? Posted: 11 Apr 2013 11:13 AM PDT Today, the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is an icon of the euroskeptic right, whose antipathy to everything European has emboldened not only generations of Conservative Party lawmakers, but also the United Kingdom Independence Party now nipping at its heels.

Hot idea to keep African farmers planting harvests 100,000th participant Posted: 11 Apr 2013 11:09 AM PDT An innovative insurance policy that helps protect East African farmers against failed rains or pest-swarms that would eat their crops now has its 100,000th policyholder – growing remarkably from fewer than 200 participants four years ago.

Death penalty: Amnesty International says global decline in executions stalls Posted: 11 Apr 2013 09:06 AM PDT The number of executions carried out globally has dropped steadily over the past decade, but that downward momentum stalled in 2012, according to a report released Wednesday by Amnesty International.

Think Chávez was paranoid? Venezuela's Maduro warns of US-funded biker gangs. Posted: 11 Apr 2013 07:48 AM PDT Since the day of Hugo Chávez's death, acting president and presidential candidate Nicolás Maduro and other top government officials have put forward a steady flow of conspiracy theories unmatched by any period in the Chávez era, eight by our count.

Friend or frenemy? For China, key issue is how US really views it Posted: 11 Apr 2013 07:14 AM PDT On his first visit to Beijing as US secretary of State, John Kerry may find himself this weekend mostly doing a fireman's work in a bid to dampen the Korean crisis.

Foreign ministers struggle to find common ground on Syrian conflict Posted: 11 Apr 2013 06:25 AM PDT • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

Al Qaeda in Iraq and Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra make it official Posted: 11 Apr 2013 06:11 AM PDT In an announcement that surprised few, Al Qaeda in Iraq has officially incorporated the Syrian militant group Jabhat al-Nusra. With the merger, the two groups will know be known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.

UN arms trade treaty: Will it receive US Senate approval? Posted: 11 Apr 2013 05:34 AM PDT The First International Treaty governing the multibillion-dollar arms trade was passed overwhelmingly by the UN General Assembly April 2, after seven years of talks. Supporters say it will help curb the flow of weapons to human rights abusers, but its prospects for passage in the US Senate are dim. Here's why.

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