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• U.S. says agrees with China on peaceful North Korea solution
• Russia bars 18 Americans in retaliation for Magnitsky List
• Embattled Palestinian Prime Minister Fayyad quits
• Pro-Chavez Venezuelans mark coup anniversary on eve of election
• Thatcher death "party" in London draws hundreds
• Guinea sets June 30 for long-delayed parliamentary poll
• Coup leader elected president in Central African Republic
• Libya arrests 20 after attack on southern police compound
• Frustration as retrial of Egypt's Mubarak aborted
• Libya coastguard rescues 89 migrants from drifting boat
• Lion Air jet crashes into sea in Bali; 45 hurt
• Goal of nuclear-free NKorea tests US, China ties
• Pope taps cardinals to advise on governing, reform
• Palestinian Prime Minister Fayyad resigns
• Looking for logic in North Korea's threats
• Lead narrows for Chavez heir amid crime, shortages
• Anti-Thatcher party in London's Trafalgar Square
• Mubarak appears in Egyptian court for retrial
• Russia bans 18 Americans after similar US move
• Activists say Syrian airstrike kills 20 people
• North Korea tension puts pressure on China, US
• Who's really behind 'I'm in love with Margaret Thatcher'?
• Venezuela election: Is a vote for the opposition a vote against your mother?
• Airplane crashes in water off Bali, no fatalities
• Irish bank forges in the smithy of its soul a botched James Joyce coin

U.S. says agrees with China on peaceful North Korea solution Posted: 13 Apr 2013 02:12 PM PDT By Arshad Mohammed and Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States said on Saturday that China had agreed to help rid North Korea of its nuclear capability by peaceful means, but Beijing made no specific commitment in public to pressure its long-time ally to change its ways. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met China's top leaders in a bid to persuade them to push reclusive North Korea, whose main diplomatic supporter is Beijing, to scale back its belligerence and, eventually, return to nuclear talks. ...

Russia bars 18 Americans in retaliation for Magnitsky List Posted: 13 Apr 2013 08:15 AM PDT By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow said on Saturday that Washington had dealt a severe blow to relations by barring 18 Russians from the United States over alleged human rights abuses, and in retaliation it banned 18 Americans from entering Russia. U.S. President Barack Obama's administration had on Friday issued a list of 18 people subject to visa bans and asset freezes in the United States under the Magnitsky Act legislation passed by Congress late last year. "Under pressure from Russophobic members of the U.S. ...

Embattled Palestinian Prime Minister Fayyad quits Posted: 13 Apr 2013 02:44 PM PDT By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad quit on Saturday after months of tension with President Mahmoud Abbas, leaving the administration in disarray just as the United States tries to revive peace talks with Israel. Abbas, who has been unhappy with Fayyad's handling of the cash-strapped government, accepted the resignation and asked Fayyad to stay on as caretaker until a new government is formed, according to official Palestinian news agency WAFA. Palestinian law requires the president to appoint a new prime minister within two weeks. ...

Pro-Chavez Venezuelans mark coup anniversary on eve of election Posted: 13 Apr 2013 02:09 PM PDT By Todd Benson CARACAS (Reuters) - Hugo Chavez loyalists on Saturday on the eve of a presidential vote celebrated across Venezuela a milestone in the late leader's socialist revolution, irking the opposition that complained of a campaign tipped in favor of the government. Saturday marked the 11th anniversary of Chavez's return to power after a two-day coup tacitly backed by the United States. The event galvanized support for the former paratrooper and prompted him to push ahead with increasingly radical policies that further polarized Venezuela. ...

Thatcher death "party" in London draws hundreds Posted: 13 Apr 2013 02:37 PM PDT By Maria Golovnina LONDON (Reuters) - Several hundred people turned up for a "party" in central London on Saturday to celebrate the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as a mass protest predicted by some failed to materialize. The British capital's mayor had warned of potential rioting as organizers promised thousands of opponents of Thatcher, who died aged 87 on Monday, would descend on London's Trafalgar Square to mark the passing of a leader who was loved and loathed in equal measure. ...

Guinea sets June 30 for long-delayed parliamentary poll Posted: 13 Apr 2013 03:26 PM PDT By Saliou Samb CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea will hold its long-delayed legislative election on June 30 to complete the West African nation's transition to democracy, a decree signed by President Alpha Conde and read on state television said on Saturday. The election was initially planned for 2011 but as been postponed repeatedly over disagreement between the government and Guinea's opposition coalition on organization of the poll. The vote is meant to complete a transition to civilian rule after a 2008 military coup and could unlock hundreds of millions of dollars in European aid. ...

Coup leader elected president in Central African Republic Posted: 13 Apr 2013 02:33 PM PDT BANGUI (Reuters) - The rebel leader who seized power in Central African Republic, Michel Djotodia, was elected president on Saturday by an acting parliament. Djotodia led thousands of rebel fighters from the Seleka coalition into the riverside capital of the mineral-rich country on March 24, toppling President Francois Bozize. African heads of state and Western powers had refused to recognize him as the country's legitimate leader and called for the creation of the transitional council to lead the nation to elections within 18 months. ...

Libya arrests 20 after attack on southern police compound Posted: 13 Apr 2013 02:02 PM PDT TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan authorities have arrested 20 people after an attack on a police vehicle compound in the desert south in which one person was killed, the army chief said on Saturday. The attack on the compound took place on Thursday in the southern town of Sabha, some 800 km (500 miles) south of the capital Tripoli. "They arrived by car, armed with guns and starting shooting. They stole some cars and escaped," Yusef al-Mangoush, army chief of staff, told Reuters. "One person died from injuries sustained in the attack. Those arrested have been transferred to Tripoli. ...

Frustration as retrial of Egypt's Mubarak aborted Posted: 13 Apr 2013 09:32 AM PDT By Yasmine Saleh and Maggie Fick CAIRO (Reuters) - The retrial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was aborted on Saturday when the presiding judge withdrew from the case and referred it to another court, causing an indefinite delay that sparked anger in the courtroom. Lawyers said that while the transfer would give prosecutors more time to draw on new evidence in an unpublished fact-finding commission's report into the repression, it could delay the case by months, increasing the risk that Mubarak, 84, may never be finally convicted and sentenced. ...

Libya coastguard rescues 89 migrants from drifting boat Posted: 13 Apr 2013 01:16 PM PDT TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's coastguard has rescued 89 sub-Saharan African migrants who had been drifting in a boat for five days and had to dump the bodies of five people who died on the journey overboard, the state news agency said on Saturday. The Libyan authorities were alerted by a fisherman that the boat was adrift off the western port of Zawiyah, naval official Colonel Ayub Omar Gacem was quoted as saying by the Libyan news agency LANA. ...

Lion Air jet crashes into sea in Bali; 45 hurt Posted: 13 Apr 2013 12:36 PM PDT BALI, Indonesia (AP) — All 108 passengers and crew survived after a new Lion Air jet crashed into the ocean and snapped into two while attempting to land Saturday on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, injuring up to 45 people.

Goal of nuclear-free NKorea tests US, China ties Posted: 13 Apr 2013 03:00 PM PDT BEIJING (AP) — Bound by threats from North Korea, the U.S. and China agreed Saturday to rid the bellicose nation of nuclear weapons in a test of whether the world powers can shelve years of rivalry and discord, and unite in fostering global stability.

Pope taps cardinals to advise on governing, reform Posted: 13 Apr 2013 10:35 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis named eight cardinals from around the globe Saturday to advise him on running the Catholic Church and reforming the Vatican bureaucracy, marking his first month as pope with a major initiative to reflect the universal nature of the church in key governing decisions.

Palestinian Prime Minister Fayyad resigns Posted: 13 Apr 2013 03:17 PM PDT RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad resigned on Saturday, leaving the Palestinians without one of their most moderate and well-respected voices just as the U.S. is launching a new push for Mideast peace.

Looking for logic in North Korea's threats Posted: 13 Apr 2013 01:44 AM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — To the outside world, the talk often appears to border on the lunatic, with the poor, hungry and electricity-starved nation threatening to lay waste to America's cities in an atomic firestorm, or to overrun South Korea in a lightning attack.

Lead narrows for Chavez heir amid crime, shortages Posted: 13 Apr 2013 08:51 AM PDT CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Nicolas Maduro hopes to ride a tide of grief into Venezuela's special presidential election Sunday and win voters' endorsement to succeed the late Hugo Chavez, the divisive larger-than-life leader who chose him to carry on the messy, unfinished Chavista revolution.

Anti-Thatcher party in London's Trafalgar Square Posted: 13 Apr 2013 02:23 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of opponents of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher partied in London's Trafalgar Square to celebrate her death, sipping Champagne and chanting "Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead."

Mubarak appears in Egyptian court for retrial Posted: 13 Apr 2013 10:05 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — The judge in Hosni Mubarak's retrial recused himself at the start of the first session on Saturday, citing a conflict of interest as the former Egyptian president appeared in court for the first time in 10 months grinning and waving to supporters.

Russia bans 18 Americans after similar US move Posted: 13 Apr 2013 10:08 AM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Saturday banned 18 Americans from entering the country in response to Washington imposing sanctions on 18 Russians for alleged human rights violations.

Activists say Syrian airstrike kills 20 people Posted: 13 Apr 2013 01:57 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian government airstrike on a town in the country's northwest killed at least 20 people Saturday, shattering store fronts, setting cars ablaze and sending a giant plume of black and gray smoke into the sky.

North Korea tension puts pressure on China, US Posted: 13 Apr 2013 01:43 PM PDT Bound by threats from North Korea, the U.S. and China agreed Saturday to rid the bellicose nation of nuclear weapons in a test of whether the world powers can shelve years of rivalry and discord, and unite in fostering global stability.

Who's really behind 'I'm in love with Margaret Thatcher'? Posted: 13 Apr 2013 11:54 AM PDT Two songs are battling to the top of the British music charts in memory of Margret Thatcher. One is, her supporters say, in bad taste, but the one adopted by fans of the late Conservative prime minister isn't quite what it seems, either.

Venezuela election: Is a vote for the opposition a vote against your mother? Posted: 13 Apr 2013 05:19 AM PDT If you vote for the opposition, you don't love your mother – at least according to one bold pro-government slogan in the leadup to Venezuela's presidential election tomorrow.

Airplane crashes in water off Bali, no fatalities Posted: 13 Apr 2013 10:20 AM PDT Everyone on board survived when a new Boeing 737-800 aircraft landed in the water just short of the runway in Bali, Indonesia.

Irish bank forges in the smithy of its soul a botched James Joyce coin Posted: 12 Apr 2013 05:58 PM PDT "Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race." - James Joyce, 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man'

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