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• North Korea demands end of sanctions if U.S. wants dialogue
• Pakistan's Musharraf flees court after judges order his arrest
• United Nations says Syria conflict a humanitarian catastrophe
• U.S. looks into possible chemical weapons use in Syria
• Baghdad suicide bomb blast at Internet cafe kills 27
• Italian parliament fails to elect state president in slap to Bersani
• Rockets strike Israel from Gaza: reports
• EU presses Serbia and Kosovo for historic accord
• South America rushes to back Maduro as U.S. casts doubt on Venezuela vote
• Paraguay's Colorado Party likely to win back presidency
• Bahrain: Protests pose no threat to Grand Prix
• IMF chief says global pro-growth policies needed
• Pakistan's Musharraf flees court to avoid arrest
• New app helps Icelanders avoid accidental incest
• Officials: Suicide attack kills 26 in Iraq
• Venezuela crackdown deemed worst in years
• Even in desert retreat, monks feel Egypt's turmoil
• Egyptian Jewish leader buried in rundown cemetery
• Family: 24-hour delay to report US pilot missing
• Rights activist: Venezuelan troops beat protesters
• Pakistan won't have Musharraf to kick around anymore
• South American leaders likely to back Venezuela's Maduro in emergency meeting
• Rhino head heist: Half a million euros' worth stolen from Irish museum
• Could mining bonanza be Afghanistan's next source of funding?
• Guatemalan court faces calls to halt former dictator's genocide trial
• Russia aims to set stern example with NGO prosecution
• Can Pakistan drive the Taliban out of its tribal belt?
• Palestinian Prisoners' Day: Breaking down the controversy
• Southern Europe digs in against further austerity, as IMF calls for relief
• North Korea prepared to restart talks, raising hope for eased tensions
• Was that the president in my Beijing taxi?

North Korea demands end of sanctions if U.S. wants dialogue Posted: 18 Apr 2013 10:33 AM PDT By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea offered the United States and South Korea a list of conditions on Thursday for talks, including the lifting of U.N. sanctions, signaling a possible end to weeks of warlike hostility on the Korean peninsula. The North Korea's top military body also said in a statement the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula would begin when the United States removed nuclear weapons that the isolated state says Washington has deployed in the region. ...

Pakistan's Musharraf flees court after judges order his arrest Posted: 18 Apr 2013 08:05 AM PDT By Mehreen Zahra-Malik ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Former President Pervez Musharraf fled a courtroom on Thursday after judges ordered his arrest to answer allegations he committed treason in 2007, an ignominious retreat for a man who once dominated Pakistan and had hoped to revive his political fortunes. Pakistani television broadcast footage of Musharraf dashing from Islamabad High Court in a black SUV as several lawyers made half-hearted attempts to pursue his vehicle - a scene that would have been unthinkable when Musharraf was at the height of his powers. ...

United Nations says Syria conflict a humanitarian catastrophe Posted: 18 Apr 2013 11:12 AM PDT By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syrian families have been burned in their homes, people bombed waiting for bread, children tortured, raped and murdered and cities reduced to rubble in Syria's two-year-old war that has sparked a humanitarian catastrophe, the United Nations said on Thursday. A quarter of Syria's 22 million people are displaced within the country and 1.3 million have fled to other states in the Middle East and North Africa, U.N. aid chief Valerie Amos and U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres told the U.N. Security Council. ...

U.S. looks into possible chemical weapons use in Syria Posted: 18 Apr 2013 03:50 PM PDT By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence officials are looking into the possibility that chemical weapons may have been used in Syria in a limited form, although there is no consensus yet and additional analysis is required, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday. "More review is needed," the senior U.S. official told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity. The disclosure came as the U.S. ...

Baghdad suicide bomb blast at Internet cafe kills 27 Posted: 18 Apr 2013 02:21 PM PDT By Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself inside a Baghdad cafe popular with young people using the Internet, killing a least 27 and wounding dozens more in one of the worst single attacks in the Iraqi capital this year. The late evening blast in west Baghdad came just two days before provincial elections that will be a major test of Iraq's political stability more than a year after the last American troops left the country. ...

Italian parliament fails to elect state president in slap to Bersani Posted: 18 Apr 2013 01:51 PM PDT By Barry Moody and Steve Scherer ROME (Reuters) - Italy's parliament failed to elect a new state president in the first two votes on Thursday with a center-left rebellion against leader Pier Luigi Bersani torpedoing his official candidate and prolonging a political stalemate. Until the new president is elected, the paralysis hobbling attempts to form a government since February's inconclusive general election will continue, and a chaotic day of voting showed how fractured the political landscape remains. ...

Rockets strike Israel from Gaza: reports Posted: 18 Apr 2013 03:10 PM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip struck inside Israel after nightfall on Thursday, causing no damage or injury, Israeli media reports said. The Ynet and Haaretz news websites said the rockets fell in open areas. The Israeli military was checking the reports. There were no immediate claims of responsibility issued from Gaza. Islamist militants in Hamas-ruled Gaza have fired intermittently at Israel in the past month despite a ceasefire reached after an eight day conflict in November. ...

EU presses Serbia and Kosovo for historic accord Posted: 18 Apr 2013 01:35 PM PDT By Matt Robinson and Aleksandar Vasovic BELGRADE (Reuters) - The European Union summoned Serbia and Kosovo back to Brussels on Thursday, pressing for an historic accord to settle relations between the Balkan foes and open the door to membership talks with Belgrade. On the table is an agreement to end the ethnic partition of Kosovo five years since it seceded from Serbia, and potentially clear a path to a seat at the United Nations for the last state to emerge from the ashes of federal Yugoslavia. ...

South America rushes to back Maduro as U.S. casts doubt on Venezuela vote Posted: 18 Apr 2013 01:05 PM PDT By Terry Wade and Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - South American leaders will make a collective show of support for Venezuelan President-elect Nicolas Maduro on Thursday in Lima, officials said, as the United States and his opponents call for a recount of the disputed vote. Maduro will attend the last-minute meeting of the regional group Unasur in Peru a day before he is to be sworn in on Friday. He was named by late President Hugo Chavez, who died of cancer in March, as his chosen successor. ...

Paraguay's Colorado Party likely to win back presidency Posted: 18 Apr 2013 12:45 PM PDT By Daniela Desantis and Mariel Cristaldo ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguayans will likely vote to put the Colorado Party back into the presidency on Sunday, restoring the center-right party to power after leftist President Fernando Lugo broke its 60-year reign in 2008. Wealthy businessman Horacio Cartes, 56, is the Colorado Party's candidate and leads most polls ahead of the election. A political newcomer who admits he did not start voting until four years ago, he is trying to put a new face on a party with a long history of corruption. ...

Bahrain: Protests pose no threat to Grand Prix Posted: 18 Apr 2013 03:35 PM PDT MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Organizers of Bahrain's Grand Prix said Thursday that sporadic protests against the race and violent unrest across the Gulf nation do not pose a threat to the premier international event in the kingdom.

IMF chief says global pro-growth policies needed Posted: 18 Apr 2013 02:46 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the International Monetary Fund says the United States, Europe, Japan and China all need to make adjustments to their current economic policies in order to boost a still-struggling global economy.

Pakistan's Musharraf flees court to avoid arrest Posted: 18 Apr 2013 11:52 AM PDT ISLAMABAD (AP) — Former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf fled court in a speeding vehicle Thursday to avoid arrest after his bail was revoked in a case involving his decision to fire senior judges while in power over five years ago.

New app helps Icelanders avoid accidental incest Posted: 18 Apr 2013 08:55 AM PDT Just in case!

Officials: Suicide attack kills 26 in Iraq Posted: 18 Apr 2013 01:50 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a Baghdad cafe crowded with young people late Thursday, killing at least 26 and wounding dozens ahead of provincial elections scheduled for the weekend.

Venezuela crackdown deemed worst in years Posted: 18 Apr 2013 04:01 PM PDT CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — National Guard troops beat dozens of opposition supporters inside a barracks for refusing to accept the government-certified electoral victory of Hugo Chavez's heir, a leading human rights lawyer charged Thursday in what he called Venezuela's worst political repression in six years.

Even in desert retreat, monks feel Egypt's turmoil Posted: 18 Apr 2013 12:50 PM PDT ST. ANTHONY'S MONASTERY, Egypt (AP) — In a cave here high in the desert mountains of eastern Egypt, the man said to be the father of monasticism took refuge from the temptations of the world some 17 centuries ago. At the foot of the mountain, the monks at the St. Anthony's Monastery bearing his name continue the ascetic tradition.

Egyptian Jewish leader buried in rundown cemetery Posted: 18 Apr 2013 02:44 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — The late leader of Egypt's dwindling and aging Jewish community was buried Thursday in one the oldest cemeteries in Egypt, the once-sprawling burial ground she tirelessly worked to restore but which has now suffered looting and is drenched in sewage water and strewn with trash.

Family: 24-hour delay to report US pilot missing Posted: 18 Apr 2013 01:17 PM PDT JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The family of a U.S. missionary pilot who has disappeared off the coast of West Africa says aviation officials waited nearly 24 hours to start searching for his missing plane. But the lead investigator on Sao Tome island says the coast guard was alerted after it was dark.

Rights activist: Venezuelan troops beat protesters Posted: 18 Apr 2013 01:30 PM PDT CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — National Guard troops beat dozens of opposition supporters inside a barracks for refusing to accept the government-certified electoral victory of Hugo Chavez's heir, a leading Venezuelan human rights lawyer charged Thursday.

Pakistan won't have Musharraf to kick around anymore Posted: 18 Apr 2013 01:19 PM PDT Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's former Army chief and national ruler today escaped a set of judges and an Islamabad arrest order, climbed in a black bullet proof SUV, and sped red-faced away for the protection of home.

South American leaders likely to back Venezuela's Maduro in emergency meeting Posted: 18 Apr 2013 01:01 PM PDT Presidents from across South America will attend an emergency meeting tonight in Lima, Peru, to discuss the contested election of President Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela.

Rhino head heist: Half a million euros' worth stolen from Irish museum Posted: 18 Apr 2013 11:41 AM PDT Four rhino heads have been stolen from a museum in Ireland, presumed to be headed to the Far East where they could fetch over half a million dollars as raw material for Asian folk medicine.

Could mining bonanza be Afghanistan's next source of funding? Posted: 18 Apr 2013 11:34 AM PDT An effort to make Afghanistan's vast reserves of minerals, oil, and gas accessible to foreign investment – a crucial source of income as foreign aid declines – has hit a road block.

Guatemalan court faces calls to halt former dictator's genocide trial Posted: 18 Apr 2013 10:13 AM PDT Former Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt is the first Latin American strongman to be tried on genocide charges. The landmark case has garnered worldwide attention, presented expert testimony from three continents, and already made history books.

Russia aims to set stern example with NGO prosecution Posted: 18 Apr 2013 09:30 AM PDT As a massive wave of raids by Russian authorities on thousands of mostly small nongovernmental organizations subsides, more than 500 groups have so far been handed official warnings that they must register as "foreign agents" – which essentially means "spies" in Russia – or face stiff fines and, ultimately, forced closure.

Can Pakistan drive the Taliban out of its tribal belt? Posted: 18 Apr 2013 07:29 AM PDT Impoverished and perpetually neglected by the country's central government, the semi-autonomous tribal regions of northwest Pakistan have long been a simmering source of both national and regional tension.

Palestinian Prisoners' Day: Breaking down the controversy Posted: 18 Apr 2013 06:23 AM PDT Today is Palestinian Prisoners' Day, when Palestinians remember the thousands of Palestinians held in Israeli jails. The issue of prisoner treatment has been hotly debated in recent months, prompted by the death of two Palestinian men while in Israeli custody, both of which have been blamed on Israel. Here, the Monitor explains the complicated issue.

Southern Europe digs in against further austerity, as IMF calls for relief Posted: 18 Apr 2013 06:13 AM PDT The players in Europe's economic crisis look increasingly deadlocked, as ailing countries in the south – with support this week from the International Monetary Fund – rebel against further deficit-cutting measures advocated by the wealthier nations to the north.

North Korea prepared to restart talks, raising hope for eased tensions Posted: 18 Apr 2013 06:10 AM PDT • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

Was that the president in my Beijing taxi? Posted: 18 Apr 2013 05:25 AM PDT When was the last time the Chinese president hailed a Beijing taxi?

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