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• Italy center-left leader Bersani quits after vote debacle
• Pakistani police arrest former president Musharraf
• Opposition hopes Syria Friends set to agree on arming rebels
• EU brokers historic Kosovo deal, door opens to Serbia accession
• Maduro sworn in, Venezuela to review disputed vote
• U.S. assures Japan of defense against North Korean threat
• U.S. near $10 billion arms deal with Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE
• Russia says U.S. talks produced no progress on missiles
• Corruption probe raises questions over Guinea mine's future
• Rios Montt genocide trial up in air as Guatemalan judges squabble
• Pro- and anti-Islamist protesters clash in Egypt
• Manhunt in Boston after bombing suspect is killed
• Russia's Chechnya has seen decades of war, terror
• Serbia, Kosovo reach tentative deal on relations
• AP PHOTOS: Scenes from the past 24 hours in Boston
• Gov't sources: Boston bomb suspect went to Russia
• Fierce battles in Syria; US to raise aid to rebels
• President: Mali will be ready for July vote
• G-20 countries pledge stronger efforts
• Russia: Sochi security tight after Boston bombs
• Chechnya: How a remote Russian republic became linked with terrorism
• In South Africa, lack of white judicial appointments raises eyebrows
• A victory for Venezuela's opposition, but presidency still out of reach
• Is Musharraf's arrest a sign of a political shift in Pakistan?
• How stable is Iraq? 13 candidates killed ahead of elections
• Chechen identity looms over Boston Marathon bombing suspects
• Former Palestinian prisoners once jailed for murder, now dole out dessert
• London Marathon organizers pledge to keep calm and carry on
• Uncertainty looms as judge suspends genocide trial of former Guatemala dictator
• Pre-election violence rocks Baghdad, capped with cafe bombing today
• Good Reads: China's 'cyber cage,' millennium goals update, toddlers and tech, space diving
• Paul Giniès turned a failing African university into a world-class problem-solver

Italy center-left leader Bersani quits after vote debacle Posted: 19 Apr 2013 02:39 PM PDT By James Mackenzie and Barry Moody ROME (Reuters) - Center-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani announced his resignation on Friday after party rebels sabotaged two separate candidates he had backed for state president, deepening Italy's political chaos. Bersani told a meeting of parliamentarians he would quit as Democratic Party (PD) leader as soon as the election of the next head of state was completed, following two dramatic days of parliamentary voting in which successive center-left candidates were scuppered in secret ballots. ...

Pakistani police arrest former president Musharraf Posted: 19 Apr 2013 08:29 AM PDT By Mehreen Zahra-Malik ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani police arrested former president Pervez Musharraf on Friday to face allegations he overstepped his powers while in office, marking a dramatic break with a political culture in which military rulers have remained untouchable. The one-time army chief had hoped to rekindle a degree of influence by standing in a general election in May, but has instead become ensnared in a showdown with judges who fought bruising battles with him while he was still in office. ...

Opposition hopes Syria Friends set to agree on arming rebels Posted: 19 Apr 2013 06:57 AM PDT By Mariam Karouny BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's opposition says it hopes their international backers meeting in Istanbul on Saturday will give teeth to a tacit agreement that arming rebel groups is the best way to end the dynastic rule of President Bashar al-Assad. The 11-nation "core group" of the Friends of Syria, including the United States, European and Arab nations, has been deadlocked over how to remove Assad, whose security forces killed and arrested thousands of protesters who took to the streets to demand democratic reforms in March 2011. ...

EU brokers historic Kosovo deal, door opens to Serbia accession Posted: 19 Apr 2013 11:11 AM PDT By Aleksandar Vasovic and Justyna Pawlak BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Serbia agreed to cede its last remaining foothold in the country's former province of Kosovo on Friday, striking an historic accord to settle relations in exchange for talks on joining the European Union. The deal, brokered by the EU, capped six months of delicate negotiations and marks a milestone for the region's recovery from the collapse of Yugoslavia in the 1990s. ...

Maduro sworn in, Venezuela to review disputed vote Posted: 19 Apr 2013 03:06 PM PDT By Daniel Wallis and Brian Ellsworth CARACAS (Reuters) - Nicolas Maduro was sworn in as Venezuela's president on Friday at a ceremony attended by leaders from Iran to Brazil after a decision to widen an electronic audit of the vote took some of the heat out of a dispute over his election. Maduro, a bus driver-turned-foreign minister who became the late Hugo Chavez's chosen successor, narrowly beat opposition challenger Henrique Capriles in the election last Sunday. ...

U.S. assures Japan of defense against North Korean threat Posted: 19 Apr 2013 03:35 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden assured Japan's deputy prime minister on Friday that the United States is committed to the defense of Japan against the threat posed by North Korea. North Korea in recent weeks has engaged in threatening rhetoric and is believed to have been taking steps toward a missile test launch, actions that have raised tensions in the Asia-Pacific. Biden held talks with Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso. ...

U.S. near $10 billion arms deal with Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE Posted: 19 Apr 2013 12:56 PM PDT By David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is finalizing a complex $10 billion arms deal that would strengthen two key Arab allies while maintaining Israel's military edge, defense officials said on Friday ahead of a trip to the Middle East by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. The deal, more than a year in the making through a series of coordinated bilateral negotiations, would result in the sale of V-22 Osprey aircraft, advanced refueling tankers and anti-air defense missiles to Israel and 25 F-16 Desert Falcon jets worth nearly $5 billion to the United Arab Emirates. ...

Russia says U.S. talks produced no progress on missiles Posted: 19 Apr 2013 11:46 AM PDT By Denis Dyomkin SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Russia and the United States remain at odds over U.S. plans for an anti-missile shield in Europe following talks in Moscow this week with President Barack Obama's national security adviser, a senior aide to President Vladimir Putin said on Friday. White House national security adviser Tom Donilon met Putin and senior Russian officials in the highest-level face-to-face talks since Obama began a new term in January at a time of tense relations with Moscow. ...

Corruption probe raises questions over Guinea mine's future Posted: 19 Apr 2013 01:21 PM PDT By David Rohde and Clara Ferreira-Marques NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Documents obtained by U.S. authorities investigating mining corruption in Guinea show Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz's mining company promised to pay millions of dollars in Africa to win valuable mining concessions. Experts say evidence of corruption could throw into question the future of one of the world's richest undeveloped deposits of iron ore. ...

Rios Montt genocide trial up in air as Guatemalan judges squabble Posted: 19 Apr 2013 12:53 PM PDT By Mike McDonald GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - The genocide trial of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt was mired in uncertainty on Friday as judges squabbled over who should hear the case following an order to annul nearly a year-and-a-half of proceedings. The trial was suspended on Thursday when Judge Patricia Flores, who was originally assigned to the case, ruled all actions taken since she was recused in November 2011 were void, citing an order from the country's top courts. ...

Pro- and anti-Islamist protesters clash in Egypt Posted: 19 Apr 2013 01:17 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Supporters and opponents of Egypt's Islamist president battled in the streets near Tahrir Square on Friday as an Islamist rally demanding a purge of the judiciary devolved into violence.

Manhunt in Boston after bombing suspect is killed Posted: 19 Apr 2013 03:45 PM PDT WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) — SWAT teams in armored vehicles swarmed the tense and locked-down streets of Boston and its suburbs Friday in an all-out hunt for the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect after his older brother died in a desperate getaway attempt. But as evening fell, police had come up empty-handed.

Russia's Chechnya has seen decades of war, terror Posted: 19 Apr 2013 04:24 PM PDT MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — The two brothers suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings have their ethnic roots in Chechnya, a part of the Caucasus Mountains that has spawned decades of violence — from separatist wars to suicide attacks, blood feuds and hostage sieges.

Serbia, Kosovo reach tentative deal on relations Posted: 19 Apr 2013 11:44 AM PDT BRUSSELS (AP) — Serbia and Kosovo reached a potentially historic agreement Friday to normalize relations between the Balkan neighbors, end years of acrimony and put them both on a solid path to European Union membership.

AP PHOTOS: Scenes from the past 24 hours in Boston Posted: 19 Apr 2013 12:11 PM PDT Most of Boston is shut down as law enforcement continues its massive manhunt for the remaining suspect in the marathon bombings. Police say one suspect is now dead and the other is on the run after a violent night of gunfire and explosions near Boston, which left one MIT police officer dead.

Gov't sources: Boston bomb suspect went to Russia Posted: 19 Apr 2013 11:08 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev traveled to Russia last year and returned to the U.S. six months later, government officials told The Associated Press.

Fierce battles in Syria; US to raise aid to rebels Posted: 19 Apr 2013 01:25 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — An artillery shell slammed into a pickup truck, killing nine members of a family during fierce fighting on Friday in Syria as U.S. officials said the Obama administration is poised to send millions more in non-lethal military aid to rebels trying to oust President Bashar Assad.

President: Mali will be ready for July vote Posted: 19 Apr 2013 02:53 PM PDT BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali's interim president on Friday sought to reassure international partners that the country fighting a war against radical Islamic fighters will be ready to hold democratic elections by July as promised.

G-20 countries pledge stronger efforts Posted: 19 Apr 2013 03:04 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — World finance leaders are pledging to pursue further actions to bolster a disappointingly weak global recovery. They also reaffirmed their commitment to avoid using their currencies as an economic weapon to gain unfair advantage in foreign trade.

Russia: Sochi security tight after Boston bombs Posted: 19 Apr 2013 12:01 PM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — The naming of two Chechen brothers as the suspects in the deadly Boston Marathon bombing is reviving fears about security at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, the resort town on the edge of Russia's restive southern republics. But officials insist they are prepared to protect Olympic athletes and spectators.

Chechnya: How a remote Russian republic became linked with terrorism Posted: 19 Apr 2013 12:52 PM PDT The main suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing are said to be two brothers from Chechnya, a mountainous and mainly Muslim republic in southern Russia that has been the scene of cyclical revolts and brutal crackdowns by Moscow's forces for the past 200 years. ...

In South Africa, lack of white judicial appointments raises eyebrows Posted: 19 Apr 2013 12:37 PM PDT In South Africa, where judges and courts have come to hold a special importance, a recently leaked discussion document has brought into the open a debate about the racial make-up of the judiciary.

A victory for Venezuela's opposition, but presidency still out of reach Posted: 19 Apr 2013 12:33 PM PDT As Nicolás Maduro stood before Venezuela's National Assembly to be sworn in as president today, thousands of opposition supporters celebrated, salsa music blaring throughout the capital, in hopes that Mr. Maduro could legally be unseated.

Is Musharraf's arrest a sign of a political shift in Pakistan? Posted: 19 Apr 2013 11:24 AM PDT Pakistan's former military rulers have long been held responsible for the instability and militancy plaguing the country and for disrupting democratically elected governments. None have ever been held accountable. In a remarkable first, former Army chief Pervez Musharraf was arrested on Friday and is being held in police custody for two days.

How stable is Iraq? 13 candidates killed ahead of elections Posted: 19 Apr 2013 09:48 AM PDT Iraq holds provincial elections tomorrow, the first elections since the pullout of US troops, against a backdrop of widening violence, a record number of assassinations of political candidates, and deepening political division.

Chechen identity looms over Boston Marathon bombing suspects Posted: 19 Apr 2013 08:49 AM PDT The two Boston Marathon bomb suspects, one of whom was killed and the other captured by police today, are reportedly brothers from the war-torn Russian region of Chechnya.

Former Palestinian prisoners once jailed for murder, now dole out dessert Posted: 19 Apr 2013 07:55 AM PDT Nader Abu Turki and Hamoud Salah are accustomed to cramped quarters; they spent 13 and 12 years, respectively, in Israeli jails.

London Marathon organizers pledge to keep calm and carry on Posted: 19 Apr 2013 07:21 AM PDT Runners in Sunday's London Marathon will wear black ribbons and observe thirty seconds of silence in tribute to the victims of the Boston bombing.

Uncertainty looms as judge suspends genocide trial of former Guatemala dictator Posted: 19 Apr 2013 05:36 AM PDT Uncertainty loomed in Guatemala early Friday morning as hundreds of indigenous Ixils made their way into the Supreme Court to demand justice.

Pre-election violence rocks Baghdad, capped with cafe bombing today Posted: 19 Apr 2013 05:29 AM PDT • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

Good Reads: China's 'cyber cage,' millennium goals update, toddlers and tech, space diving Posted: 19 Apr 2013 05:00 AM PDT Freedom is the ethos of the Internet, allowing people to express opinions and organize in the digital sphere. That is, unless you live in a country that manipulates users' online experiences with a "cyber cage."

Paul Giniès turned a failing African university into a world-class problem-solver Posted: 19 Apr 2013 05:00 AM PDT Five cylinders stand side by side, shaded by the trees. Inside each is a mix of compost, worms, sand, and cow dung.

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