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• Wealthy businessman on way to winning Paraguayan presidency
• Assad's forces kill 85 in Damascus suburb, activists say
• Police officers get 156 years for 1992 Brazilian prison massacre
• Insight: Malaysia opposition sees state model guiding path to power
• Analysis: How do you spell Singapore without "LKY"?
• China's bird flu death toll rises to 20
• Sudanese police mutiny as security deteriorates in Darfur
• Hungarians protest anti-Semitism in rally ahead of WJC
• Analysis: Bahrain's rulers evade F1 fiasco but crisis endures
• Somali reporter killed in fourth journalist murder this year
• Parents of Boston suspect describe his Russia trip
• Officials: At least 185 killed in Nigeria attack
• China rushes relief after Sichuan quake kills 186
• Kerry pushes Turkey-Israel rapprochement
• London race: Tributes to Boston, extra security
• Condition of Indian girl who was raped improves
• Syrian opposition calls on Hezbollah to stay out
• Pentagon chief stresses Israel's right to hit Iran
• Taliban threat could skew Pakistan election result
• Paraguay elects tobacco magnate as president
• North Korea: US military braces for heightened readiness
• First West Bank marathon highlights barriers to Palestinian movement
• Syrian rebels intensify rocket attacks into Lebanon
• US, Russia missed chances to intercept Tamerlan Tsarnaev
• After rape of 5-year-old girl, India debates even stricter punishments
• Guatemalan who helped build genocide case against ex-dictator was survivor, too

Wealthy businessman on way to winning Paraguayan presidency Posted: 21 Apr 2013 04:27 PM PDT By Daniela Desantis and Hilary Burke ASUNCION (Reuters) - Millionaire businessman Horacio Cartes of the powerful, center-right Colorado Party appeared to be heading to victory in Paraguay's presidential election on Sunday, exit polls and partial official results showed. Thousands of Colorado Party supporters wearing red shirts and scarves honked their horns and blasted music in the capital Asuncion, celebrating the party's likely return to power after its 60-year reign was interrupted in 2008. ...

Assad's forces kill 85 in Damascus suburb, activists say Posted: 21 Apr 2013 01:36 PM PDT By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad killed at least 85 people when they stormed a Damascus suburb after five days of fighting, opposition activists in the area said on Sunday. There was no immediate confirmation of the activists' account of what they described as a "massacre", including of women and children, at Jdeidet al-Fadel. Syrian authorities have banned most independent media since the uprising began in 2011. ...

Police officers get 156 years for 1992 Brazilian prison massacre Posted: 21 Apr 2013 03:41 PM PDT BRASILIA (Reuters) - A Brazilian court sentenced 23 police officers on Sunday to 156 years in jail each for killing 13 inmates in Brazil's bloodiest prison revolt in which 111 inmates died more than 20 years ago. Military police stormed Sao Paulo's Carandiru prison in 1992 to quell a riot sparked by a fight between two rival gangs that started with a quarrel during a soccer game. Prosecutors said police officers brutally repressed the uprising by shooting 102 prisoners, sometimes at point-blank range. ...

Insight: Malaysia opposition sees state model guiding path to power Posted: 21 Apr 2013 02:20 PM PDT By Stuart Grudgings GEORGETOWN, Malaysia (Reuters) - Lim Guan Eng, the hyperactive chief minister of Malaysia's Penang state, is not the type to miss a good photo-opportunity, so there were plenty of witnesses when he handed over the keys to his government Mercedes ahead of a May 5 general election. Integrity is a central battle cry for Malaysia's disparate three-party opposition as it pursues its best chance of ending 56 years of rule by the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. ...

Analysis: How do you spell Singapore without "LKY"? Posted: 21 Apr 2013 02:08 PM PDT By John O'Callaghan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - They crammed into an art cafe in Singapore and pulled no punches, deriding authoritarian officials who ruled with an "iron fist" and complaining that government ministers with million-dollar salaries were out of touch. One woman, a middle-aged professional, got nods of agreement when she said modern Singapore's founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, had done great things but that new ways were needed from current leaders still practicing a "do-as-I-say style of parenting". ...

China's bird flu death toll rises to 20 Posted: 21 Apr 2013 04:32 PM PDT GENEVA (Reuters) - Two more people have died from a new strain of avian influenza, bringing to 20 the number of deaths from the H7N9 virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday. Chinese authorities have notified the WHO of six new cases, bringing the total to 102. Of those, 70 are still in hospital and 12 have been discharged. Five of the new cases were in Zhejiang province and one was in Shanghai. "Until the source of infection has been identified, it is expected that there will be further cases of human infection with the virus in China," the WHO said In a statement. ...

Sudanese police mutiny as security deteriorates in Darfur Posted: 21 Apr 2013 01:01 PM PDT KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A group of Sudanese policemen have staged a mutiny in Darfur, according to state news agency SUNA on Sunday, in a fresh sign of the deteriorating security situation in the vast western region. A "limited" number of officers broke away from their Central Reserve Police unit in El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur state, after stealing four Land Cruisers, weapons and provisions, SUNA said, quoting the interior ministry. ...

Hungarians protest anti-Semitism in rally ahead of WJC Posted: 21 Apr 2013 01:30 PM PDT BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Hungarians rallied on Sunday to protest against what they said was growing anti-Semitism in the country which will host the plenary meeting of the World Jewish Congress next month. The annual March of the Living, which remembers the victims of the Holocaust and usually has a few thousand participants, attracted a much bigger crowd this time, with thousands walking from a square near parliament along the river Danube, carrying Izraeli and European Union flags. ...

Analysis: Bahrain's rulers evade F1 fiasco but crisis endures Posted: 21 Apr 2013 12:31 PM PDT By Alexander Dziadosz MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrain's rulers can breathe a sigh of relief after a prized Formula One race went off largely unhindered by unrest, but in villages beyond the well-protected Grand Prix bubble simmering communal tensions still pose a stubborn challenge to stability. Last year's race was seen as a public relations own-goal for the tiny but strategically vital country's ruling Al Khalifa family, as security forces battled protesters and black smoke rose on the skyline across the U.S.-allied country. ...

Somali reporter killed in fourth journalist murder this year Posted: 21 Apr 2013 11:40 AM PDT MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A Somali journalist working for the government broadcaster was shot dead outside his home in the capital Mogadishu on Sunday, the fourth reporter to be murdered in the country this year, the union of journalists said. Mohamed Ibrahim Rageh, who worked for Somali National Television and Radio Mogadishu, was killed by unknown assailants as he returned home after work, according to Abdirahim Isse Addow, director of Radio Mogadishu, who was quoted by the National Union of Somali Journalists. Three other journalists had been killed in Somalia so far this year, the union said. ...

Parents of Boston suspect describe his Russia trip Posted: 21 Apr 2013 03:54 PM PDT MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — The parents of Tamerlan Tsarnaev insisted on Sunday that he came to Dagestan and Chechnya last year to visit relatives and had nothing to do with the militants operating in this volatile part of Russia. But the Boston bombing suspect could not have been immune to the attacks that savaged the region during his six-month stay.

Officials: At least 185 killed in Nigeria attack Posted: 21 Apr 2013 04:25 PM PDT BAGA, Nigeria (AP) — Fighting between Nigeria's military and Islamic extremists killed at least 185 people in a fishing community in the nation's far northeast, officials said Sunday, an attack that saw insurgents fire rocket-propelled grenades and soldiers spray machine-gun fire into neighborhoods filled with civilians.

China rushes relief after Sichuan quake kills 186 Posted: 21 Apr 2013 04:07 PM PDT LUSHAN, China (AP) — Luo Shiqiang sat near chunks of concrete, bricks and a ripped orange sofa and told how his grandfather was just returning from feeding chickens when their house collapsed and crushed him to death in this weekend's powerful earthquake in southwestern China.

Kerry pushes Turkey-Israel rapprochement Posted: 21 Apr 2013 12:36 PM PDT ISTANBUL (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday urged Turkey to speed up and cement an American-brokered rapprochement with Israel, and he explored with Palestinian officials new ways to relaunch Mideast peace efforts.

London race: Tributes to Boston, extra security Posted: 21 Apr 2013 10:36 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — The race was in London, but the thoughts of many were with another city.

Condition of Indian girl who was raped improves Posted: 21 Apr 2013 07:12 AM PDT NEW DELHI (AP) — The condition of a 5-year-old girl who was allegedly kidnapped, raped and tortured by a man and then left alone in a locked room in India's capital for two days has improved, a doctor said Sunday, as protests continued over the authorities' handling of the case.

Syrian opposition calls on Hezbollah to stay out Posted: 21 Apr 2013 12:50 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian opposition called on Hezbollah to withdraw its fighters from the country, as activists said regime troops supported by gunmen linked to the Lebanese Shiite militant group battled rebels Sunday for control of a string of villages near the Lebanon-Syria border.

Pentagon chief stresses Israel's right to hit Iran Posted: 21 Apr 2013 09:56 AM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel held out hope Sunday for a nonmilitary way to ending the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran, but he also emphasized Washington's willingness to let Israel decide whether and when it might strike Tehran in self-defense.

Taliban threat could skew Pakistan election result Posted: 21 Apr 2013 11:43 AM PDT PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Moderate politicians from some of Pakistan's most violent areas are risking the threat of Taliban attack to run in upcoming nationwide elections, but they are increasingly being forced to rely on social media, phone calls and even short documentaries that allow them to campaign at a distance.

Paraguay elects tobacco magnate as president Posted: 21 Apr 2013 04:55 PM PDT ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Paraguayans have elected a wealthy tobacco magnate as president, returning the Colorado Party to the top office that it held for 61 years before former Roman Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo won the office in 2008.

North Korea: US military braces for heightened readiness Posted: 21 Apr 2013 07:06 AM PDT Through weeks of high tension on the Korean peninsula, a clearer picture is beginning to emerge of North Korea's young dictator, who top US military officials describe as "very different" from his father.

First West Bank marathon highlights barriers to Palestinian movement Posted: 21 Apr 2013 12:35 PM PDT Visitors come to Bethlehem from all over because of its reputation as the birthplace of Jesus, but, on an unseasonably rain-swept morning, Manger Square became the scene of a different kind pilgrimage as runners in spandex and checkered Palestinian keffiyeh scarves embarked on the West Bank's first ever marathon.

Syrian rebels intensify rocket attacks into Lebanon Posted: 21 Apr 2013 11:02 AM PDT Residents of of Hermel girded for revenge Sunday after a surge of rocket attacks by Syrian opposition rebels against this Shiite-populated town and adjacent areas in Lebanon's northern Bekaa Valley.

US, Russia missed chances to intercept Tamerlan Tsarnaev Posted: 21 Apr 2013 08:53 AM PDT The revelation that the main suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings were two Russian citizens of half-Chechen, half-Avar (Dagestani) ethnicity, has prompted Kremlin leaders to dust off a longstanding argument that the US should listen to Moscow's warnings about extreme Islamist terrorists, whether they hail from Chechnya, or Syria, or anywhere else.

After rape of 5-year-old girl, India debates even stricter punishments Posted: 21 Apr 2013 06:33 AM PDT Protests over the rape of a five year old in Delhi have renewed the debate in India about what needs to be done about the country's rape problem.

Guatemalan who helped build genocide case against ex-dictator was survivor, too Posted: 21 Apr 2013 06:00 AM PDT An easy smile spreads over lawyer Edwin Canil's face when he talks about the satisfaction of helping build the genocide and war crimes case against former Guatemalan strongman Efraín Ríos Montt over the past decade. But Mr. Canil's eyes water just as quickly when he remembers witnessing the massacre of his own Mayan family at the hands of Guatemalan troops when he was just six years old.

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