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• Insight: China consolidates sea claims as Asian diplomacy struggles
• Egypt's Mursi in crisis talks with judges over reform
• Iran is biggest threat to nuclear pact's credibility: U.S.
• Up to 500 feared dead in Damascus suburb: activists
• Heavy fighting in northeast Nigeria, death toll unclear
• UK says "no clear reason" to let independent Scotland use sterling
• Palestinian prisoner in deal with Israel to end fast
• In Paraguay, a rich conservative must tackle poverty
• Gunman kills six people with hunting rifle in Russia
• Irate Italian president to begin talks on new coalition
• Vatican official: Romero saint effort 'unblocked'
• Police: 2 arrested in al-Qaida linked Canada plot
• Syrian regime shoring up hold on capital, coast
• Ex-bishop's widow wants optional priestly celibacy
• Pope Francis, in his own words, on the issues
• Nicaragua nabs US most-wanted child porn suspect
• Portable ATMs, phone-charging in China quake zone
• Indian girl's rape highlights police apathy
• Aunt: Boston bombings suspect struggled with Islam
• Red Cross: At least 187 killed in Nigeria violence
• Two arrested in Al Qaeda US-Canada train plot – directed from Iran
• Nuclear North Korea entreats Mongolia for help in feeding its people
• How a Quaker missionary from Philly became India's Johnny Appleseed
• The trials of an Israeli Arab prosecuting Palestinians
• Climate change sends India's apple farmers up the Himalayas
• In Pakistan, a rare Christian retaliation against Muslim violence
• Environmentalists tap Palestinian schoolchildren to clean Jerusalem's holy valley
• Model for megacities? Mexico City cleans up its air.
• Pakistan's Musharraf slips treason charges, but is held incommunicado
• Taliban seize international hostages from helicopter
• Myanmar's ruler to get peace prize, despite 'ethnic cleansing' charge

Insight: China consolidates sea claims as Asian diplomacy struggles Posted: 22 Apr 2013 02:16 PM PDT By Manuel Mogato MASINLOC, Philippines (Reuters) - For decades, fishermen along the northwestern Philippine coast treated the teeming fishing grounds of the Scarborough Shoal as their backyard, less than a day's boat ride away. Now, they see it as a foreign country. "I lost my livelihood when we lost the Scarborough Shoal to the Chinese," said Mario Forones, a 53-year-old who owns three fishing boats that worked the reef for about a dozen years before armed Chinese vessels arrived in force last April. ...

Egypt's Mursi in crisis talks with judges over reform Posted: 22 Apr 2013 10:27 AM PDT By Yasmine Saleh and Asma Alsharif CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi held crisis talks with the country's top judges on Monday after the justice minister resigned over demands by the ruling Muslim Brotherhood for a "purification" of the judiciary. The secular, liberal and left-wing opposition denounced what it called a planned "Brotherhoodisation" of the judiciary and called for demonstrations outside parliament. ...

Iran is biggest threat to nuclear pact's credibility: U.S. Posted: 22 Apr 2013 11:32 AM PDT By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Iran's nuclear program poses the greatest threat to the credibility of the global pact aimed at halting the spread of atomic weapons, a senior U.S. arms control official said on Monday. The Islamic Republic has a "long history" of deceiving the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its nuclear enrichment program far exceeds that needed for civilian use, said Thomas Countryman, Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation. ...

Up to 500 feared dead in Damascus suburb: activists Posted: 22 Apr 2013 11:41 AM PDT By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) - At least 109 people have been documented as killed and up to 400 more are likely to have died in an almost week-long offensive by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on a rebellious Damascus suburb, opposition activists said. If the accounts are confirmed, the killings in the mainly Sunni Muslim suburb of Jdeidet al-Fadel would amount to one of bloodiest episodes of the two-year-old uprising against Assad. Many of the dead were civilians, the activists said. ...

Heavy fighting in northeast Nigeria, death toll unclear Posted: 22 Apr 2013 02:12 PM PDT By Tim Cocks and Isaac Abrak ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian authorities said on Monday there had been heavy fighting between security forces and Islamist militants in a remote part of the northeast, but there was no confirmation of reports from a local official that 185 people had been killed. Fighting erupted on Thursday in Baga, a fishing town in Borno state on the shores of Lake Chad, by the Chadian border -- an area officials say is a stronghold for Islamist fighters and a smuggling point for weapons from across the Sahara. ...

UK says "no clear reason" to let independent Scotland use sterling Posted: 22 Apr 2013 04:05 PM PDT By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - The euro zone's experience of countries sharing a currency but not a government shows there is no clear case for an independent Scotland to use sterling, Britain's finance ministry said on Tuesday. The nation of 5 million will hold a referendum on September 18 next year to decide whether to split from the United Kingdom, at the instigation of the Scottish National Party that runs the country's devolved government. ...

Palestinian prisoner in deal with Israel to end fast Posted: 22 Apr 2013 02:56 PM PDT RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - A Palestinian prisoner held by Israel has agreed to end an on-off hunger strike on Monday which lasted for more than eight months in exchange for an early release, Palestinian officials told Reuters. The fast by Samer al-Issawi, 32, from a suburb of Jerusalem, had stoked weeks of street protests and concerns by Israel that his death might lead to mass unrest. ...

In Paraguay, a rich conservative must tackle poverty Posted: 22 Apr 2013 03:55 PM PDT By Daniela Desantis and Hilary Burke ASUNCION (Reuters) - For Horacio Cartes, a millionaire cigarette and soft drink magnate who will be Paraguay's next president, the challenge now is to run a country where most people can only dream of having a sliver of the wealth he does. The 56-year-old, who won election on Sunday with 46 percent of the vote and will take office in August, campaigned as a center-right conservative at a time when most of Latin America is run by leftists. ...

Gunman kills six people with hunting rifle in Russia Posted: 22 Apr 2013 12:02 PM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - A man shot dead six people, including two schoolgirls, with a rifle after robbing a hunting shop in the western Russian city of Belgorod on Monday, local officials said. Police said their main suspect was a former convict in his thirties, adding that the attacker had fled in an expensive car. The man, who was still on the run on Monday evening, first opened fire at the personnel of the shop and then also shot dead passersby outside in the city's main street, police said. ...

Irate Italian president to begin talks on new coalition Posted: 22 Apr 2013 03:02 PM PDT By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Italy's president launches urgent talks on Tuesday that could see a prime minister designated after two months of post-electoral stalemate that has weighed on a stagnant economy and alarmed Rome's partners in the euro. After directing an emotional blast of impatience on Monday at the very parliament which handed him an unprecedented - and heartily unwanted - second term as head of state at the weekend, 87-year-old Giorgio Napolitano has announced a "rapid round of consultations" with political leaders, starting early Tuesday. ...

Vatican official: Romero saint effort 'unblocked' Posted: 22 Apr 2013 03:24 PM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican official spearheading the case to make slain Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador a saint said Tuesday the process is moving forward under Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, after years of delay under previous popes.

Police: 2 arrested in al-Qaida linked Canada plot Posted: 22 Apr 2013 04:05 PM PDT TORONTO (AP) — Two men were arrested and charged with plotting a terrorist attack against a Canadian passenger train with support from al-Qaida elements in Iran, police said Monday. The case bolstered allegations by some governments and experts of a relationship of convenience between Shiite-led Iran and the predominantly Sunni Arab terrorist network.

Syrian regime shoring up hold on capital, coast Posted: 22 Apr 2013 01:27 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — After watching much of Syria's territory slip into rebel hands, President Bashar Assad's regime is focusing on the basics: shoring up its hold on Damascus and the strip of land connecting the capital with the Mediterranean coast.

Ex-bishop's widow wants optional priestly celibacy Posted: 22 Apr 2013 12:23 PM PDT BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — She uses a wheelchair and carries the weight of her 87 years, but Clelia Luro feels powerful enough to make the Roman Catholic Church pay attention to her campaign to end priestly celibacy.

Pope Francis, in his own words, on the issues Posted: 22 Apr 2013 01:16 PM PDT BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Before he became pope, Francis spoke his mind about many of the most sensitive topics the Roman Catholic church faces today. Here is a sampling from "On Heaven and Earth," published in 2012, and his authorized biography "The Jesuit," published in 2010 and republished last month as "Pope Francis. Conversations with Jorge Mario Bergoglio."

Nicaragua nabs US most-wanted child porn suspect Posted: 22 Apr 2013 04:12 PM PDT MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Police in Nicaragua have detained a former U.S. school teacher who was on the FBI's 10 most-wanted fugitives as a suspect in a child pornography investigation, authorities confirmed Monday.

Portable ATMs, phone-charging in China quake zone Posted: 22 Apr 2013 05:06 AM PDT LUSHAN, China (AP) — The tent village that sprang up in two days to house quake survivors in mountain-flanked Lushan is no ordinary refugee camp. China's full range of disaster response is on display: Trucks with x-ray equipment, phone-charging stations, bank tellers-on-wheels — even a tent for insurance claims.

Indian girl's rape highlights police apathy Posted: 22 Apr 2013 04:09 AM PDT NEW DELHI (AP) — A child disappears. Police are called. Nothing happens.

Aunt: Boston bombings suspect struggled with Islam Posted: 22 Apr 2013 04:07 PM PDT MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — The elder suspect in the Boston bombings regularly attended a mosque and spent time learning to read the Quran, but he struggled to fit in during a trip to his ancestral homeland in southern Russia last year, his aunt said.

Red Cross: At least 187 killed in Nigeria violence Posted: 22 Apr 2013 02:32 PM PDT LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Fighting between soldiers and Islamic extremists in northeast Nigeria killed at least 187 people, the worst single incident of violence in the region since an insurgency there began three years ago, an aid agency said Monday.

Two arrested in Al Qaeda US-Canada train plot – directed from Iran Posted: 22 Apr 2013 02:22 PM PDT Two men were arrested Monday and charged with plotting a "major terrorist attack" on a Canada-US passenger train.

Nuclear North Korea entreats Mongolia for help in feeding its people Posted: 22 Apr 2013 02:12 PM PDT Koreans and nearby Mongolians share an ancient ethnic and lingual heritage, and now it appears North Korea is hoping those ties will help them borrow a bit of needed butter and sugar.

How a Quaker missionary from Philly became India's Johnny Appleseed Posted: 22 Apr 2013 01:25 PM PDT A community hall in rural India is not the place you would expect to find a garlanded portrait or statue of a Quaker missionary from Philadelphia. But both those things can be found at the farmers' hall in Thanedar, the "apple bowl" of the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh in India.

The trials of an Israeli Arab prosecuting Palestinians Posted: 22 Apr 2013 01:06 PM PDT Arin Shaabi walks a fine line between Arab and Jew every day.

Climate change sends India's apple farmers up the Himalayas Posted: 22 Apr 2013 11:56 AM PDT The hills of Thanedar-Kotgarh lie four hours from Shimla, the capital of this Himalayan state in northwest India. This is where Samuel Evans Stokes, a Quaker missionary from Philadelphia, first planted American Red Delicious apple trees in 1916, convinced that these hills were ideal for apple growing – and that local farmers getting by on barley and potatoes would prosper with the fruit.

In Pakistan, a rare Christian retaliation against Muslim violence Posted: 22 Apr 2013 10:51 AM PDT As violence against religious minorities in Pakistan continues to grow unabated, at least one group of Christians has decided it is finally time to fight back.

Environmentalists tap Palestinian schoolchildren to clean Jerusalem's holy valley Posted: 22 Apr 2013 10:36 AM PDT Blue plastic bags and old bottles litter the hill leading to Al Afaq Boy's School in East Jerusalem, but a step through the school's tall metal gate reveals a completely different scene. There are solar panels, rainwater harvesting barrels, and no trash in sight.

Model for megacities? Mexico City cleans up its air. Posted: 22 Apr 2013 07:53 AM PDT Mexico City was once known for its smoggy landscape with industrial eyesores such as the 18 de Marzo Refinery spewing ozone-forming emissions such as sulfur dioxide. The cloud of contaminants hanging over the capital played into an apocalyptic reputation for pollution, crime, and overpopulation; and it fueled urban myths, like the one about birds dropping dead mid-flight because of the poor air quality.

Pakistan's Musharraf slips treason charges, but is held incommunicado Posted: 22 Apr 2013 09:20 AM PDT Today, Gen. Pervez Musharraf remains under arrest, confined to two rooms in his farmhouse, and the former military leader of Pakistan is still not allowed visits, say his lawyers.

Taliban seize international hostages from helicopter Posted: 22 Apr 2013 05:51 AM PDT • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

Myanmar's ruler to get peace prize, despite 'ethnic cleansing' charge Posted: 22 Apr 2013 05:47 AM PDT Are parts of the international community rushing too fast to reward Myanmar's regime for its promises of fast democratization and an end to military-backed rule?

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