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• Libya car bomb hits French embassy, wounds guards
• Canada train plot suspects in court; to fight charges
• Japan shrine visits, isles row stir East Asia tensions
• United States, Russia agree to try to revive Syria plan
• Israeli spy says Syria used chemical arms, U.S. unconvinced
• For India's drought-hit states, on-track monsoon may be too late
• Report urges Haiti to protect quake victims from forced evictions
• Italy president set to announce choice for prime minister
• U.S. could waive duties on imports from Myanmar
• British anti-EU party claims Thatcher mantle, has vote hope
• Venezuelan govt targets disaffected ex-supporters
• Kerry: NATO needs plan for Syrian chemical weapons
• Suspect in Canada terror plot denies charges
• Syrian war increasingly drawing in Lebanon
• Photographer's loss offers hope for Boston wounded
• Iraq on edge after deadly raid on protest camp
• Car bomb at French Embassy in Libya wounds 3
• French protest against gay marriage turns violent
• US team to speak to Boston suspects' parents
• Yemen court sentences 11 al-Qaida militants
• China sends largest fleet yet to disputed islands
• From Bali to Boston, terrorists chase the same goal: infamy
• Hagel goes to Israel bearing gifts of radar and Ospreys
• Saakashvili's party seeks relevancy in the Georgia it created
• Bill Gates sets South Korea abuzz with 'rude' one-handed shake
• China tests its borders again, this time in the mountains
• France approves gay marriage after surprisingly violent debate
• After Boston Marathon bombing: Faith in Watertown
• China harasses family of Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo
• Canada alleges Al Qaeda plot from Iran, but Tehran's involvement unlikely
• Israel charges Syria with lethal chemical weapons use
• Explosion outside French Embassy in Libya highlights security challenges

Libya car bomb hits French embassy, wounds guards Posted: 23 Apr 2013 12:34 PM PDT By Marie-Louise Gumuchian and Ghaith Shennib TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A car bomb devastated France's embassy in Tripoli on Tuesday, wounding two French guards in the Libyan capital, which had not seen major attacks like that which killed the U.S. ambassador in Benghazi last year. Since Muammar Gaddafi was toppled by Western-backed rebels in 2011, Tripoli, like the rest of the sprawling desert state, has been awash with weapons and roving armed bands, but violence in the city has not targeted diplomats before in the way Western envoys have been shot at and bombed in the east of the country. ...

Canada train plot suspects in court; to fight charges Posted: 23 Apr 2013 04:15 PM PDT By Allison Martell and Randall Palmer TORONTO/MONTREAL (Reuters) - Two men charged with an alleged al Qaeda-backed plot to derail a Canadian passenger train made their first court appearances on Tuesday, and the lawyer for one said his client would fight the charges vigorously. Raed Jaser, 35, of Toronto and Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, of Montreal face charges that include conspiring with each other "to murder unknown persons ... for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with a terrorist group. ...

Japan shrine visits, isles row stir East Asia tensions Posted: 23 Apr 2013 12:58 PM PDT By Kaori Kaneko TOKYO (Reuters) - Tensions flared between Japan and its Asian neighbors after a group of Japanese lawmakers visited a shrine seen by China and South Korea as a symbol of Japan's past militarism, and Chinese patrol vessels played cat-and-mouse with a flotilla of Japanese nationalists near disputed islands in the East China Sea. Beijing protested over the voyage by 10 boats carrying about 80 Japanese activists into waters near the islands, known as the Senkaku in Japan and the Diaoyu in China. ...

United States, Russia agree to try to revive Syria plan Posted: 23 Apr 2013 12:01 PM PDT By David Brunnstrom BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday he and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had agreed to look for ways to revive a Syrian peace plan, but admitted that doing so would be extremely difficult. Kerry, speaking after talks with Lavrov and NATO colleagues in Brussels, also backed away from earlier comments suggesting he was calling for increased NATO contingency planning on Syria. Kerry said he and Lavrov had discussed ways to revive a peace plan agreed in Geneva last June that called for a transitional government. ...

Israeli spy says Syria used chemical arms, U.S. unconvinced Posted: 23 Apr 2013 04:12 PM PDT By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Syrian government forces have used chemical weapons - probably nerve gas - in their fight against rebels trying to force out President Bashar al-Assad, the Israeli military's top intelligence analyst said on Tuesday. The assessment met with skepticism from the United States, which has declared any use of chemical weapons in Syria's two-year-old civil war a "red line" that could trigger intervention. U.S. ...

For India's drought-hit states, on-track monsoon may be too late Posted: 23 Apr 2013 02:21 PM PDT By Rajendra Jadhav JAMWADI, India (Reuters) - India may be heading for another bumper grain harvest, if the first forecast for this year's monsoon proves correct, but the rain may be too little - and too late - for southern and western states already parched by the worst drought in four decades. Although last year's monsoon rains were, overall, just seven percent below normal, these states - including major sugar producer Maharashtra and cotton-growing Gujarat - went short, in some cases getting less than half the precipitation they needed. ...

Report urges Haiti to protect quake victims from forced evictions Posted: 23 Apr 2013 03:42 PM PDT By Susana Ferreira PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - The human rights group Amnesty International accused the Haitian government on Tuesday of failing to stop the forcible eviction of thousands of displaced people living in tent camps set up after the huge earthquake that rocked the capital in 2010. Some 65,000 people were forcibly evicted from 175 camps between July 2010 and the end of March 2013, Amnesty said in a report, warning that more than a quarter of the 320,000 people still living in camps face possible eviction. "This is a story of ongoing human rights violations creating deep suffering. ...

Italy president set to announce choice for prime minister Posted: 23 Apr 2013 03:08 PM PDT By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Italy's president Giorgio Napolitano is set to announce on Wednesday his choice of prime minister to form a new government and pull the euro zone's third largest economy out of a two-month political rut. The new coalition government, which could take office in a matter of days, would be backed primarily by the rivals on the center-left and center-right, the same parties that had refused to cut a deal since national elections in late February. ...

U.S. could waive duties on imports from Myanmar Posted: 23 Apr 2013 03:11 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is reviewing trade relations with Myanmar in a move that could end import duties on thousands of goods from the Southeast Asian country, which Acting U.S. Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis is due to visit on Wednesday. Shortly before Marantis' departure for Asia last week, the U.S. Trade Representative's office initiated the review, which could add both Myanmar and Laos to the Generalized System of Preferences program, which provides duty-free treatment for up to 5,000 goods from 128 countries and territories. ...

British anti-EU party claims Thatcher mantle, has vote hope Posted: 23 Apr 2013 02:28 PM PDT By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - The leader of Britain's anti-European Union UK Independence Party said on Tuesday his movement was carrying the torch for the late Margaret Thatcher's views on Europe, saying he planned to cause a "political earthquake". In his most detailed comments to date on his party's electoral strategy, UKIP leader Nigel Farage said he hoped to build on surging poll ratings to make big gains in local elections on May 2, win European Parliament elections next year, and secure a "substantial number" of parliamentary seats in Britain in 2015. ...

Venezuelan govt targets disaffected ex-supporters Posted: 23 Apr 2013 01:18 PM PDT TACARIGUA, Venezuela (AP) — The razor-close vote to replace late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has sparked what opposition leaders and human rights groups say is a government crackdown on public employees who either didn't back Chavez's hand-picked successor or failed to show sufficient support for the ruling party.

Kerry: NATO needs plan for Syrian chemical weapons Posted: 23 Apr 2013 04:08 PM PDT BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged NATO on Tuesday to prepare for the possible use of chemical weapons by Syria on the same day that a senior Israeli military intelligence official said Syrian President Bashar Assad had used such weapons last month in his battle against insurgents.

Suspect in Canada terror plot denies charges Posted: 23 Apr 2013 03:02 PM PDT TORONTO (AP) — A man accused of plotting with al-Qaida members in Iran to derail a train in Canada rejected the charges and said Tuesday that authorities were basing their conclusions on appearances. Law enforcement officials in the U.S. said the target was a train that runs between New York City and Canada.

Syrian war increasingly drawing in Lebanon Posted: 23 Apr 2013 12:36 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — As fighting rages just across the border, Lebanese are giving signs of joining the battle on rival sides of Syria's civil war — Sunnis on the side of the rebels, Shiites on the side of the regime — raising fears that Lebanon with its volatile sectarian divisions will be dragged into the conflict.

Photographer's loss offers hope for Boston wounded Posted: 23 Apr 2013 12:25 PM PDT BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — In the first horrific moments after the Boston bombing, with smoke still billowing around the wounded, I know what is going through the minds of the maimed victims.

Iraq on edge after deadly raid on protest camp Posted: 23 Apr 2013 12:58 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Security forces stormed a Sunni protest camp in northern Iraq on Tuesday, sparking deadly clashes in several towns and sharply intensifying rage at the Shiite-led government. The unrest and a spate of other attacks, mostly targeting Sunni mosques, killed at least 56 people.

Car bomb at French Embassy in Libya wounds 3 Posted: 23 Apr 2013 01:19 PM PDT TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A car bomb exploded Tuesday outside the French Embassy in Tripoli, wounding three people and partially setting the building on fire in the worst attack on a diplomatic mission in the North African nation since the U.S. ambassador was killed last year.

French protest against gay marriage turns violent Posted: 23 Apr 2013 03:43 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — Clashes have broken out between protesters and riot police near France's National Assembly building hours after the country legalized gay marriage.

US team to speak to Boston suspects' parents Posted: 23 Apr 2013 01:32 PM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. investigators traveled to southern Russia on Tuesday to speak to the parents of the two Boston bombing suspects, a U.S. Embassy official said.

Yemen court sentences 11 al-Qaida militants Posted: 23 Apr 2013 01:58 PM PDT SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A Yemeni court on Tuesday sentenced 11 convicted al-Qaida militants to up to 10 years in prison for forming armed gangs to destabilize the country and planning attacks on foreign embassies and security forces.

China sends largest fleet yet to disputed islands Posted: 23 Apr 2013 10:05 AM PDT Spats between Asia's two most powerful nations, China and Japan, have grown uncomfortably routine since Tokyo nationalized a group of disputed islands in September. On Tuesday tensions reached a new and potentially worrisome high.

From Bali to Boston, terrorists chase the same goal: infamy Posted: 23 Apr 2013 12:50 PM PDT About a month ago I was sitting at my home in Inman Square, Cambridge, sipping coffee, grumbling about the late arrival of spring, completely unaware that two young men just a few blocks from me were probably planning Boston's worst bomb attack since 1976, when 22 people were injured in a bombing of the Suffolk County Courthouse by an obscure Marxist group.

Hagel goes to Israel bearing gifts of radar and Ospreys Posted: 23 Apr 2013 12:33 PM PDT US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel brought presents for his first trip to Israel, where his nomination earlier this year stirred concern that he would be too soft on Iran and leave Israel vulnerable before its most feared enemy.

Saakashvili's party seeks relevancy in the Georgia it created Posted: 23 Apr 2013 12:27 PM PDT Nearly 10 years after Mikheil Saakashvili helped peacefully topple the government of Georgia amid the Rose Revolution, he and his United National Movement (UNM) party are effectively back where they began: in opposition.

Bill Gates sets South Korea abuzz with 'rude' one-handed shake Posted: 23 Apr 2013 11:23 AM PDT Global etiquette can be tricky. Just ask Bill Gates.

China tests its borders again, this time in the mountains Posted: 23 Apr 2013 10:53 AM PDT Chinese and Indian troops are camping 900 feet apart from each other six miles into Indian territory, according to India's External Affairs Ministry, which describes the Chinese incursion and resulting standoff as a "face to face situation."

France approves gay marriage after surprisingly violent debate Posted: 23 Apr 2013 09:24 AM PDT France became the 14th country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage today, fulfilling the campaign pledge of Socialist President François Hollande.

After Boston Marathon bombing: Faith in Watertown Posted: 23 Apr 2013 06:51 AM PDT My church is directly across the street from the Watertown, Mass., police department. Some might believe that small churches in suburban metro areas are antediluvian oddities in a world that has passed them by … theologically, economically, numerically, and in their Christian witness. But I humbly invite you to reflect on our small-church ministry in Watertown during the Boston Marathon terrorist attack and its aftermath.

China harasses family of Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo Posted: 23 Apr 2013 06:47 AM PDT Nobel Prize winner Liu Xiaobo's brother-in-law went on trial for fraud Tuesday, the latest in a string of Chinese dissidents' relatives to be subjected to official harassment and persecution.

Canada alleges Al Qaeda plot from Iran, but Tehran's involvement unlikely Posted: 23 Apr 2013 06:34 AM PDT Could Iran really have been linked to an Al Qaeda plot in Canada to derail a passenger train bound for the US?

Israel charges Syria with lethal chemical weapons use Posted: 23 Apr 2013 05:41 AM PDT • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

Explosion outside French Embassy in Libya highlights security challenges Posted: 23 Apr 2013 05:21 AM PDT A bomb that exploded outside the French Embassy in Tripoli marks the first time that a diplomatic mission in the Libyan capital has been targeted by terrorists since the take down of Muammar Qaddafi in 2011.

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