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• Anger on streets as Bangladesh building toll passes 300
• Obama talks tough, shows no rush to act on Syria chemical arms evidence
• Fire kills dozens in Russian psychiatric hospital
• Bombs kill at least 20 across Iraqi capital
• Italian government could be settled on Saturday: sources
• French Socialists call for tougher stance on Merkel
• Exclusive: Imam of Mosque Visited by Bombing Suspect Speaks to TIME
• AP tweet that rattled stock markets exposes media vulnerability
• Syrian rebels call on world to put words to action
• Death toll in Bangladesh collapse passes 300
• Israel fears end to 40-year peace on Syrian front
• Hospital roof collapses in India, injuring 8
• Hitler's food taster tells of poisoning fears
• Chile hunts sect members accused of burning baby
• "Evidence" of Syria chemical weapons use not up to U.N. standard
• Factbox: What is the chemical weapon sarin?
• Iceland government heads for defeat as center right revives
• Spain's Unemployment Hits Record High, Rajoy Hints at 2014 Recovery
• Serbian lawmakers vote to support Kosovo deal
• Boston bombing suspect in prison, brother's body unclaimed
• Congress passes plan to ease flight delays
• St. Lucia police detail rescue after boat sinking
• Bomb kills 9 near Pakistan political party office
• Iraqi soldiers retake control of Sunni town
• Muslim-Christian relationship fuels row in Egypt
• Obama: Syrian government use of chemical weapons a "game changer"
• Turkey says chemical arms use would escalate Syria crisis
• Court rejects Pussy Riot member's early release
• Russia detains 140 suspected Islamic extremists
• French defense minister visits northern Mali
• Turkey becomes partner of China, Russia-led security bloc
• Israel wary quiet on Syrian front about to end

Anger on streets as Bangladesh building toll passes 300 Posted: 26 Apr 2013 05:42 AM PDT By Ruma Paul and Serajul Quadir DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh textile workers vented their anger on Friday, burning cars and clashing with police, as the death toll passed 300 following the collapse of a building housing factories that made low-cost garments for Western brands. Miraculously rescuers were still pulling people alive from the rubble - 72 since daybreak following 41 found in the same room overnight - two days after the eight-storey building collapsed on the outskirts of the capital, Dhaka. ...

Obama talks tough, shows no rush to act on Syria chemical arms evidence Posted: 26 Apr 2013 03:59 PM PDT By Matt Spetalnick and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama warned Syria on Friday that its use of chemical weapons would be a "game changer" for the United States but made clear he was in no rush to intervene in the Syrian civil war on the basis of evidence he said was still preliminary. Speaking a day after the disclosure of U.S. intelligence that Syria had likely used chemical weapons against its own people, Obama mixed talked tough while calling for patience as he sought to fend off pressure for a swift response against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. ...

Fire kills dozens in Russian psychiatric hospital Posted: 26 Apr 2013 08:15 AM PDT By Alexei Anishchuk RAMENSKY, Russia (Reuters) - Thirty-eight people were killed, most of them in their beds, in a fire that raged through a psychiatric hospital near Moscow on Friday, raising questions about the care of mentally ill patients in Russia. The fire, which broke out at around 2 a.m. (6 p.m. ET on Thursday), swept through a single-storey building at the hospital, a collection of wood and brick huts with bars on some windows that was home to people sent there on grounds of mental illness by Russian courts. By mid morning, a few blackened walls were left standing. ...

Bombs kill at least 20 across Iraqi capital Posted: 26 Apr 2013 11:13 AM PDT By Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bomb blasts in Baghdad killed at least 20 more people on Friday at the end of a week of bloodshed that prompted a United Nations envoy to warn Iraq was "at a crossroads". More than 160 people have been killed since Tuesday, when troops stormed a Sunni protest camp near Kirkuk, triggering clashes that quickly spread to other Sunni areas in western and northern provinces. Although well below the heights of 2006-7, this week's violence was the most widespread since U.S. troops pulled out of Iraq in December 2011. ...

Italian government could be settled on Saturday: sources Posted: 26 Apr 2013 01:32 PM PDT By Paolo Biondi ROME (Reuters) - Italian prime minister-designate Enrico Letta could announce a new government on Saturday and spell out its programme early next week, political sources said on Friday, while outgoing premier Mario Monti said he did not expect to be a minister. Letta, deputy leader of the centre-left Democratic Party, has been in discussions to iron out remaining differences with Silvio Berlusconi's People of Freedom (PDL) party following an initial round of talks on Thursday. ...

French Socialists call for tougher stance on Merkel Posted: 26 Apr 2013 11:17 AM PDT By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) - France's ruling Socialist Party is pressing President Francois Hollande to toughen his stance towards a German counterpart it describes as "self-centered", arguing that Chancellor Angela Merkel's pro-austerity policies are hurting Europe. The message - spelled out in a 21-page document to be presented at a party brainstorming conference in June - added to growing criticism of Berlin from across the Rhine after Socialist National Assembly speaker Claude Bartolone this week raised the prospect of a "confrontation" with Merkel. ...

Exclusive: Imam of Mosque Visited by Bombing Suspect Speaks to TIME Posted: 26 Apr 2013 01:32 PM PDT The old imam cringes at the sound of that name—Tamerlan Tsarnaev—furrowing his brow into a bed of creases as he sighs and looks away. There is about half an hour left until the next call to Friday prayers, and he is seated in the third-floor office of his mosque in the city of Makhachkala in southern Russia. At last he indulges the question: "None of our men, not a single person, has ever known him or ever seen him."

AP tweet that rattled stock markets exposes media vulnerability Posted: 25 Apr 2013 06:13 PM PDT The hacking of the Associated Press Twitter account this week underscored the need for news media to protect themselves against future attacks.

Syrian rebels call on world to put words to action Posted: 26 Apr 2013 03:55 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition groups called Friday for international action after the Obama administration said U.S. intelligence indicates President Bashar Assad's regime has used chemical weapons. The government likened the accusation to false U.S. claims of weapons of mass destruction used to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Death toll in Bangladesh collapse passes 300 Posted: 26 Apr 2013 11:45 AM PDT SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — With time running out to save workers still trapped in a collapsed garment factory building, rescuers dug through mangled metal and concrete Friday and found more survivors — but also more corpses that pushed the death toll past 300.

Israel fears end to 40-year peace on Syrian front Posted: 26 Apr 2013 01:50 PM PDT ALONEI HABASHAN, Golan Heights (AP) — Against a vista of green fields and snowcapped mountains, all is silent but for a gusting wind. Then comes a burst of gunfire from the Syrian civil war raging next door, where jihadist rebels are battling Bashar Assad's troops in a village.

Hospital roof collapses in India, injuring 8 Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:44 PM PDT NEW DELHI (AP) — Part of a hospital building collapsed in central India on Friday after its roof came crashing down, injuring at least eight people, an official said.

Hitler's food taster tells of poisoning fears Posted: 26 Apr 2013 10:04 AM PDT BERLIN (AP) — They were feasts of sublime asparagus — laced with fear. And for more than half a century, Margot Woelk kept her secret hidden from the world, even from her husband. Then, a few months after her 95th birthday, she revealed the truth about her wartime role: Adolf Hitler's food taster.

Chile hunts sect members accused of burning baby Posted: 26 Apr 2013 02:10 PM PDT SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean police are searching for three people accused of burning a baby alive in a doomsday ritual.

"Evidence" of Syria chemical weapons use not up to U.N. standard Posted: 26 Apr 2013 04:55 PM PDT By Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Assertions of chemical weapon use in Syria by Western and Israeli officials citing photos, sporadic shelling and traces of toxins do not meet the standard of proof needed for a U.N. team of experts waiting to gather their own field evidence. ...

Factbox: What is the chemical weapon sarin? Posted: 26 Apr 2013 04:55 PM PDT (Reuters) - Charges that Syria has used the chemical weapon sarin have raised questions about the nerve agent, how it kills and what level of evidence it will take to prove it was used on the Syrian people. WHAT IS SARIN? Sarin is a man-made nerve gas that was originally developed as a pesticide in Germany in 1938. It is chemically similar to a class of pesticides known as organophosphates. Sarin, also known as GB, is part of a class of chemical weapons called G-series nerve agents that were developed during World War Two and were named for the German scientists who synthesized them. ...

Iceland government heads for defeat as center right revives Posted: 26 Apr 2013 03:13 PM PDT By Balazs Koranyi REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Icelanders fed up with austerity are set to oust the ruling Social Democrats in elections on Saturday after being wooed with promises of tax cuts and debt relief from the center right that presided over the nation's financial meltdown five years ago. With promises of a quick recovery fading, voters are angered by mounting mortgage debt, rapid inflation and crippling capital controls that keep investment at a record low. ...

Spain's Unemployment Hits Record High, Rajoy Hints at 2014 Recovery Posted: 26 Apr 2013 03:09 PM PDT Spain's unemployment rate has hit its highest level since "at least" 1976, topping 27.2 percent in the first quarter of 2013, according to BBC News and other media outlets around the world. The new figures were released ahead of anticipated remarks by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Friday afternoon, which were largely expected to focus on plans to cut back on austerity measures in favor of other methods designed to stimulate the Spanish economy.

Serbian lawmakers vote to support Kosovo deal Posted: 26 Apr 2013 02:16 PM PDT BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian lawmakers on Friday overwhelmingly supported an agreement normalizing relations with breakaway Kosovo, a potentially landmark deal that could end years of tensions between the Balkan antagonists and put them both on a path to European Union membership.

Boston bombing suspect in prison, brother's body unclaimed Posted: 26 Apr 2013 02:10 PM PDT By Scott Malone and Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - The surviving suspect in last week's Boston Marathon bombing was moved to a prison medical center outside Boston on Friday, while the body of his older brother who died in a shootout with police remained unclaimed, officials said. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a 19-year-old ethnic Chechen charged with the bombing that killed three people and wounded 264, was moved from the hospital where he was kept under guard since he was arrested, badly wounded, a week ago, the U.S. Marshals Service said. ...

Congress passes plan to ease flight delays Posted: 26 Apr 2013 01:43 PM PDT By Richard Cowan and Doug Palmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress on Friday approved a plan to ease nationwide air-traffic delays caused by federal spending cuts, seeking to calm irritated travelers but sparking a backlash from groups still being hit by budget cuts. The Senate unanimously voted for the plan late Thursday and the House of Representatives approved it Friday by a 361-41 vote. White House spokesman Jay Carney said President Barack Obama intends to sign the bill. ...

St. Lucia police detail rescue after boat sinking Posted: 26 Apr 2013 01:36 PM PDT SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A boat captain and his first mate swam through dangerous waters for nearly a day before they were rescued after a sinking that was also survived by their two U.S. passengers, authorities in St. Lucia said on Friday.

Bomb kills 9 near Pakistan political party office Posted: 26 Apr 2013 01:14 PM PDT KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A bomb exploded on Friday near the office of a main Pakistan political party that had received threats from the Taliban, killing nine people in the latest attack in the run-up to next month's parliamentary election.

Iraqi soldiers retake control of Sunni town Posted: 26 Apr 2013 01:11 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi soldiers backed by tanks retook control of a Sunni town north of Baghdad on Friday after gunmen withdrew without a fight, although violence erupted at three Sunni mosques and clerics called for the formation of a tribal army to protect Sunni cities.

Muslim-Christian relationship fuels row in Egypt Posted: 26 Apr 2013 01:08 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — An alleged romance between an Egyptian Muslim college student and a Coptic Christian man heightened sectarian tension on Friday in a small rural Egyptian town where police fired tear gas to disperse stone-throwing Muslims who surrounded a Coptic church in anger over the inter-faith relationship, a security official and priest said.

Obama: Syrian government use of chemical weapons a "game changer" Posted: 26 Apr 2013 01:08 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday that the deployment of chemical weapons by the Syrian government was a "game changer" while noting that intelligence assessments proving that such weapons had been used were still preliminary. "Horrific as it is when mortars are being fired on civilians and people are being indiscriminately killed, to use potential weapons of mass destruction on civilian populations crosses another line with respect to international norms and international law," Obama told reporters at the White House. "That is going to be a game changer. ...

Turkey says chemical arms use would escalate Syria crisis Posted: 26 Apr 2013 01:08 PM PDT By Jonathon Burch ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey said on Friday that any use of chemical weapons by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would "take the crisis to another level", but remained cautious about any foreign military intervention in the conflict on its border. The White House said on Thursday Assad's government had probably used chemical arms on a small scale, but that President Barack Obama needed proof before he would act. "We have been hearing allegations of the use of chemical weapons for quite some time now and these new findings take things to another level. ...

Court rejects Pussy Riot member's early release Posted: 26 Apr 2013 01:00 PM PDT ZUBOVA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — A Russian court on Friday rejected a plea for early release from prison by a member of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot, whose provocative songs and prosecution have made them a symbol of the country's opposition movement.

Russia detains 140 suspected Islamic extremists Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:57 PM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — Russian police and security agents detained 140 people at a mosque in Moscow on Friday on suspicion of involvement with Islamic extremism.

French defense minister visits northern Mali Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:48 PM PDT GAO, Mali (AP) — France's defense minister reaffirmed Friday that his country will keep 1,000 troops in Mali to fight radical Islamic militants even after the arrival later this year of more than 12,000 U.N. peacekeepers.

Turkey becomes partner of China, Russia-led security bloc Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:31 PM PDT By Dmitry Solovyov ALMATY (Reuters) - NATO member Turkey signed up on Friday to became a "dialogue partner" of a security bloc dominated by China and Russia, and declared that its destiny is in Asia. "This is really a historic day for us," Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said in Kazakhstan's commercial capital Almaty after signing a memorandum of understanding with Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Secretary General Dmitry Mezentsev. "Now, with this choice, Turkey is declaring that our destiny is the same as the destiny of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) countries. ...

Israel wary quiet on Syrian front about to end Posted: 26 Apr 2013 12:15 PM PDT ALONEI HABASHAN, Golan Heights (AP) — Against a vista of green fields and snowcapped mountains, all is silent but for a gusting wind. Then comes a burst of gunfire from the Syrian civil war raging next door, where jihadist rebels are battling Bashar Assad's troops in a village.

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