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• Deadly gun attack in eastern Ukraine shakes fragile Geneva accord
• Australia sees 'regroup' on Malaysian plane search in a few days
• Prosecutors extend Korea ferry captain's detention as death toll mounts
• Protesters fight police, burn Maduro puppets in Venezuela
• Air strikes in Yemen kill 40 al Qaeda militants in two days
• Japan PM sends offering to Yasukuni Shrine: Japanese media
• Lawmakers call for tighter sanctions on Russia
• Canadians rally to legalize marijuana
• Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT
• Transcript reveals confusion over ferry evacuation
• Niger could sign new deal with Areva within days: mines minister
• Liverpool closes in on Premier League title
• Guardiola, Mourinho back in Madrid for CL semis
• Gunmen kill 11 Algerian soldiers in ambush
• Mob in Dominican Republic kills Haitian father
• Messi helps Barcelona end skid, beat Bilbao 2-1
• Top Palestinian cleric says Israel threw stun grenades into al Aqsa; Israel denies
• Mob in Dominican Republic lynches Haitian father
• Monaco beats Nice 1-0 in France
• Boston Marathon defies terror attacks one year on
• Gibraltar fire stops global online betting
• Ex-army chief, leftist to run for Egyptian presidency
• Palestinians mull handing territory 'keys' back to Israel
• Malaysia Airlines jet in emergency landing after tyre bursts
• Top Asian News at 8:00 p.m. GMT
• Benfica clinches 33rd Portuguese league title
• Malaysia Airlines jet turns back after tire burst
• Al Qaeda kills 14 Algerian soldiers in ambush
• Germany to play Czech Republic in Fed Cup final
• Top Asian News at 7:30 p.m. GMT

Deadly gun attack in eastern Ukraine shakes fragile Geneva accord Posted: 20 Apr 2014 01:06 PM PDT By Aleksandar Vasovic and Alissa de Carbonnel SLAVIANSK/YENAKIEVO, Ukraine (Reuters) - At least three people were killed in a gunfight in the early hours of Sunday near a Ukrainian city controlled by pro-Russian separatists, shaking an already fragile international accord that was designed to avert a wider conflict. The incident triggered a war of words between Moscow and Ukraine's western-backed government with each questioning the other's compliance with the agreement, brokered last week in Geneva, to end a crisis that has made Russia's ties with the West more fraught than at any time since the Cold War. The separatists said armed men from Ukraine's Right Sector nationalist group had attacked them. Failure of the Geneva agreement could bring more bloodshed in eastern Ukraine, but may also prompt the United States to impose tougher sanctions on the Kremlin - with far-reaching consequences for many economies and importers of Russian energy.

Australia sees 'regroup' on Malaysian plane search in a few days Posted: 20 Apr 2014 02:11 PM PDT By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Australia will decide in a few days whether to alter or scale back the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, but will consult all countries involved on any changes, Australia's ambassador to the United States said on Sunday. Kim Beazley told CNN the search countries would "regroup and reconsider" if nothing is found in a section of the Indian Ocean floor now being scanned by a U.S. Navy underwater drone. This includes adjustments to the air and sea surface search efforts and the possibility of bringing in private contractors to replace some military assets, he said. You may well also consider bringing in other underwater search equipment," Beazley said on the "State of the Union with Candy Crowley" program.

Prosecutors extend Korea ferry captain's detention as death toll mounts Posted: 20 Apr 2014 03:36 AM PDT By Ju-min Park and Jungmin Jang JINDO/MOKPO, South Korea (Reuters) - South Korean prosecutors investigating last week's ferry disaster said on Sunday they wanted to extend the detention of the captain and two other crew as they try to determine the cause of an accident that likely claimed more than 300 lives. The Sewol ferry was on a routine 400-km (300-mile) voyage from Incheon to the southern holiday island of Jeju in calm weather on Wednesday carrying 476 passengers and crew, among them 339 children and teachers on a high school outing. It took more than two hours for it to capsize completely but passengers were ordered to stay put in their cabins.

Protesters fight police, burn Maduro puppets in Venezuela Posted: 20 Apr 2014 03:54 PM PDT By Andrew Cawthorne CARACAS (Reuters) - Masked youths battled police, protesters burned and hung from lamp-posts effigies of President Nicolas Maduro and marchers demanded the "resurrection" of democracy on a volatile Easter Sunday in Venezuela. Though millions of Venezuelans have headed for Caribbean beaches and family gatherings over the Easter period, student demonstrators have sought to keep a nearly three-month protest movement going with religious-themed demonstrations. "We're staying in the street until we get our country back," student leader Djamil Jassir, 22, told Reuters in a square where protesters displayed dozens of used gas canisters and bullets as symbols of repression. "This is the time to stand firm." Later, several hundred hooded protesters, many wearing Guy Fawkes masks, set up barricades in the eastern Chacao district of Caracas that has been a near-daily battleground during recent unrest in Venezuela since mid-February.

Air strikes in Yemen kill 40 al Qaeda militants in two days Posted: 20 Apr 2014 02:54 PM PDT By Mohamed Mukhashaf ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) - Air strikes in southern Yemen killed about 30 suspected al Qaeda members on Sunday, local tribal sources said, in the second day of strikes against militant targets in the country. On Saturday an air strike killed 10 al Qaeda militants and three civilians in central Yemen, a country that neighbors top oil exporter Saudi Arabia and is home to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), one of the group's most lethal wings.

Japan PM sends offering to Yasukuni Shrine: Japanese media Posted: 20 Apr 2014 04:17 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has sent a ritual offering to Yasukuni Shrine, seen by critics as a symbol of Japan's past militarism, media reported on Monday, in a move likely to further strain ties with China and South Korea. Abe's latest offering comes just days before U.S. President Barack Obama's three-day visit to Japan from April 23. Japanese media said Abe will not visit the shrine in person. Fourteen Japanese leaders convicted as war criminals by an Allied tribunal after World War Two are honoured there, along with Japan's war dead. ...

Lawmakers call for tighter sanctions on Russia Posted: 20 Apr 2014 05:01 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Two members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee called Sunday for beefing up western sanctions against Russia to include its petrochemical and banking industries and warned that Moscow thus far has ignored United States and European efforts to persuade it to back off its confrontation with Ukraine.

Canadians rally to legalize marijuana Posted: 20 Apr 2014 04:37 PM PDT Several thousand people came out in Canada's biggest cities on Sunday to call for the legalization of marijuana -- a yearly protest that happens internationally on April 20. The demonstrations -- dubbed the "420" rallies after the date, 4/20 in North American style, and the code-term popularly used to refer to pot consumption -- took place in Vancouver, Montreal and Ottawa. In each city, including the capital, Ottawa, where protesters gathered on the lawn near the parliament building, music groups played for the crowds. In Montreal, a strong police presence surrounded the demonstrators, while in Ottawa and Vancouver, a pizza chain offered a free slice to any participant in the rally celebrating a drug known to prompt the munchies.

Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 20 Apr 2014 04:32 PM PDT JINDO, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean ferry that sank was crippled by confusion and indecision well after it began listing, a radio transcript released Sunday showed, suggesting the chaotic situation may have added to a death toll that could eventually exceed 300. About 30 minutes after the Sewol began tilting, a crew member asked a marine traffic controller whether passengers would be rescued if they abandoned ship off South Korea's southern coast. The crew member posed the question three times in succession.

Transcript reveals confusion over ferry evacuation Posted: 20 Apr 2014 03:58 PM PDT JINDO, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean ferry that sank was crippled by confusion and indecision well after it began listing, a radio transcript released Sunday showed, suggesting the chaotic situation may have added to a death toll that could eventually exceed 300.

Niger could sign new deal with Areva within days: mines minister Posted: 20 Apr 2014 03:56 PM PDT The government of Niger, the world's fourth largest uranium producer, is on the verge of renewing an agreement with French state-controlled nuclear group Areva, the West African nation's mines minister said on Sunday. Niger, one of the world's poorest nations, is pushing to boost revenues from its uranium, but Areva, which dominates the sector in the country, has claimed that increasing royalties would make its operations there unprofitable. We will sign in the weeks, or even the days to come," Mines Minister Omar Hamidou Tchiana said in an interview with private television stations Labari and Dounia. Despite opening negotiations two years ago, Areva and Niger failed to reach a new agreement before the 10-year contracts expired on December 31.

Liverpool closes in on Premier League title Posted: 20 Apr 2014 03:54 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Liverpool secured a return to the Champions League on Sunday — but there's a much bigger prize just around the corner.

Guardiola, Mourinho back in Madrid for CL semis Posted: 20 Apr 2014 03:50 PM PDT Madrid will be the center of the football world this week when Real Madrid hosts Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid welcomes Chelsea in the Champions League semifinals.

Gunmen kill 11 Algerian soldiers in ambush Posted: 20 Apr 2014 03:35 PM PDT Gunmen killed 11 Algerian soldiers in an ambush overnight, the defence ministry said on Sunday, in the first attack of its kind since President Abdelaziz Bouteflika won a fourth term. The attack took place in the restive Kabylie region east of Algiers, where discontent with the ailing 77-year-old Bouteflika was most evident during the presidential election. The defence ministry said a convoy of the People's National Army was attacked by a "terrorist group" near Iboudrarene in Kabylie, and that five soldiers were also wounded. Witnesses said security reinforcements had been dispatched to Kabylie, a rugged region where Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb is active and has carried out operations against government forces.

Mob in Dominican Republic kills Haitian father Posted: 20 Apr 2014 03:25 PM PDT SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A Haitian man died after being attacked by a mob in the Dominican Republic for allegedly stabbing his 4-month-old daughter, authorities said Sunday.

Messi helps Barcelona end skid, beat Bilbao 2-1 Posted: 20 Apr 2014 03:02 PM PDT BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Lionel Messi ended Barcelona's run of three straight losses and kept it in the Spanish league title chase by scoring a late free kick to complete its 2-1 comeback win over Athletic Bilbao on Sunday.

Top Palestinian cleric says Israel threw stun grenades into al Aqsa; Israel denies Posted: 20 Apr 2014 02:45 PM PDT The most senior Islamic cleric in Jerusalem said on Sunday Israeli police hurled stun grenades into al-Aqsa mosque, Islam's third holiest site, to quell the latest in a string of Palestinian protests at the politically sensitive holy site. Israeli police denied the allegation, saying officers threw the non-lethal devices, which emit a loud noise, on a plaza outside the mosque after protesters threw rocks and firecrackers at them. The demonstrators, who have confronted police for the past four days in a bid to stop Israeli and foreign visitors from entering the holy compound, then retreated into al-Aqsa, a police spokesman said. Tensions at the site run high during Jewish holidays - Jews are now celebrating Passover - when Palestinians are on alert against any attempt by Jews to pray on the compound in defiance of a de facto Israeli government ban on such worship.

Mob in Dominican Republic lynches Haitian father Posted: 20 Apr 2014 02:41 PM PDT SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Police in the Dominican Republic say a Haitian man has died after being attacked by a mob for allegedly stabbing his 4-month-old daughter.

Monaco beats Nice 1-0 in France Posted: 20 Apr 2014 02:37 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — Dimitar Berbatov helped Monaco secure a Champions League spot by scoring an audacious lob in a 1-0 win over Nice in the French league on Sunday.

Boston Marathon defies terror attacks one year on Posted: 20 Apr 2014 02:31 PM PDT The Boston Marathon returns Monday amid major security after last year's deadly bombings as a near record 35,660 runners get set to compete. Organizers have drastically tightened security for participants and bags have been banned at the start in Hopkinton, along the course and at the finish line. The Tsarnaev brothers, the presumed bombers, allegedly hid the explosive devices in backpacks. Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick vowed the massive event, which coincides with the state's Patriots' Day, would be "very safe."

Gibraltar fire stops global online betting Posted: 20 Apr 2014 02:30 PM PDT An explosion and fire at a Gibraltar power station Sunday blacked out much of the British outpost and halted international online betting operations with giants including William Hill and Ladbrokes. A power station generator exploded because of mechanical problems, said police and government officials on the Rock, a tiny British-held peninsula on the southern tip of Spain. No one was harmed, police and a spokesman for the Gibraltar government said. But the blaze interrupted Gibtelecom services, bringing down worldwide betting services such as Ladbrokes, William Hill and Betfred.

Ex-army chief, leftist to run for Egyptian presidency Posted: 20 Apr 2014 02:27 PM PDT By Maggie Fick and Mahmoud Mourad CAIRO (Reuters) - The former army general who toppled Egypt's first freely elected president will face a leftist politician in next month's presidential election, as they were the only candidates to enter, the committee organising the vote said on Sunday. The committee had received paperwork from former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and former parliamentarian and presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi, its head told a news conference, hours after the deadline for nominations had passed. The elections will be held in a barren political climate, three years after the uprising that overthrew autocrat Hosni Mubarak raised hopes of a robust democracy in the biggest Arab nation. There will be no Islamist candidate, in contrast to the hotly contested 2012 presidential race which featured more than a dozen rivals from across the political spectrum and was won by Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Palestinians mull handing territory 'keys' back to Israel Posted: 20 Apr 2014 01:23 PM PDT Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Palestinian negotiators have warned they may pass responsiblity for their territory back to occupying power Israel if peace talks remain stalled, a senior Palestinian official said on Sunday. The official said the Palestinians told US peace envoy Martin Indyk on Friday that unless Israel releases Palestinian prisoners as agreed and freezes settlement building, they could dismantle the Western-backed Palestinian Authority (PA) of president Mahmud Abbas.

Malaysia Airlines jet in emergency landing after tyre bursts Posted: 20 Apr 2014 01:03 PM PDT A Malaysia Airlines plane with 166 people aboard was forced to make an emergency landing in Kuala Lumpur early Monday in another blow to its safety image after the loss of flight MH370. Flight MH192, bound for Bangalore, India, turned back to Kuala Lumpur after it was discovered that a tyre had burst on take-off, the airline said. "As safety is of utmost priority to Malaysia Airlines, the aircraft was required to turn back to KLIA (Kuala Lumpur International Airport)," the airline said in a statement. The airline said tyre debris discovered on the runway had led to the decision to bring the Boeing 737-800 aircraft back.

Top Asian News at 8:00 p.m. GMT Posted: 20 Apr 2014 01:02 PM PDT JINDO, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean ferry that sank was crippled by confusion and indecision well after it began listing, a radio transcript released Sunday showed, suggesting the chaotic situation may have added to a death toll that could eventually exceed 300. About 30 minutes after the Sewol began tilting, a crew member asked a marine traffic controller whether passengers would be rescued if they abandoned ship off South Korea's southern coast. The crew member posed the question three times in succession.

Benfica clinches 33rd Portuguese league title Posted: 20 Apr 2014 12:55 PM PDT LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Benfica clinched its 33rd Portuguese league title by beating bottom side Olhanense 2-0 after two goals by Lima on Sunday, bringing an end to FC Porto's three-year run at the top.

Malaysia Airlines jet turns back after tire burst Posted: 20 Apr 2014 12:53 PM PDT KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysia Airlines flight heading to India with 166 people aboard made an emergency landing in Kuala Lumpur early Monday after it was forced to turn back when a tire burst upon takeoff, the airline said.

Al Qaeda kills 14 Algerian soldiers in ambush Posted: 20 Apr 2014 12:52 PM PDT By Lamine Chikhi ALGIERS (Reuters) - Islamist militants killed at least 14 Algerian soldiers in an ambush in mountains east of the capital Algiers at the weekend in one of the deadliest attacks on the military in years. The troops were in the Tizi Ouzou region, 120 km (75 miles) east of Algiers, when they were attacked by al Qaeda's north African branch, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), state news agency APS and a security source said on Sunday. The attack on Saturday night came just days after President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 77, was re-elected for a fourth term following a campaign that portrayed the ageing leader as the key to continued security for the North African OPEC state. Since the end of its 1990s war with armed Islamists, attacks have been rarer in Algeria.

Germany to play Czech Republic in Fed Cup final Posted: 20 Apr 2014 12:37 PM PDT Germany will take on the Czech Republic in the Fed Cup final after both countries wrapped up their semifinal victories by winning the first reverse singles on Sunday.

Top Asian News at 7:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 20 Apr 2014 12:32 PM PDT JINDO, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean ferry that sank was crippled by confusion and indecision well after it began listing, a radio transcript released Sunday showed, suggesting the chaotic situation may have added to a death toll that could eventually exceed 300. About 30 minutes after the Sewol began tilting, a crew member asked a marine traffic controller whether passengers would be rescued if they abandoned ship off South Korea's southern coast. The crew member posed the question three times in succession.

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