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Syrian forces kill three on second day of truce, activists sayOpposition and human rights groups say security forces in Syria have killed at least three people in three different parts of the country after Friday prayers.- Syria: Opposition protests will test uncertain truceThe opposition plans broad protests tomorrow in an effort to call attention to ongoing abuses in the country.
No rocket launch from North Korea; no signs of backing down, eitherThe launch window for what聽North聽Korea聽says is an observation satellite opened during a week aimed at celebrating Sunday's centennial of the birth of Kim Il Sung, the country's late founder.- Sudan vows quick response to South's oil field occupationThe government in Khartoum says they will not stand by after an oil field was occupied by South Sudanese forces.
China censors Bo Xilai debate, but Chinese work around itIn a sign of how sensitive the issue is for the ruling Communist Party, censors blocked online searches for the name of Bo Xilai, the former聽Chongqing party聽boss who fell from grace this year amid scandal.
Tsunami warning: This time, the system mostly workedTsunami warning sirens sounded around the Indian Ocean region after an 8.6 earthquake hit yesterday. During the 2004 tsunami, few warning systems were in place.聽
US doubtful on credibility of Syria ceasefireUS Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said聽on Wednesday Syria's new pledge - made by Syria in a letter to Kofi Annan -聽to halt all fighting by dawn on Thursday聽holds 'little if any credibility.'
Bo Xilai suspended from Chinese Communist Party top ranksSources say China's Communist Party have decided to banish the former party chief of Chongqing municipality from its leadership ranks.
Abu Hamza and 4 other terror suspects can be sent to USBritain can extradite five terror suspects to the US, a European court ruled. Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri is accused of trying to set up an Al Qaeda training camp in Oregon.- Syrian gunfire wounds five in Turkish refugee campGunfire in Syria hits a refugee camp over the Turkish border on Monday, wounding five people with unconfirmed reports of possibly two deaths.
- Suicide car bombing kills 38 in Nigeria on Easter SundayAuthorities believe the attacker was trying to detonate explosives near churches holding Easter services on Sunday.
Bosnian war 20th anniversary: Sarajevo residents remember siege victims FridayThe Bosnian war began in 1992 with the siege of Sarajevo. Friday, on the 20th anniversary of the Bosnian war beginning, citizens of Sarajevo are honoring those that were killed in the three-year war.
Mali's Tuareg rebels claim independence in northSeparatist Tuareg rebels have captured large areas of mail's vast Saraha region and declared the independent state of Azawad.
Why France now backs easing EU sanctions on MyanmarFrance follows the US in supporting a lifting of sanctions on Myanmar after April 1 elections. Aung San Suu Kyi and her NLD won a landslide parliamentary election.
Egypt clerics: Brotherhood candidate promised Shariah law is final goalCampaign dealmaking is a sign of how the聽Brotherhood, which is Egypt's strongest political movement and presents itself to the public as a moderate force, could be pushed into a more hard-line agenda by competition from the ultraconservatives known as Salafis.
Is Iran's proposal to hold nuke talks in Syria, Iraq, or China brinksmanship?Iran's聽suggestions of alternative sites raised the possibility of complications to get talks under way as expected on April 13 between聽Iran聽and envoys from the five permanent UN Security Council members and Germany.
Pakistani militant taunts US: 'I will be in Lahore tomorrow'The day after the US announced a $10 million bounty on him, Hafiz Mohammad Saeed gave a press conference near Pakistan's military headquarters.
Suicide bomber kills six in Somali capitalThe militant Islamist group Al Shabab is claiming responsibility for the attack that targeted senior government officials Wednesday.
Limited options for US on North Korea rocketWashington is likely to take the matter to the UN Security Council, analysts say, and could tighten its already tough sanctions.
Report: James Murdoch to step down from BSkyBSky, the news channel of BSkyB, said his resignation would be confirmed later Tuesday after an unscheduled board meeting.
