Google Alert - World News 30 (Apr.20)

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U.N. says 20 children killed in Misrata Reuters Rebel fighters man a rocket pod taken from an aircraft mounted on a pickup truck, in the front line along the western entrance of Ajdabiyah April 19, 2011. By Alexander Dziadosz BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - The United Nations appealed on Tuesday for a ... See all stories on this topic »

Middle East UN discusses crackdown in Yemen Aljazeera.net Security forces in Yemen have killed at least four people and wounded hundreds more after opening fire on demonstrations in the capital Sanaa and the town of Taiz, as the UN met to discuss the crisis for the first time. In Sanaa, three people were ... See all stories on this topic » Aljazeera.net

Hamas Captures Suspect in Italian's Killing; 2 Others Dead New York Times By FARES AKRAM GAZA — Two of the extremists suspected of killing an Italian activist died and a third was captured on Tuesday when Hamas security troops stormed a building in central Gaza where they were hiding, according to the Gazan Interior Ministry ... See all stories on this topic »

Singapore Dissolves Parliament, Sets Vote for May 7 Wall Street Journal By CHUN HAN WONG SINGAPORE—Singapore dissolved parliament Tuesday and set May 7 as the date for a general election in which the ruling party is expected to face its toughest political challenge in decades. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, ... See all stories on this topic »

Gaudí's Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona evacuated as arsonist strikes The Guardian Emergency services secure the area around the Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona after an arsonist set fire to the sacristy. Photograph: Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images Tourists were hurriedly evacuated from Barcelona's emblemetic Sagrada Familia ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

PM plays down Brown's IMF chances BBC News David Cameron has indicated he may block Gordon Brown from becoming head of the International Monetary Fund. The prime minister said someone who "didn't know we had a debt problem in the UK" might not be the "best person" to run the global finance ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Hungary votes in new constitution BBC News By Nick Thorpe BBC News, Budapest Hungary's parliament has voted in favour of a new constitution which ends the transition from a totalitarian to a democratic system, its authors claim. Two of the three opposition parties walked out of parliament ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

A survey of heated rhetoric on Andres Serrano's 'Piss Christ' Los Angeles Times Some cultural controversies age better than others. It can be difficult today to see what got people so upset about Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" or Picasso's "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon." On the other hand, Scorsese's "The Last Temptation of ... See all stories on this topic »

Egypt and Iran forging closer links with ambassadors plan Telegraph.co.uk Egypt and Iran are preparing to resume diplomatic relations and appoint ambassadors to end 30 years of hostility, in a sign of Cairo's shift away from America and the West after the February revolution. By Richard Spencer, Middle East Correspondent ... See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk

Laos to Delay Mekong Dam After Failing to Convince Neighbors Bloomberg By Daniel Ten Kate - Tue Apr 19 10:56:37 GMT 2011 Fisherman Phonexay Vongphildeth stands near the Mekong River at Thatkhao village in the suburbs of Vientiane, Laos. Photographer: Hoang Dinh Nam/AFP/Getty Images Laos agreed to delay proceeding with a ... See all stories on this topic »

China and Aust to disagree on human rights Sydney Morning Herald China's ambassador to Australia, Chen Yuming, says Beijing and Canberra will continue to disagree on issues such as human rights. But as Julia Gillard jets off for her first visit to China as prime minister, Mr Chen said the two countries would be able ... See all stories on this topic »

Somalia Min: World Abandoned Us, Piracy Root Causes Not Addressed Wall Street Journal By Angus McDowall DUBAI (Zawya Dow Jones)--Somalia's foreign minister said Monday he doubted the international community had the will to tackle piracy and said his country's people felt "abandoned" by the world. Speaking in Dubai at an anti-piracy ... See all stories on this topic »

French FM "totally hostile" to ground force deployment to Libya Xinhua PARIS, April 19 (Xinhua) -- French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Tuesday that he was "totally hostile" to the idea of deploying ground force to Libya, stressing it's the responsibility of the rebels to guide the NATO bombards against Libyan leader ... See all stories on this topic »

Effeminate boys sent to boot camp BBC News Sixty-six Muslim schoolboys in Malaysia identified by teachers as effeminate have been sent to a special camp for counselling on masculine behaviour. They are undergoing four days of religious and physical education. An education official said the camp ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Spain says premium on debt not too bad Sydney Morning Herald A surge in the risk premium paid for Spain's latest multi-billion-euro debt issue was "not too important," Finance Minister Elena Salgado said on Tuesday. Spain was forced to pay sharply higher rates than a month earlier when it raised 4.66 billion ... See all stories on this topic »

China dogs' rescue shows growing animal activism The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — After spotting a truck packed with hundreds of whimpering dogs on a Beijing highway, a man put out a call on a microblogging site, begging fellow animal lovers to help him force the driver to release the animals. ... See all stories on this topic »

Areva likely to sign pact for Jaitapur reactors by mid-2011 Times of India PARIS: French energy group Areva expects to sign the commercial agreement with state-run Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) for supply of nuclear reactors by the middle of 2011 and is ready to answer any questions that Indian authorities may ... See all stories on this topic »

Will Uptick in Violence Derail US Troop Drawdown in Afghanistan? PBS NewsHour As the US prepares to reduce troop levels in Afghanistan, coalition forces are battling increased attacks by the Taliban. Ray Suarez talks with the Washington Post's Rajiv Chandrasekaran, who just returned from Afghanistan, about the rise in violence ... See all stories on this topic »

'Dead Alien' Video on YouTube Goes Viral ABC News By KI MAE HEUSSNER A YouTube video of a so-called "dead alien" found in Russia is quickly becoming an Internet sensation. The video, posted to YouTube on Sunday, has attracted nearly 1.5 million views and is now making the rounds on Twitter and ... See all stories on this topic »

Noma Beats Rivals for World's Best Restaurant Title, Leading Spanish Wave Bloomberg By Richard Vines - Tue Apr 19 09:42:20 GMT 2011 Chef Rene Redzepi. His Copenhagen-based Noma holds the title of 'Best Restaurant in the World.' Photo: Richard Vines/Bloomberg April 19 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Daniel Lester reports on Copenhagen ... See all stories on this topic »

Slap that was heard across Arab world "didn't happen" Reuters By Tarek Amara SIDI BOUZID, Tunisia (Reuters) -They called it the "slap heard around the Arab world." And it never happened. Or so said on Tuesday the Tunisian policewoman who was accused of hitting a young man in the face four months ago, ... See all stories on this topic »

Turkey's Kurdish Party Candidates Barred From Elections; Boycott Threatened Voice of America A decision by Turkey's main election board to disqualify a dozen candidates including seven backed by the main Kurdish political party from June's parliamentary elections has prompted violent protests and the threat of an election boycott. ... See all stories on this topic »

Iraqi oil supply was considered to be 'vital' to British interests The Independent By Jonathan Brown, Paul Bignell and Andy McSmith The British Government saw Iraqi oil as "vital" to the UK's long-term energy security, and the effective privatisation of its oil industry was central to the post-invasion plan for the country, ... See all stories on this topic »

US, Pakistan cannot allow ties to unravel: Mullen Reuters By Phil Stewart FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO, Afghanistan, April 19 (Reuters) - US and Pakistani leaders agree they cannot afford to let security ties unravel, the top US military officer said Tuesday, even as he acknowledged persistent strains ... See all stories on this topic »

Malawi threatens to expel British high commissioner over leaked remarks The Guardian The foreign secretary, William Hague, was said to be strongly concerned at suggestions the high commissioner could be expelled from Malawi. Photograph: KeystoneUSA-ZUMA/Rex Features In days gone by, British ambassadors would wait until they were ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

A West Bank anachronism The Guardian Barring unforeseen developments, it appears as if the PLO and its Ramallah-based arm, the Palestinian Authority, it appears, will head to the UN general assembly in September seeking international recognition of a Palestinian state along the 1967 ... See all stories on this topic »

Indian helicopter crash kills 17 CNN International By Harmeet Shah Singh, CNN New Delhi (CNN) -- A helicopter caught fire on touch-down in India's remote northeastern mountainous region Tuesday, killing 17 people, authorities said. The incident happened when the helicopter, belonging to the state-run ... See all stories on this topic »

Gears of War 3 beta: Your verdict Computerandvideogames.com With mere hours of potential play time under your belts, we know it's early days, but we're still looking for an initial verdict from those of you who've already managed to grind your Gears. Does the beta live up to previous Gears of War editions so ... See all stories on this topic »

Ugandan Authorities Plan Continued Arrests to Block Opposition Protests Bloomberg By Fred Ojambo - Tue Apr 19 15:10:18 GMT 2011 Uganda vowed further arrests of opposition leaders protesting against the rising cost of living as opponents of President Yoweri Museveni's government pledged to continue their demonstrations. ... See all stories on this topic »

SL and B'desh sign five MoUs Daily Mirror By Sandun A. Jayasekera in Dhaka Sri Lanka and Bangladesh signed five Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) following the official talks between visiting Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed at the ... See all stories on this topic »