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- UN decries North Korean rocket launch
The Security Council strengthened sanctions and warned of further action if North Korea continued down its present course.
- Militaries vie for Arctic edge as ice cap melts
By Arctic standards, the region is already buzzing with military activity, and experts believe that will increase significantly in the years ahead.
- Taliban storm Pakistani prison: nearly 400 freed
Taliban militants armed with grenades battled their way into a prison in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, freeing close to 400 prisoners, including about 20 described by police as 'very dangerous.'
- Disqualifications throw Egypt election into turmoil
The disqualification of several top presidential candidates would redraw Egypt's electoral map just ahead of next month's vote. Candidates say they'll appeal.
- Iran nuclear talks: 'constructive' day yields plan for Round 2 in May
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said negotiators will meet in Baghdad next month. Chief Iran negotiator Saeed Jalili said next round should focus on confidence-building measures.
- Iran nuclear talks: atmosphere 'completely different'
At the last meeting over Iran's nuclear program, the two sides could not even agree on an agenda. Meetings in Istanbul this weekend have gotten off to a better start.
- Three fishing boats involved in standoff between China and the Philippines leave shoal
The standoff began Tuesday when Chinese ships prevented the Philippine navy from detaining Chinese fishermen who were allegedly caught poaching at the Scarborough Shoal off the northwestern Philippines.
- North Korea's rocket launch draws anger, wounds pride
In a rare move, Pyongyang admitted that the rocket did not deliver a satellite, but it also pressed ahead with grandiose propaganda in praise of the ruling Kim family.
- Syrian forces kill three on second day of truce, activists say
Opposition 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 truce
The 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, either
The launch window for what North Korea 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 occupation
The 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 it
In 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 Chongqing party boss who fell from grace this year amid scandal.
- Tsunami warning: This time, the system mostly worked
Tsunami 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.
- US doubtful on credibility of Syria ceasefire
US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said on Wednesday Syria's new pledge - made by Syria in a letter to Kofi Annan - to halt all fighting by dawn on Thursday holds 'little if any credibility.'
- Bo Xilai suspended from Chinese Communist Party top ranks
Sources 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 US
Britain 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 camp
Gunfire 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 Sunday
Authorities believe the attacker was trying to detonate explosives near churches holding Easter services on Sunday.
- Bosnian war 20th anniversary: Sarajevo residents remember siege victims Friday
The 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.