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Today's World News: Rocket blasts off with 2 Russians, 1 American Toll rises to 19 in blast at mine in central China Cardinals defend pope on church sex abuse scandal UN head tours troubled ex-Soviet Central Asia Drug cartels target Mexican army in brazen attacks Somali Pirates in Nairobi Leaving Trade: Not Enough Money Serbia issues arrest warrant for suspected Nazi Israeli aircraft strike Gaza Man sought for questions in death of Mexican girl Main Sudan opposition withdraw from presidential polls Obama calls on Hu to support action on Iran Canada police apologize for Polish immigrant's death Australia says will not accept commercial whaling plan Beheadings become signature of Mexico's drug gangs Britain names Chagos Islands world's largest marine preserve Sex Abuse: The Vatican's Struggle for Damage Control Burma: In Opting for Poll Boycott, Suu Kyi’s Party Goes for Broke Rocket blasts off with 2 Russians, 1 American Thu, 1 Apr 2010 10:07 pm PDT AP - A Russian rocket blasted off from a space center in southern Kazakhstan into brilliant blue skies Friday, transporting a NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts to the International Space Station. Full Story Top Toll rises to 19 in blast at mine in central China Thu, 1 Apr 2010 09:17 pm PDT AP - The death toll from an explosion at a mine in central China has risen to 19 people, with 24 still trapped underground, the government said Friday, in the second major mine disaster in the country this week. Full Story Top Cardinals defend pope on church sex abuse scandal Thu, 1 Apr 2010 10:00 pm PDT AP - Cardinals across Europe used their Holy Thursday sermons to defend Pope Benedict XVI from accusations he played a role in covering up sex abuse scandals, and an increasingly angry Vatican sought to deflect any criticism in the Western media. Full Story Top UN head tours troubled ex-Soviet Central Asia Thu, 1 Apr 2010 10:26 pm PDT AP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has begun a trip through the countries of former Soviet Central Asia, a region troubled by poverty, oppression and fears of renewed Islamic insurgency. Full Story Top Drug cartels target Mexican army in brazen attacks Thu, 1 Apr 2010 08:14 pm PDT AP - In a ratcheting up of tactics in a long, bloody war, drug cartel gunmen made seven especially brazen assaults on Mexican soldiers in one day this week, throwing up roadblocks near army garrisons and spraying checkpoints with automatic weapons fire. Full Story Top Somali Pirates in Nairobi Leaving Trade: Not Enough Money Thu, 1 Apr 2010 08:55 pm PDT Time.com - Who profits from piracy in Somalia these days? Not the men who do the dirty work Full Story Top Serbia issues arrest warrant for suspected Nazi Thu, 1 Apr 2010 11:44 pm PDT AP - Serbia has issued an international warrant for the arrest of an alleged Nazi war crimes suspect who lives in the United States. Full Story Top Israeli aircraft strike Gaza Thu, 1 Apr 2010 04:37 pm PDT AP - Israeli aircraft have struck multiple targets in the Gaza Strip following a rocket attack on southern Israel. Full Story Top Man sought for questions in death of Mexican girl Thu, 1 Apr 2010 09:23 pm PDT AP - Prosecutors said Thursday they were searching for a man believed linked to the shocking death of a disabled 4-year-old girl whose body was found in her bedroom in a Mexico City suburb more than a week after her parents reported her missing. Full Story Top Main Sudan opposition withdraw from presidential polls Thu, 1 Apr 2010 03:34 pm PDT Reuters - Sudan's main opposition parties have withdrawn from presidential elections, a senior member of one of the groups said on Thursday, a move that could wreck the looming vote and damage a faltering peace process. Full Story Top Obama calls on Hu to support action on Iran Thu, 1 Apr 2010 11:27 pm PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama urged Chinese President Hu Jintao for cooperation on the Iranian nuclear standoff, the White House said, as Hu appealed for "healthy and stable" relations between the two nations. Full Story Top Canada police apologize for Polish immigrant's death Thu, 1 Apr 2010 01:56 pm PDT Reuters - The Royal Canadian Mounted Police apologized on Thursday for the death of a Polish man in a stun-gun incident that drew world attention and shook public confidence in the iconic police force. Full Story Top Australia says will not accept commercial whaling plan Thu, 1 Apr 2010 09:10 pm PDT AFP - Australia has expressed alarm at growing support for a plan to allow limited commercial whaling, saying it could not accept the proposal before the International Whaling Commission (IWC). Full Story Top Beheadings become signature of Mexico's drug gangs Thu, 1 Apr 2010 01:20 pm PDT McClatchy Newspapers - CUERNAVACA, Mexico _ The preferred form of cruelty by drug cartel henchmen is to capture enemies and behead them, a once-shocking act that has now become numbingly routine. Full Story Top Britain names Chagos Islands world's largest marine preserve Thu, 1 Apr 2010 04:21 pm PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A patch of ocean roughly the size of Texas and harboring some of the world's most pristine coral reefs has received tough new protection from the British government. Full Story Top Sex Abuse: The Vatican's Struggle for Damage Control Thu, 1 Apr 2010 08:55 pm PDT Time.com - The Holy See has a Twitter feed and a YouTube channel but still thinks it need answer only to God Full Story Top Burma: In Opting for Poll Boycott, Suu Kyi’s Party Goes for Broke Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:43 am PDT OneWorld.net - BANGKOK, Mar 31, 2010 (IPS) - If Burma's military regime goes ahead with its promised general election this year, some 27.2 million voters will be deprived of the chance to cast a ballot for the political party that has come to symbolise democratic hope in that oppressed nation. Full Story Top

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