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Today's World News: Russian spacecraft docks at orbiting station White supremacist leader killed in South Africa Rescuers prepare for search in flooded China mine Protesters paralyze Bangkok's commercial center Official: Troops kill 21 militants in NW Pakistan In Haiti, Deep Skepticism About a U.N. Rescue Plan Blast derails Russian freight train: reports Dissident Iranians take refuge in Turkey Mexican mom denies role in her 4-year-old's death Rwandan pygmies facing squalor and exclusion Peace breaks out on S.Korean factory floors Canada police apologize for Polish immigrant's death Chinese ship leaks oil in Great Barrier Reef zone U.S.-Afghan tensions threaten to undermine war against Taliban In Egypt, Christians celebrate Easter Sunday under shadow of Christmas attacks Belgium Moves Closer to Europe's First Burqa Ban A Blueprint for Haiti's Redevelopment Russian spacecraft docks at orbiting station Sat, 3 Apr 2010 10:59 pm PDT AP - A Russian space official says a Soyuz craft carrying an American and two Russian astronauts has docked successfully at the International Space Station. Full Story Top White supremacist leader killed in South Africa Sat, 3 Apr 2010 10:37 pm PDT AP - South Africa's white supremacist leader Eugene Terreblanche was bludgeoned to death by two of his farm workers Saturday in an apparent dispute over wages, police said, amid growing racial tensions in the once white-led country. Full Story Top Rescuers prepare for search in flooded China mine Sat, 3 Apr 2010 10:21 pm PDT AP - Rescue workers set up equipment and prepared Sunday to mount an operation to try to find survivors among 153 trapped miners in a northern China, saying they have not given up hope one week after the mine flooded. Full Story Top Protesters paralyze Bangkok's commercial center Sat, 3 Apr 2010 09:25 pm PDT AP - Thousands of anti-government protesters, defying a government order, occupied the commercial heart of Thailand's capital for a second day Sunday, vowing to hang on until new elections are called. Full Story Top Official: Troops kill 21 militants in NW Pakistan Sat, 3 Apr 2010 11:43 pm PDT AP - A Pakistani government official says security forces repulsed a militant attack against an army checkpoint in a northwestern tribal region and killed 21 insurgents. Full Story Top In Haiti, Deep Skepticism About a U.N. Rescue Plan Sat, 3 Apr 2010 11:10 pm PDT Time.com - Billions of dollars have been pledged to help Port-au-Prince but ordinary folks do not trust their own government of delivering the goods Full Story Top Blast derails Russian freight train: reports Sat, 3 Apr 2010 11:27 pm PDT Reuters - A bomb exploded on a railway track in Russia's Dagestan province on Sunday, derailing a freight train days after suicide bombers killed 12 people in the region, Russian news agencies reported. Nobody was hurt. Full Story Top Dissident Iranians take refuge in Turkey Sat, 3 Apr 2010 09:00 pm PDT AP - Light snow was falling when the two young men set out on horseback for the border to flee Iran. By the time they were deep in the mountains, it had become a blinding blizzard, the temperature had dropped below freezing, and they were barely alive. Full Story Top Mexican mom denies role in her 4-year-old's death Sat, 3 Apr 2010 04:58 pm PDT AP - A defense attorney says a Mexican woman suspected in the death of her 4-year-old daughter denies involvement. Full Story Top Rwandan pygmies facing squalor and exclusion Sat, 3 Apr 2010 09:39 pm PDT AFP - Rwanda's rapidly dwindling Twa pygmies, considered the original inhabitants of this central African nation, now live on the fringes, facing squalor, discrimination and general exclusion. Full Story Top Peace breaks out on S.Korean factory floors Sat, 3 Apr 2010 11:44 pm PDT AFP - Eight months ago, Ssangyong Motor's car plant looked like a war zone as unionists occupying the premises battled riot police with catapults, firebombs and steel pipes. 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 Chinese ship leaks oil in Great Barrier Reef zone Sat, 3 Apr 2010 11:42 pm PDT AFP - A Chinese coal carrier leaking oil in Australia's environmentally sensitive Great Barrier Reef Marine Park after running aground, could be in danger of breaking up, authorities warned Sunday. Full Story Top U.S.-Afghan tensions threaten to undermine war against Taliban Fri, 2 Apr 2010 04:01 pm PDT McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan _ As Afghan President Hamid Karzai was poised to begin his second term after a fraud-scarred re-election campaign last fall, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton led an American delegation to Kabul where she hailed Karzai for opening "a window of opportunity" for a new cooperative era at a critical time. Full Story Top In Egypt, Christians celebrate Easter Sunday under shadow of Christmas attacks Fri, 2 Apr 2010 03:35 pm PDT The Christian Science Monitor - When Kamal Nashed Deryes Ghobrial celebrates Easter Sunday this weekend, it will be under the shadow of one of the most striking episodes of sectarian violence in Egypt in years. Full Story Top Belgium Moves Closer to Europe's First Burqa Ban Sat, 3 Apr 2010 11:10 pm PDT Time.com - Belgium is about to become the first country in Europe to ban the burqa from public places -- a move that has the cautious approval of many Belgian Muslims Full Story Top A Blueprint for Haiti's Redevelopment Fri, 2 Apr 2010 03:00 am PDT OneWorld.net - NEW YORK, Apr 1 (IRIN) - With $5.3 billion pledged over the next two years to Haiti - far exceeding expectations - and a further $9 billion for longer-term needs, the means exist for what UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hopes will be a "sweeping exercise in nation-building on a scale and scope not seen in generations". Full Story Top

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