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Today's World News: Libya's Gaddafi survives air strikes, son killed - government Syrians protest from rooftops after army action Suicide bomber kills 8, wounds 19 in Northern Iraq Huge crowds descend on Vatican for beatification Yemen transition deal teeters as Saleh fails to sign How Syria and Libya Got to Be Turkey's Headaches Infosys eyes buys in Europe, Japan, and healthcare sector Swan Lake vs slums: Egypt faces housing challenge Venezuela's Chavez condemns death of Gadhafi's son Kadhafi son killed after talks offer rejected Sony execs apologize for network security breach Canada's Conservatives, NDP woo fading Liberals Australia to flag 4.5% unemployment in budget Deadly day of Ugandan rioting follows opposition leader's arrest A Spanish Island's Quest to Be the Greenest Place on Earth Libyan fighting spills into Tunisia Stillbirths Could Be Halved Worldwide Libya's Gaddafi survives air strikes, son killed - government Sat, 30 Apr 2011 11:11 pm PDT Reuters - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi survived a NATO air strike on a Tripoli house that killed his youngest son and three grandchildren, a government spokesman said on Sunday. Full Story Top Syrians protest from rooftops after army action Sat, 30 Apr 2011 03:26 pm PDT Reuters - Women and children in the besieged Syrian city of Deraa chanted "God is greatest against the tyrant" from rooftops in the night after troops backed by tanks intensified a crackdown on the city, a resident said. Full Story Top Suicide bomber kills 8, wounds 19 in Northern Iraq Sat, 30 Apr 2011 10:43 am PDT Reuters - Eight people were killed and 19 wounded on Saturday when a suicide bomber blew himself up at an Iraqi army checkpoint next to a market in the northern city of Mosul, police and hospital sources said. Full Story Top Huge crowds descend on Vatican for beatification Sat, 30 Apr 2011 10:56 pm PDT Reuters - Hundreds of thousands of people converged on St Peter's Square in one of the biggest crowds ever seen at the Vatican on Sunday to participate in the beatification of Pope John Paul II. Full Story Top Yemen transition deal teeters as Saleh fails to sign Sat, 30 Apr 2011 03:29 pm PDT Reuters - Yemen's Gulf-brokered deal to remove President Ali Abdullah Saleh from power was on the verge of collapse on Sunday after Saleh refused to sign, raising the threat of further instability in the Arabian Peninsula state. Full Story Top How Syria and Libya Got to Be Turkey's Headaches Sat, 30 Apr 2011 07:10 am PDT Time.com - Turkey thought that its economic expansion would help it make friends and influence its Arab neighbors. It hasn't quite worked out that way. Full Story Top Infosys eyes buys in Europe, Japan, and healthcare sector Sat, 30 Apr 2011 11:12 pm PDT Reuters - Infosys Technologies Ltd, India's No. 2 software services exporter, is on the hunt for acquisitions in Europe and Japan and in industries including healthcare and public services, its chief executive said on Sunday. Full Story Top Swan Lake vs slums: Egypt faces housing challenge Sat, 30 Apr 2011 10:15 pm PDT AP - From the roof of the house in which he lives, Mohammed Hassan can see some of central Cairo's most prized real estate. A five-star hotel sits in the distance to the right, the towering foreign ministry building seems close enough to touch, and the Nile is a straight shot ahead. Full Story Top Venezuela's Chavez condemns death of Gadhafi's son Sat, 30 Apr 2011 10:20 pm PDT AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is condemning the killing of one of Moammar Gadhafi's sons and three of his grandchildren in a NATO airstrike in Libya. Full Story Top Kadhafi son killed after talks offer rejected Sat, 30 Apr 2011 11:07 pm PDT AFP - A NATO air strike killed Moamer Kadhafi's youngest son and three grandchildren but the strongman escaped unhurt, a Libyan spokesman said on Sunday, after rebels and NATO spurned an offer for talks to end the crisis. Full Story Top Sony execs apologize for network security breach Sat, 30 Apr 2011 11:14 pm PDT AP - Sony executives bowed in apology Sunday for a security breach in the company's PlayStation Network that caused the loss of personal data of some 78 million accounts on the online service, and promised free help to customers. Full Story Top Canada's Conservatives, NDP woo fading Liberals Sat, 30 Apr 2011 05:59 pm PDT Reuters - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Saturday made a pitch to Liberal Party supporters, saying a vote for the struggling centrist opposition could put the left-leaning New Democrats in power. Full Story Top Australia to flag 4.5% unemployment in budget Sat, 30 Apr 2011 08:23 pm PDT AFP - Australia's upcoming budget will forecast 500,000 new jobs to be created in two years as the country rides a mining boom, bringing unemployment down to 4.5 percent, Treasurer Wayne Swan said Sunday. Full Story Top Deadly day of Ugandan rioting follows opposition leader's arrest Fri, 29 Apr 2011 11:39 am PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Sitting outside his laundry shop in a usually tranquil suburb of Uganda’s capital, Kampala, David Ssentongo points at the smoldering ash of tires that locals set ablaze in protest and rage. Full Story Top A Spanish Island's Quest to Be the Greenest Place on Earth Fri, 29 Apr 2011 11:20 pm PDT Time.com - When its innovative wind-power system goes online at the end of the year, Spain's El Hierro island could be on its way to becoming the world's most sustainable inhabited landmass Full Story Top Libyan fighting spills into Tunisia Fri, 29 Apr 2011 10:07 am PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Libya's civil war spilled into southern Tunisia on Friday, as scores of troops loyal to Col. Muammar Qaddafi burst across the border and into a nearby town. The foray came after loyalists failed to recapture a remote border post that has become a rebel lifeline. Full Story Top Stillbirths Could Be Halved Worldwide Wed, 27 Apr 2011 05:51 am PDT OneWorld.net - DAKAR, Apr 27 (IRIN) - Preventing stillbirths can cost just US$2.32 per mother if governments, the private sector and international institutions adopt a package of 10 health interventions, rather than allowing stillbirths to be an almost invisible problem. Full Story Top

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