Riot police officers recently marched in Xiahe, where more than 1,000 monks and lay people protested for two days and attacked government buildings last March. Nir Elias/ReutersWORLD NEWS BRIEFS
MIDDLE EAST
Israel seriously considering Iran military op.
Iranian leaders fault Obama, warn Israel again.
Israeli, Turkish foreign ministers meet secretly.
Police recommend charges against Israel's PM.
Kurds seize Iraq land past borders in blow to U.S. pullout plan.
ASIA
Another Karzai forges Afghan business empire.
India: Intelligence agencies blame 'incompetent' Pakistani govt.
Philippines: Manila may resume talks with Muslim rebels.
U.S. changing its mission in Korea.
50 years after revolt, clampdown on Tibetans.
AFRICA
Barack Obama prolongs US sanctions on Zimbabwe.
LRA man 'captured in Congo park'.
Darfur: fears of crisis if aid agencies leave.
U.S. close to handing pirate suspects to Kenya.
EUROPE
Bombing kills 6 Russian police.
AP Interview: Gorbachev criticizes Putin's party.
Ukraine's Naftogaz pays Gazprom to avert gas cutoff. More news here.
AMERICAS
Mexico drug war hangs over "spring break". Also in Mexico .... 20 killed in riot at Ciudad Juarez prison.
Colombia extradites reputed top narco. More news here.
Venezuela's Hugo Chavez seizes a unit of U.S. firm Cargill. More news here.
TERRORISM
Terrorist group recruits in U.S. Midwest
Mediator: All but 3 Sept. 11 lawsuits settled.
ECONOMIC/FINANCIAL CRISIS
GM warns it may run out of cash.
More than 8.3 million U.S. mortgages are under water.
Fed refuses to release bank data, insists on secrecy.
Bair says U.S. insurance fund could be insolvent this year.
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