Another Busy Day At The White House ... Clinton and Obama, In The Sandbox Again
MIDDLE EAST
Faithful gather for Good Friday in Jerusalem.
Israel wants time limit on Iran nuclear talks.
Iran moves step closer to realising nuclear ambitions.
ASIA
Pakistan: Students panic after terror threat at 2 co-ed universities.
Thai protest blocks summit meeting.
Japan PM unveils $150bn stimulus.
Fiji's political crisis worsens.
North Korea's frail-looking Kim Jong Il starts new term.
Sri Lanka's civilian deaths skyrocketing.
China's birth limits create dangerous gender gap.
AFRICA
Algerian President wins third term.
Nigeria oil unrest 'kills 1,000'. I nominate Nigeria to the Axis of Upheaval.
Mugabe aides said to use violence to get amnesty.
EUROPE
Pope presides over Way of the Cross procession.
Thousands mourn quake victims at funeral mass. More news here and here.
Turkmenistan 'flexing muscles' in Russia gas tiff.
Moldova: Calm after the Twitter-Storm.
As protests ebb, Georgia’s President vows to stay on.
AMERICAS
Water cut off in Mexican capital. Millions are affected.
U.S. squeezes auto creditors.
Poll: Three-quarters favor relations with Cuba.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
C.I.A. to close secret prisons for terror suspects.
Dutch TV show exonerates Osama bin Laden.
France detains suspected ETA leader in Paris.
ECONOMIC/FINANCIAL CRISIS
European stocks advance for a fifth week; HSBC, Natixis climb
Obama says economy showing 'glimmers of hope'.
U.S. Federal budget deficit sets March record $192.3B
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