Monday, March 29, 2010

World News Briefs -- March 29, 2010



Moscow Metro Bombings: Insecurity In Chechnya, N. Caucaus Comes To Moscow -- Christian Science Monitor

Officials blamed today's twin Moscow Metro bombings, which struck near the FSB security service and a major state-run media outlet, on two female suicide bombers from the N. Caucasus.

Suicide bombers struck two stations in Moscow's crowded metro less than an hour apart Monday morning, killing at least 37 people and injuring 73, and bringing Russia's seething northern Caucasus directly to the Kremlin's doorstep.

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MIDDLE EAST

Israel to focus on key Iran nuclear targets in any strike.

Israel limits access to Al-Aqsa as Passover starts.

Prominent Iraq politicians fail to win seats.

ASIA

Barack Obama tells troops in Afghanistan: 'we will get the job done'.

SKorea: Mine from NKorea may have sunk naval ship.

Thai PM prepares for more talks with "red shirts".

Chinese rescuers fight to save 153 trapped miners.

AFRICA

Sudan chief negotiator says JEM 'not serious' about peace.

Nigerian Islamist sect threaten to widen attacks.

Human Rights Watch says Lord's Resistance Army rampage killed 321 in the Congo.

EUROPE

Athens bomb blast kills one and badly injures two.

Ties strained as Merkel visits Turkey.

Low turnout clouds regional vote for Berlusconi.

Germans lose fear of climate change after long, hard winter.

AMERICAS

FARC rebels release a Colombian soldier, promise another soon.

Cuba's crackdown on dissent may halt efforts to ease embargo.

Falkland Islands oil disappoints for Desire Petroleum.

TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

Obama team is divided on tactics against terrorism.

US federal agents make arrests after raids in three states.

Fear of more terror attacks drives demand for sniffer dogs in India.

ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

US consumer spending up, sign of decent recovery.

Rio Tinto staff jailed in China.

Japan's consumer prices continue to fall.

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