Wednesday, March 31, 2010

World News Briefs -- March 31, 2010

The site of two explosions in Russia’s southern town of Kizlyar. Reuters

Echoing Moscow Attack, Dagestan Bombings Underscore Russia's Terrorism Threat -- Christian Science Monitor

In Russia's restive republic of Dagestan, bombings killed 12 people and injured 23 just two days after the devastating Moscow attack.

Two suicide bombers, one disguised as a policeman, killed at least 12 people and injured 23 in attacks against Russian security forces in the turbulent southern republic of Dagestan Wednesday.

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MIDDLE EAST

U.S. seeks 4-month Jerusalem building freeze: report.

Maliki is block in Iraq coalition merger talks.

Obama wants U.N. sanctions on Iran in weeks.

US pushes Israel to freeze settlement construction.

ASIA

SKorea suspends underwater rescue operation.

U.S. forces set sights on Taliban bastion of Kandahar.

Bomb attack kills 13 in crowded Afghan market.

Pre-dawn Pakistan violence kills 32.

AFRICA

Pirate attacks return to record levels.

Rebels blamed for Central African Republic deaths.

Kenya vetoes Somali wish for troops in Mogadishu.

EUROPE

Double suicide bombings kill 12 in Russia's Dagestan.

Serbia apologizes for 1995 massacre.

Sarkozy reveals rift in U.S.-European relations.

AMERICAS

Obama to open offshore areas to oil drilling for first time.

Putin Venezuelan trip to focus on energy, arms.

Clinton to co-chair Haiti rebuilding authority.

New chill enters US-Cuba relations after Obama's brief thaw.

TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

CIA says ACLU-backed plan endangered Gitmo officers.

US Attorney General Eric Holder's trials and tribulations.

US strikes kill 6 in North Waziristan.

ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

US churches find no salvation from bad economy.

Eurozone unemployment rate rises to 10%.

Germany, France move toward bank levy.

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