Wednesday, April 7, 2010

World News Briefs -- April 7, 2010 (Evening Edition)



Kyrgyzstan Government Ousted In Violent Revolt -- Yahoo News/AFP

BISHKEK (AFP) – Opponents of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev took control Wednesday of Kyrgyzstan after a day of spectacular violence that ended with Bakiyev fleeing the capital of the strategic Central Asian state.

Opposition protesters seized the presidential administration Wednesday night and announced on state radio that they had formed a provisional government with former foreign minister Roza Otunbayeva at its head.

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MIDDLE EAST

U.S.-Israeli dispute still unresolved: Netanyahu.

Palestinian president fires aide over sex scandal.

Iran ridicules Obama's nuclear strategy.

Israel is 'main threat to Middle East peace': Turkey.

Baghdad bombing streak stokes fear of new round of sectarian violence. Iraq: 49 dead, 160 wounded in Baghdad bomb attacks.

ASIA

Uprising in Kyrgyzstan leaves dozens killed.

India's Maoist rebel attack sparks anger.

Afghanistan plays down Karzai's anti-West remarks.

Protests force state of emergency in Bangkok.

India says it will push on with Maoist offensive.

NKorea sentences US man to 8 years of hard labor.

Major earthquake strikes Indonesia, but damage appears moderate.

AFRICA

Egypt riot police break up pro-democracy rally.

EU withdraws Darfur poll monitors.

Southern Sudan party widens its boycott of Sunday's election.

South Africa: police use barbed wire to separate whites and blacks.

Nigeria inaugurates new cabinet.

EUROPE

Critics wonder whether Russia concedes too much in arms control deal.

U.S. plans help German nuclear arms removal: minister.

Putin in Poland to commemorate WWII massacre.

A region’s wounds fester on Russia’s south border.

AMERICAS

Venezuela arrests 8 alleged Colombian spies.

Nearly half of US households escape fed income tax.

Rescue at West Virginia mine delayed again by toxic air.

Health care overhaul spawns mass confusion for public.

Rio tries to restore order amid more rain, 96 dead.

TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

Guantanamo war court resumes hearings amid uncertainty.

Muslim cleric Aulaqi is 1st U.S. citizen on list of those CIA is allowed to kill.

Ensnared by error on growing U.S. watch list.

Not all terrorism: Obama tries to change subject.

ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

Bernanke says joblessness, foreclosures pose hurdles.

Volcker: Taxes likely to rise eventually to tame deficit.

Geithner to visit Beijing amid currency dispute.

Automaker pensions underfunded by $17 billion.

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