NATO To Take Total Libya Control -- Wall Street Journal
BRUSSELS—The top military committee of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization approved plans Sunday for the takeover of all international military operations in and around Libya, diplomats said.
The technical decision, which approves operational plans put together by military planners over the previous two days, opens the way for a political decision by NATO's key decision-making body, the North Atlantic Council. That could come as soon as Sunday evening at a scheduled meeting of the NAC, which comprises the ambassadors to NATO of the 28 member nations.
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MIDDLE EAST
Israel warily eyes Middle East uprisings.
Report says 12 killed as violence sweeps Syrian port city. U.S. won’t intervene in Syria unrest, Clinton says on CBS.
Yemeni militants seize control of weapons factory.
Hamas military wing says it won't guarantee Abbas' safety in Gaza.
Southern Command: 'There is anarchy in Gaza and Hamas'.
Israeli airstrike kills 2 Gaza militants.
Iraq PM says Bahrain crisis may ignite sectarian war. Bahrain opposition accepts Kuwait's offer to mediate.
ASIA
Developments in Japan's disasters, nuclear crisis. Confusion over radiation levels at Japan nuclear plant. Officials: Big spike at Japan nuke plant an error.
S. Korea sends home 27 N. Koreans.
India to open talks with Pak army, ISI chief.
Pakistani Christian official’s slaying stirs fear, discord.
Taliban militants abduct 50 policemen in Afghanistan. Afghanistan: Taliban seize group of would-be police recruits.
Marines from Camp Pendleton relinquish command of key Afghan territory.
AFRICA
U.S. commander: Successes, challenges in Libya. Libyan rebels reclaim 2 oil centers in sweep west. Rebels push west as air strikes hit Gaddafi forces. Libya: Rebels take Ras Lanuf, Brega , Uqayla, Bin Jawad. Kadhafi forces flee rebels sweeping west to Sirte.
UN rights body to send inquiry team to Ivory Coast. Ivory Coast's Ouattara 'rejects' African Union mediator.
Sudan preventing food, health care from reaching Darfur, aid group says.
Burundi, Uganda to send 3,000 more troops to Somalia.
EUROPE
200 arrested as hardcore anarchists fight police long into night in Battle of Trafalgar Square after 500,000 march against the cut. Demonstrators swarm central London to protest spending cuts.
Four dead, 1 missing in Swiss avalanche.
Germany's Merkel faces electoral upset. Germany's ruling party facing defeat in state poll.
Hundreds of thousands protest against nuclear energy across Germany.
AMERICAS
Canada election set for May 2. Canadians trust Harper to be best leader: poll.
Mexican drug arrests come close to drug lord's inner circle.
Napolitano: US border towns with Mexico are safe.
First U.S. female VP candidate Ferraro dies at 75.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
'Al-Qaeda snatched missiles' in Libya.
Suspected al-Qaida attack kills Yemeni troops. Yemen battles al Qaeda as president clings to power.
F.B.I. casts wide net under relaxed rules for terror inquiries, data show.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
Irish bank tests to show 20 billion euros hole: report.
Nuclear industry shielded from big disaster costs.
Analysis: Rich paydays return for big bank CEOs post-crisis.
Tax season: E-filing becomes the new normal.
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