Thursday, April 28, 2011

World News Briefs -- April 28, 2011



Gadhafi Girds for Long Survival Battle -- Wall Street Journal

TRIPOLI—On a recent morning dozens of trucks filled with bulk food products coming via neighboring Tunisia were offloaded at the country's largest wholesale market outside the Libyan capital here.

The goods, including bags of flour and rice, filled warehouses as well as trucks headed to other centers sympathetic to Col. Moammar Gadhafi such as Sebha in the south.

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MIDDLE EAST

Syrian ruling party members defect en masse. Crackdown in Syria continues amid reports of resignations.
Experts: Assad's ouster could prompt widespread chaos, violence.

Bahrain sentences four protestors to death.

Newly empowered Egypt brokers Palestinian peace deal. Arab spring pushes Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah to reconcile. Palestinians give cautious welcome to Hamas-Fatah agreement. Surprise Palestinian unity deal challenges Israel.

Turkey plans to build waterway bigger than Suez and Panama canals.

ASIA

Cambodian, Thai military commanders promise ceasefire. Thai-Cambodian cease-fire reported.

North Korea demands U.S. security pledge to give up nuclear program: Carter. DPRK leader says willing to negotiate with S. Korea, six-party members: Carter.

Pakistan asks Afghanistan to distance itself from United States, Afghan officials say.

China says population rises to 1.339 billion. Census report: China could grow old before it grows rich.

AFRICA

Fighting shows no signs of easing in Libyan city Misrata. Libya: Nato strike 'kills rebels' in Misrata. Libya: NATO strike kills 12 rebels; U.S. says death toll could reach 30,000.
Libyan rebels set sights on Misrata airport. U.S. helps Libyan rebels as Gaddafi open new fronts.

Nigerian President considering state of emergency if elections not complete.

Ugandan police arrest opposition leader in teargas raid.

Ivory Coast renegade warlord Ibrahim Coulibaly killed.

As Sierra Leone celebrates its 50th birthday, a look back.

EUROPE

The Eurostar migrants: North African refugees mass at the Paris gateway to Britain as Sarkozy and Berlusconi row about open borders.

Fervor builds ahead of British royal wedding. List of guests attending the royal wedding. Britain withdraws Syria's royal wedding invite.

Belarus opposition leader Andrei Sannikov goes on trial.

Khodorkovsky appeal set for May 17: Russian court.

AMERICAS

Dozens of tornadoes kill 194 in 5 Southern states.

Argentina arrests 'man behind Colombia drug submarines'.

Tall walls separate rival gangs in Mexico prison.

Canada election: High turnout in early voting.

TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

The Al Qaeda sex files.

WikiLeaks files on Guantanamo unlikely to help those jailed on flawed evidence.

Al-Qaeda parade French hostages seized in Niger.

ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

Ben Bernanke pulls back curtain on Federal Reserve in first-ever briefing.

US economic growth slows to 1.8%.

U.S. dollar loses more ground.

Exclusive: Facebook investors look for exits.

Exxon's profit soars 69 percent, tops Street.

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