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Fresh Shelling in Syria Ahead of UN Visit

Assaults took place despite Assad's agreeing to April 10 deadline to implement peace plan brokered by UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan

Joint Special Envoy for Syria Kofi Annan (L) speaks with Major-General Robert Mood of Norway during a meeting at the United Nations in Geneva, April 4, 2012.

Suicide Bomber Kills 8 in Somali Capital

President of Somalia Olympic committee and the head of its soccer federation are among the dead

Somalis carry a wounded man away on a stretcher after the blast at the Somali National Theater in Mogadishu, Somalia, April 4, 2012.

Pakistan Wants Evidence Against Militant Leader Targeted by US

Meanwhile, Hafiz Mohammad Saeed publicly taunts the US during a press conference in Rawalpindi

Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, center, talks with religious leaders prior to his news conference in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, April 4, 2012.

Mali Northerners Fear Losing Their Homeland

People from north say they cannot stand by and watch their homeland be confiscated by Islamists and Tuareg rebels

Malian soldiers stand in guard in Kati, outside Bamako (file photo)

Russia's Political Discontent Moves from Winter to Spring

Analysts predict that Russia's spring may not be as quiet as President-elect Putin had hoped

Interior Ministry officers detain opposition activists during a protest rally to defend Article 31 of the Russian constitution, which guarantees the right of assembly, in Moscow, March 31, 2012.

US Physicians Group Offers Evidence of Darfur Atrocities

Report offers medical evidence of widespread torture, sexual assault and other human rights violations against civilians

A handout picture released by the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) shows Sudanese Abdulrahim Ahmed Mohammed, 12, sitting in his house at Al-Salam camp for internally displaced people in El-Fasher, the administrative capital of North

Crises Converge on Burkina Faso

Flood of Malian refugees only adding to country's considerable political, social and economic problems

Map of Burkina Faso

Romney Shifts Focus to Obama in Race for White House

Republican presidential contender has taken a commanding lead in his party's nomination contest

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney

Immigration Tensions Grow as Far Right Plots Pan-European League

Analysts consider Denmark meeting of far-right groups last week as watershed moment

Protesters hold banners as people from anti-Islamic groups from all over Europe came together March 31, 2012 in Aarhus, Denmark.

Gay Activists Say Uganda Becoming More Tolerant

Plight of country's homosexuals has been grabbing international headlines for years

Members of Sexual Minorities Uganda, at the opening of fourth annual sexual and gender-based violence/persecution awareness campaign week in the capital city Kampala, Uganda, March 19, 2012.

Nations Agree on Draft Treaty to End Illicit Tobacco Trade

Intergovernmental body estimates governments lose up to $50 billion a year in tax revenue from illicit trade in tobacco products

Nations have crafted a draft treaty to fight a booming trade in illicit tobacco products that's costing governments around the world as much as US $50 billion a year in lost tax revenue, officials said, April 4, 2012.

Cherry Blossom Symbolizes Japan's Rebirth After Tsunami

Documentary chronicles aftermath of earthquake and tsunami

Cherry blossoms frame a house tumbled by the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami.
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