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Syria Wants Guarantees for Troop Pullback

Damascus says it wants iron-clad assurances that insurgents will stop fighting before it implements agreed to conditions

Syria's Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi speaks during a press conference in Damascus (file photo).

US, Afghanistan Compromise on Night Raid Operations

Under the deal, Afghanistan says, foreign forces will only have a supporting role in Afghan-led night-time operations

India, Pakistan Discuss Terrorism in Rare Top-Level Meeting

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hosts Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari for lunch, discusses wide range of issues

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (R) shakes hands with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari during a meeting in New Delhi, April 8, 2012.

S. Korea Report Says Pyongyang Preparing for Third Nuclear Test

Unidentified intelligence source is quoted as saying satellite images show workers digging new tunnel at Punggye-ri nuclear test site

Map of North Korea

Easter Bomber Strikes in Northern Nigeria

A car bomb explodes on a main street close to a church in the northern city of Kaduna, killing 20 people

Security personnel inspect the mangled remains of bomb-laden car that exploded  along junction road near a church, Kaduna, Nigeria,  April 8, 2012.

UN Chief Urges Swift Transfer of Power in Mali

Military coup leader has said the junta is stepping aside for an interim government of national unity in return for amnesty

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (file)

Rwanda Remembers Genocide 18 Years Later

Country commemorates tragedy which, within 100 days, killed an estimated 800,000 people

Rwandan President Paul Kagame (center) and Rwandan First Lady, Jeanette Kagame, lay a wreath at the Genocide Memorial in Kigali on April 7, 2012.

6 Colombian Soldiers Killed in FARC Ambush

FARC has been at war with the Colombian government since the 1960s

Map of Colombia

Pope Benedict Calls for Peace in Syria in Easter Address

In annual 'urbi et orbi' message, pontiff also denounces terrorist attacks in Nigeria and prays for peace in coup-struck Mali

Thousands gather in St. Peter's Square as Pope Benedict celebrates Easter Mass, Vatican City, Sunday,  8 April, 2012.

Thousands of Christians Converge on Jerusalem for Easter

Hailing from countries from all over the world, pilgrims descend on historic sites to mark event central to their faith

Members of the Catholic clergy hold candles as they take part in a procession at the end of Easter Mass in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City April 8, 2012.
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