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Major-General Mood leads advance team of about 15 UN soldiers tasked with monitoring a truce agreement plagued by continued fighting | ![UN-appointed Norwegian Major General Robert Mood talks to the media after his arrival at Damascus airport, April 29, 2012. UN-appointed Norwegian Major General Robert Mood talks to the media after his arrival at Damascus airport, April 29, 2012.](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vP_nnjWYviEFglf56z-bGsbLNlxY6AeAkYlUW_-FgXM5mNZCmUePPlrbg-XAaXPivu0FiDkXpEdOVlQZFDGY6sGzdOoeTu8iPRX59xRj0lFWLCsl61pcTCxEXRW3PU6ss=s0-d) |
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There has been no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which appears to have targeted a morning Christian worship service | ![Local officials remove the body of a victim from the back of a bus, in front of Aminu Kano teaching hospital in Nigeria's northern city of Kano, April 29, 2012. Local officials remove the body of a victim from the back of a bus, in front of Aminu Kano teaching hospital in Nigeria's northern city of Kano, April 29, 2012.](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tq6sNdjeVZm5PPr4QUf9fJhtlP7MuzZAOtZrU2w4JsBQ620kGd9CaPNEvkvdI9tI6ulcvqiPeomSqKDe7d2p4O092iymFyCBP7u5c0QDinpuh71PlxEwpkAdvx_M3KZ1R9-1ETz50ogvVLKUpWnyYFqtkL=s0-d) |
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Police trying to establish whether Nairobi incident was a result of internal dispute or part of larger plot | ![Detectives inspect the scene of an explosion inside the God's House of Miracles International Church in Nairobi, site of the April 29, 2012 grenade attack. Detectives inspect the scene of an explosion inside the God's House of Miracles International Church in Nairobi, site of the April 29, 2012 grenade attack.](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_t0g-1pM7Y5vfH_F4fEFV1OlLCwwdIg34OXn4IFk1cTTj185IfvdwBN23hiNc1n1MRJckwwWVXjpgMRoJ_q_ir52tAK2TbYxdfWPgdYpYpCggotlT42sR_gXSNcB2_ktexTKqVBNzO25FY=s0-d) |
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Coup leader Amadou Sanogo says junta was not consulted on decisions made at a recent ECOWAS meeting in Abidjan | ![Mali's military junta leader, Captain Amadou Sanogo signs documents as the junta and the West African bloc ECOWAS announced a deal that includes the lifting of sanctions and an amnesty for those involved in last month's coup at the Kati military camp, nea Mali's military junta leader, Captain Amadou Sanogo signs documents as the junta and the West African bloc ECOWAS announced a deal that includes the lifting of sanctions and an amnesty for those involved in last month's coup at the Kati military camp, nea](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vBxjL43CNg27WhMYzzGZsKc8E1uRt2y5eU2-l3Qzk8NHlhYrN1Oqwd78AvaRhhwoe_924oGr_OI_xzrLm4B5FZISVnxenSWg_urce0fvP82TsqtB2X-cj9iK2g-48y9oTuoO7Dnm5gFt6U6t4=s0-d) |
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Envoy's recall, which follows anti-Saudi protests in Egypt, is the latest sign of rising tensions between the two Arab neighbors | ![Security forces and tanks stand outside the now vacated Saudi embassy in Cairo, April 29 2012 (VOA - E. Arrott). Security forces and tanks stand outside the now vacated Saudi embassy in Cairo, April 29 2012 (VOA - E. Arrott).](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_unGmIVNBhoxfy4TqUETH19XPPkfFmqJFLBahHqyT96odoe2WFRQPzXN8zY1ziVJ84qHZbVt7ztEkrd3-_iE9HGEEYM17VytffkQz4FRYER7SjAsXt5ul0RQcOtqVrJ2OzQcBbn6hP5L0BC2g=s0-d) |
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Identities of captors unknown as body of 60-year-old Red Cross physician Khalil Rasjed Dale, kidnapped January 5, is found in Quetta | ![Pakistani security officials stand next to the covered body of British Red Cross physician Khalil Rasjed Dale in Quetta April 29, 2012. Pakistani security officials stand next to the covered body of British Red Cross physician Khalil Rasjed Dale in Quetta April 29, 2012.](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_v49or4Qz40dZo1-tViX8Nj-ifOQpe5c9SmsRY3xwXAZNB1UEkTShCOrh8Z6uzObsXFEd_cB4VRMLkft1HIcaZNyccpJJ_J7DzlsgOCyziGzUwk_3omQ2ZG_YZozA4HktafikqF=s0-d) |
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Ban says Burma has entered a critical moment against the backdrop of a series of reforms undertaken over the past year | ![U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, center left, and his wife Yoo Soon-taek, center right, receive flowers from a staff upon their arrival U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, center left, and his wife Yoo Soon-taek, center right, receive flowers from a staff upon their arrival](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_urFZGrkwhtS0TB46pYI_cS1TPHTu1w8RL4KYQ41hycmgPlZaEof9hVIjV5CZ9VwNCDiP27blUZ4kWuCfbR49rfiiYrvI1NvAFqwsC2Tjok0StnClXnR66PasTX3-J46Jl-uhp94L8n1Ws6izY=s0-d) |
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Earlier, Khartoum arrests a Briton, a Norwegian, and a South African, accusing them spying for S. Sudan | ![map of sudan and south sudan map of sudan and south sudan](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uuMN1Hhjv9_QbZXY9kWtm0XAHfAqwukVhtiiQK2UmtvGV5MZZ7hRp6HI5jIQ7Ab3am8USy2LPrd6rbiNfudxwDo8ofyQPouhiGMZx6ofQazEwzXF2FcAVdKjMr8Xsf7Txg=s0-d) |
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Romeo Langlois, a reporter for news channel France 24, was covering a military mission in southern Colombia | ![Map of Colombia Map of Colombia](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tIejC52NGquLitBK3k3Idf7zs800YcVM9fV9zzS9-AsUryZGGul5MNktwO7VD7EfLo3PkNYxepON_aEBv80bXvhpexpq7ugrrD8CdInX7ElJChIg3zElTcU-gwX9G3KvXM=s0-d) |
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President Obama and comedian Jimmy Kimmel joke about Washington politics at annual dinner with Hollywood celebrities, reporters | ![U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with comedian Jimmy Kimmel as WHCA President and Reuters correspondent Caren Bohan (C) watches at the White House Correspondents Association annual dinner in Washington, April 28, 2012. U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with comedian Jimmy Kimmel as WHCA President and Reuters correspondent Caren Bohan (C) watches at the White House Correspondents Association annual dinner in Washington, April 28, 2012.](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vA4S8Q5NHN3z2OqJvii7drIeJ4F30ncTb2N44c35Zmv5tx0aGnTd2x9UwuRklwAWGhLkjWqFapFj739NnHE0sXd3OLVUqVEjlAj6xpDA76zU0Cb6z4L-CEMGTmFg3-iSOlzeom5KwIAEE=s0-d) |
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