Poland mourns president as plane crash investigation begins
Kate Connolly in Warsaw and Luke Harding in Moscow
guardian.co.uk, Sunday 11 April 2010 23.10 BST
Hundreds of thousands of Poles lined the streets of Warsaw as the body of President Lech Kaczynski returned home from Russia, where he and scores of Poland's political and military elite were killed in a plane crash.
Stunned by the country's worst tragedy since the second world war, onlookers waved the national flag and threw flowers on to the hearse as it slowly travelled the six miles from the military airport to Warsaw's presidential palace.
Mourners strain to catch a glimpse of the hearse carrying the coffin of late Polish President Lech Kaczynski upon its arrival at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw. (Sean Gallup / Getty Images / April 11, 2010)
Sudan holds landmark multi-party elections
BBC
Page last updated at 22:22 GMT, Sunday, 11 April 2010 23:22 UK
Voters in Sudan have cast their ballots on the opening day of its first multi-party elections in 24 years.
Presidential, parliamentary and state assembly polls are being held over three days under the deal that ended the war between north and south Sudan.
Car bomb explodes at Ulster army barracks
Henry McDonald, Ireland correspondent
The Guardian, Monday 12 April 2010
A car bomb exploded early this morning on the outskirts of Belfast, timed to coincide with the transfer of power as the Stormont parliament took over judicial and policing powers at midnight. Northern Ireland now has its first justice minister in nearly four decades.
After Clashes, Thai Standoff Deepens
By SETH MYDANS
NY Times
Published: April 11, 2010
BANGKOK — A political standoff intensified Sunday after the worst civil violence in nearly 20 years, with protesters standing their ground on the streets of Bangkok and the government ignoring their demand to step down and call new elections.
Thailand protesters get satellite TV channel back on the air
By Patrick Winn
LA Times
April 10, 2010
Reporting from Bangkok, Thailand
Protesters in Thailand overran a satellite TV station Friday and muscled their anti-government TV channel back on the air in a sign of rising defiance two days after authorities declared a state of emergency in Bangkok, the capital.
Anti-government "Red Shirt" demonstrators are seen through a smashed windshield as Thai protesters laid siege in Pathum Thani, north of Bangkok, to a shuttered satellite TV station, which they returned to the air. (Athit Perawongmetha / Getty Images / April 9, 2010)
Ousted Kyrgyz President Claims Popular Support
By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
NY Times
Published: April 11, 2010
TEYIT, Kyrgyzstan — The president of this strategically important country, who was forced from the capital last week in bloody rioting, insisted in an interview on Sunday that he retained popular support, and he mocked the interim government that has claimed power.
Jet Fuel Sales to U.S. Base Are an Issue in Kyrgyzstan
By ANDREW E. KRAMER
NY Times
Published: April 11, 2010
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Back in 2005, the last time angry crowds toppled the government of Kyrgyzstan, the United States found itself in an awkward position: among the rallying cries was an allegation that the ruling family had benefited handsomely from Pentagon contracts. Now, substantially the same thing appears to be happening again.
China reports rare trade deficit
By Chris Hogg
BBC News, Hainan
China has recorded its first monthly trade deficit in almost six years.
Officials blame the $7.2bn (£4.7bn) deficit on rising volumes and prices of the raw materials the country needs to import to power its economy.
Yuan rise bad for China's economy, minister warns
By Chris Hogg
BBC News, at the Boao Forum for Asia, Hainan, China
Allowing the yuan to strengthen against the dollar would hurt the Chinese economy in the short-term, a senior Chinese official has told the BBC.
But Yi Xiaozhun, a vice-minister in the commerce ministry, said he expected the currency to rise in the longer-term.
Iran unveils 'faster' uranium centrifuges
BBC
Page last updated at 18:57 GMT, Friday, 9 April 2010 19:57 UK
Iran's president has unveiled new "third-generation" centrifuges that its nuclear chief says can enrich uranium much faster than current technology.
The centrifuges would have separation power six times that of the first generation, Ali Akbar Salehi said in a speech marking National Nuclear Day.
Uranium enrichment is the central concern of Western nations negotiating with Iran over its nuclear programme.
Russia cast as nuclear security leader despite flaws
Steve Gutterman
Reuters
WASHINGTON
Sun Apr 11, 2010 6:16pm EDT
The nuclear security summit starting on Monday is a chance for Russia to promote itself as a global leader on the crucial issue, but experts say Moscow must do more to safeguard its own big stocks of bomb ingredients.
IRAN: Tehran's unveiling of new air defense system seen as a warning to the West
LA Times
April 11, 2010
9:57 am
Iran unveiled a new "homemade" missile defense system on Sunday that its defense minister claims is capable of destroying "advanced airplanes flying at low and medium altitudes" in a show of force that can easily be read as a warning to Western powers seeking to pressure Iran over its nuclear program.
Israeli PM Netanyahu pulls out of US nuclear summit
BBC
Page last updated at 08:03 GMT, Friday, 9 April 2010 09:03 UK
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has cancelled a visit to the US where he was to attend a summit on nuclear security, Israeli officials say.
Mr Netanyahu made the decision after learning that Egypt and Turkey intended to raise the issue of Israel's presumed nuclear arsenal, the officials said.
Yemen says seeks cleric, yet to get U.S. intelligence
Reuters
DUBAI
Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:48pm EDT
Yemen said on Sunday it is trying to detain a Muslim cleric wanted dead or alive by Washington, but has yet to receive intelligence from the United States on the U.S.-born militant's activities.
Haitian earthquake victims relocated to new camps
By Joe Mozingo
LA Times
April 11, 2010
Reporting from Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
Relief organizations on Saturday began to move Haitians from tent camps that are in danger of flooding to new camps on the perimeter of the city, part of a larger plan to decentralize the population after January's devastating earthquake. |
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