- Cameroon sets date for legislative, municipal elections (AFP)
- Taliban seeks exchange for aid workers (AP)
- Fidel Castro meets with Chinese official (AP)
- Hundreds flee battles in Somali capital (AP)
- Koreas talks snag on nuclear issue (AP)
- American billionaire returns to Earth (AP)
- Head of China's state-backed church dies (AP)
- Violence, delays threaten to mar Nigeria poll (Reuters)
- Lampard relishing title tussle (AFP)
- Exiled Bangladesh party leader determined to return home (AFP)
- Indonesian train derails, injuring 70 (AP)
- Egyptian-Canadian convicted of spying (AP)
- Seven killed in Sri Lanka violence (AFP)
- Bush to visit Poland in June: paper (Reuters)
- Polls open in historic but troubled Nigeria election (AFP)
- Peace Corps member died of head trauma (AP)
- Australian police rule out foul play in 'ghost yacht' mystery (AFP)
- Lara seeks farewell win in England match (AFP)
- Pope urges Sri Lanka to respect rights in island's conflict (AFP)
- Search for Australian "ghost ship" crew scaled back (Reuters)
- Bangladesh party leaders battle for power as ex-PM faces exile (AFP)
- Search for Australian "ghost ship" crew scaled back (Reuters)
- Polish soldier killed in Iraq, 4 wounded (AP)
- Truck bomb fails ahead of Nigerian vote (AP)
- Palestinian killed in West Bank raid (AP)
- Indian teachers "purify" students with cow urine (Reuters)
- Gunmen bomb Gaza private school (AP)
- Failed bombing on Nigeria's voting day (AP)
- Chinese official meets Castro: TV (AFP)
- Taliban demand troop withdrawal in exchange for French hostages (AFP)
- Tanker fails to explode near Nigerian election HQ (Reuters)
- Ponting leads Aussie and Kiwi praise for retiring Lara (AFP)
- North Korea, Myanmar seen resuming ties (Reuters)
- Clashes break out near Baghdad mosque (AP)
- Iran: West should build nuclear plants (AP)
- US said to offer Russia new incentives on missile defense (AFP)
- Police storm Tokyo apartment, arrest armed man (AFP)
- Suspense hangs over election in France (AP)
- Bolivia retakes natural gas pipeline (AP)
- China gas blasts kill nine miners, 19 missing: media (Reuters)
- Blair's aides said to face charges in 'cash-for-honours' row (AFP)
- Musharraf offers to mediate in Mideast (AP)
- Game park owner mauled to death by lions (AP)
- Malaysian Fly Asian in $2.75 bln Airbus deal: report (Reuters)
- Ecaudor: 82 percent support new charter (AP)
- US, Australia warn of fresh terrorist attacks in Philippines (AFP)
- Rescuers search for missing yacht crew (AP)
- France prepares to choose new president, as campaign closes (AFP)
- Fidel Castro receives top China official (Reuters)
- South Koreans feel sorrow over shootings (AP)
- Jihadist video shows boy beheading man (AP)
- Taliban demand troop withdrawal in exchange for French hostages (AFP)
- Venezuela to push U.N. on militant case (AP)
- Violence, disorganisation threaten historic Nigerian election (AFP)
- Gates links Iraqi progress to troop need (AP)
- Pope approves report on teaching limbo (AP)
- French mull choices on eve of presidential poll (Reuters)
- Peru's 'miracle baby' walks on her own (AP)
- EU chief urges democratic solution in Romania (AFP)
- U.N. chief urges end to Somalia fighting (AP)
- EU sees no urgency on Iraqi refugees (AP)
- U.S. frustrated on India nuclear deal (Reuters)
- Pope approves report on teaching limbo (AP)
- Iran: West should build nuclear plants (AP)
- African Anglican bishops support Mugabe (AP)
- Top China official visits Cuba, meets Raul Castro (Reuters)
- Taliban demand troop withdrawal in exchange for French hostages (AFP)
- Malaysia showing flexibility in trade talks: U.S. (Reuters)
- Scientists equip narwhals as arctic oceanographers (Reuters)
- 'Antichrist' to preach in Guatemala (AP)
- High-level talks set amid US frustration at Indian nuclear deal (AFP)
- Scientists equip narwhals as arctic oceanographers (Reuters)
- Iraqi insurgents now fighting each other (AP)
- Main presidential contenders in Nigeria (AP)
- Romania's suspended president faces impeachment (Reuters)
- Japanese police seize barricaded mobster (AP)
- Officials puzzle over missing yacht crew (AP)
- Former African leaders ready to help defuse Zimbabwe crisis (AFP)
- Jihadist video shows boy beheading man (AP)
- EU cool on hosting Iraqi refugees from Jordan (AFP)
- Bacher believes South Africa can win World Cup (AFP)
- Sympathy and shame in South Korea (AP)
- FTSE 100 rises as Alliance Boots soars on takeover battle (AFP)
- Libyan, US firms in petrochemical joint venture (AFP)
- Bollywood's star couple marry after marathon celebrations (AFP)
- U.N. rights report omits Iraqi civilians (AP)
- Japan's empress recovers from illness (AP)
- French presidential race goes down to the wire (AFP)
- Report: 113 slain over 3 days in Somalia (AP)
- London workmen paint over graffiti by top artist (AFP)
- 'Pirates' attack oil rig security vessel in Niger Delta (AFP)
- Kidnapped Japanese businessman freed in Paraguay (AFP)
- Alliance Boots subject of bidding war (AP)
- 'EGuinea coup plot confession dictated to me', says Briton (AFP)
- Australia's drought linked to global warming (AFP)
- France's presidential race winds down (AP)
- Mandela to stand alongside Churchill and Disraeli (AFP)
- Nigeria president calls for action to stop election 'rigging' (AFP)
- Will of Asia's richest woman in dispute (AP)
- Nigerian leader urges peaceful vote (AP)
- Pro-Pakistan tribal leader 'would shelter Bin Laden' (AFP)
- Air force jet crashes in Wales (AFP)
- Oil workers' boat attacked in Nigeria (AP)
- U.S. Embassy in Germany boosts security, cites threat (Reuters)
- Pakistani Taliban militant offers refuge for bin Laden (Reuters)
- Private equity giants battle over Boots (AFP)
- Hero Virginia Tech professor buried (AP)
- Soldiers intercept rigged ballots in Nigeria (Reuters)
- Japan eyes tighter gun control rules (AFP)
- Mandela to stand alongside Churchill and Disraeli (AFP)
- China coal mine gas "burst" traps 11 (Reuters)
- North Korea to invite U.N. inspectors (AP)
- Iran, EU to meet on nuclear stand-off on April 25 (Reuters)
- Mugabe 'an outstanding leader', says Zambian vice-president (AFP)
- Exterminator sentenced for stealing (AP)
- Boots pharmacy group recommends KKR's $21 billion takeover bid (AFP)
- Koreas resume talks after stormy session (AFP)
- U.S. walls off Baghdad neighborhood (AP)
- Presidential poll: Obasanjo says world is watching Nigeria (AFP)
- Pakistanis march against Islamic extremists (AFP)
- Inventors look to turn creations to cash (AP)
- 1 U.S. service member killed in Iraq (AP)
- Colombia's Uribe says Gore shunned him (AP)
- Automakers display new products in China (AP)
- Australian "ghost ship" mystery puzzles rescuers (Reuters)
- Controversial 'Jane Austen' portrait fails to sell at auction (AFP)
- 4 tribe members held in timber co. fire (AP)
- Chinese poplar trees to undergo "aaa change" (Reuters)
- Australia's drought linked to global warming (AFP)
- Colombian truck crashes, spills cocaine (AP)
- Chrysler to sell Dodge vehicles in China (AP)
- UN: Children's detention feeds violence (AP)
- Feng shui master claims Asian fortune (AFP)
- Wild boar shuts down Spanish highway (AP)
- Severed heads delivered to Philippines military (AFP)
- Australian authorities puzzled by missing yacht crew (Canadian Press)
- Swedish hospital may ban Crocs (AP)
- Israel: Saudi plan not enough (AP)
- 27 Taliban killed in Afghan fighting (AP)
- Offensive couch label traced to China (AP)
- NATO seeks Russia accord on missile plan (AP)
- Iraq warns Turaaa on Kurdish action (AP)
- Militant's release angers Cuba (AP)
- Kyrgyz police disperse protesters (AP)
- Colombia to rebuild volcano-damaged area (AP)
- Koreas resume talks after stormy session (AFP)
- Mystery yacht found without crew off Australia (AFP)
- Tsunami warning in southern Japan after quake (Reuters)
- Gates: 'Clock Is Ticking' on Iraq (AP)
- Sudan accuses U.N. panel of lying (AP)
- Ethnic Uighur's life sentence blow to Sino-Canadian relations (AFP)
- Britons hope to use home advantage in 2012 (Reuters)
- Egyptian among Virginia shooting victims (AP)
- Al-Qaida chief appointed minister of war (AP)
- Suicide bombing kills 12 in Baghdad (AP)
- Blair says no UK referendum on new EU treaty: report (Reuters)
- Iran dam said to threaten ancient sites (AP)
- Drug gang hitmen blamed in hospital raid (AP)
- Strong earthquake hits Japan (AP)
- Australia's hippy capital fears freedom at risk (Reuters)
- Germany ratifies accord on Nazi archive (AP)
- Warsaw ghetto uprising commemorated (AP)
- Hicks set to leave Guantanamo for Australia: attorney (AFP)
- London council agrees on site for Mandela statue (AFP)
- Militant's release angers Cuba (AP)
- Bank transfer said snagging N.Korea deal (Reuters)
- Canada mum freezes eggs so daughter can have child (Reuters)
- Iran dam said to threaten ancient sites (AP)
- Sarwan leads West Indies to emphatic win over Bangladesh (AFP)
- French candidates make final push for votes (Reuters)
- Egyptian among Virginia shooting victims (AP)
- Nigerian election: aaa parties withdraw boycott threat (AFP)
- China sentences Canadian to life term (AP)
- Sudan's Beshir to meet Eritrean president over Darfur (AFP)
- Canada's opposition seeks exit tiaaaable for Afghanistan (AFP)
- Controversial 'Jane Austen' portrait fails to sell at auction (AFP)
- Politics seen in Mubarak son's marriage (AP)
- Offensive couch label traced to China (AP)
- aaatuplet mother doing well in hospital (AFP)
- Nepal PM greets new Chinese envoy, king out of the picture (AFP)
- Phone saves Irish bag handler from unplanned NYC trip (AFP)
- Government aircraft bomb village in Darfur: rebels (Reuters)
- US takes firm line in nuclear negotiations with India (AFP)
- aaa Nigerian opposition parties call off boycott threat (AFP)
- Pakistanis march against vigilantes (AP)
- Drought threat for Australia irrigation (AP)
- Insurgents announce `Islamic Cabinet' (AP)
- Group says Congo using child soldiers (AP)
- Iranian court overturns death sentence (AP)
- Mauritania's first freely elected president takes office (AFP)
- Terror group posts execution video (AP)
- BBC reporter kidnapped in Gaza is alive: Abbas (AFP)
- Turaaa denounces grisly murders, Christians decry 'witch hunt' (AFP)
- Lebanese bank offers plastic surgery loans (Reuters)
- Abbas says British journalist is alive (AP)
- Somalia fighting kills at least 12 (AP)
- EU nations agree to new racism rules (AP)
- China tops EU report on dangerous consumer goods (AFP)
- Rwandan on trial over Belgian peacekeeper killings (Reuters)
- Kyrgyz police disperse protesters (AP)
- Romanian parliament votes to suspend president (AFP)
- Rolls-Royce quits Sudan on 'humanitarian concerns' (AFP)
- Police: Polar bear threat a hoax (AP)
- World needs to axe greenhouse gases by 80 pct: report (Reuters)
- Egypt urges UN to avoid more Sudan sanctions (AFP)
- Indian MP accused in Canada people smuggling plot (AFP)
- Belgian firm says speak Dutch or be fired (Reuters)
- Algerian gives birth to seven babies (Reuters)
- Gates visits China, urges tech investment (AP)
- Gates in Iraq to spur reconciliation (AP)
- Polls show France faces cliffhanger vote (AP)
- Russia: Skinheads threat for college (AP)
- Russian envoy, Syria's Assad meet (AP)
- 24 Taliban killed in Afghan battle (AFP)
- Tag elderly people with dementia, minister suggests (AFP)
- Bombs won't derail Algeria reconciliation: leaders (Reuters)
- 27 Taliban killed in Afghanistan (AP)
- SAfrica presidential funds stolen from airbase (Reuters)
- Report: Darfur kids endure horrific acts (AP)
- Two Koreas argue which comes first: rice or reactor (Reuters)
- Wall St set for weaker start; Google, Merrill eyed (Reuters)
- Gates, Olmert discuss Iranian issue (AP)
- Spanish group Sacyr bids 6.5 bln euros for Eiffage (AFP)
- Nigeria's presidential poll to be held as planned: commission (AFP)
- Chinese stocks shed 4.5 percent (AP)
- U.S. seeks to reassure on missile defense (AP)
- Turaaa detains more in Bible attack (AP)
- Sudan's young endure "unspeakable" abuse: report (Reuters)
- Sacked Pakistan judge in new appeal (AFP)
- U.S. seeks to reassure on missile defense (AP)
- Turaaa detains more in Bible attack (AP)
- Sudan's young endure "unspeakable" abuse: report (Reuters)
- Sacked Pakistan judge in new appeal (AFP)
- Four central Africa armies agree to root out rebels (Reuters)
- Policemen, soldiers charged with killing Kashmir shopkeeper (AFP)
- 2 Arab League nations to approach Israel (AP)
- U.S. shooter troubled parents as kid (AP)
- N. Korea demands food aid (AP)
- Spanish group Sacyr bids 6.5 bln euros for Eiffage: source (AFP)
- Saudis arrest 8 in Frenchmen's deaths (AP)
- Rwanda files case against France (AP)
- Japan mourns slain Nagasaki mayor (AFP)
- Rare footage of WWI Gallipoli battle unearthed (Reuters)
- 4 blasts in Baghdad kill at least 183 (AP)
- Watchdog: Iran moves ahead nuke program (AP)
- Army medic serves sentence for desertion (AP)
- 3 killed at Tijuana hospital (AP)
- Report: Sudan violated U.N. arms embargo (AP)
- Chinese couple sues Yahoo for man's imprisonment (Reuters)
- Italian court revisits CIA indictments (AP)