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[/url]AFP - World powers have held talks on how to keep Iran's nuclear program in check, with US calls for strong UN action meeting resistance from Russia and China and open defiance from Tehran. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - An overcrowded bus speeding home from a religious festival veered off a highway emergency ramp and crashed through a metal barrier, plunging more than 650 feet into a ravine. Fifty-seven people were killed, including a 13-year-old boy. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - U.S. military deaths in Iraq have risen sharply in April -- after five straight months of decline -- amid warnings by American officials that the failure to form a new Iraqi government has helped perpetuate violence. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao left for the United States for a much-anticipated summit with George W. Bush, looking to convince his US host that China's fast-growing economy is no threat. Link To Original Article
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AP - Prosecutors on Monday released a prominent opposition figure who was detained early this month after a fight with his rivals at party headquarters. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Saddam Hussein's lawyer Monday challenged findings of handwriting experts verifying the former president's signature on documents linked to a crackdown on Shiites, and demanded a review by specialists from anywhere except Iran or Israel. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Italy's centre-left leader Romano Prodi has held talks with allies to prepare for power as he awaits a supreme court verdict expected to confirm his slim poll victory over Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Link To Original Article
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AP - One of India's leading newspaper groups plans to enter the country's crowded market for business news with the launch of a new daily newspaper. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday the United Nations must consider strong action against Iran, such as a resolution that could lead to sanctions or lay the groundwork for force. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - A car apparently driven by a suicide bomber exploded Monday in front of a U.S. observation post in central Iraq, sending up a huge fireball and damaging buildings and cars on a main road. There were no reports of U.S. casualties. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Iraq rebels have staged bomb attacks and battled US forces in a wave of violence that has seen the US military suffer one of its deadliest months since the 2003 invasion, as the country's protracted power vacuum dragged. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - Australia will not apologise to Indonesia for granting temporary asylum to 42 people including several independence activists from the troubled province of Papua, Prime Minister John Howard said. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - The political snarl over choosing Iraq's new government tightened Monday as Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari's party indicated it was standing firm for him to keep the post for a second term despite opposition from Sunni Arabs and Kurds. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - Gunmen killed the brother of a top Iraqi Sunni politician, officials said on Monday, the second killing in less than a week of a relative of a Sunni leader as deadlock over a unity government showed no sign of ending. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - For everyone who has put off doing income taxes until the last minute, time's up. Because the normal April 15 filing deadline fell on a Saturday this year, it was extended to today. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - The political snarl over choosing Iraq's new government tightened Monday as Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari's party indicated it was standing firm for him to keep the post for a second term despite opposition from Sunni Arabs and Kurds. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Defense lawyers for Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui will have to persuade a jury to spare their client's life without the help of his al-Qaida comrade, would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Experts confirmed the authenticity of Saddam Hussein's signature on documents connected to a crackdown on Shiites in the 1980s, prosecutors said Monday in a new session of the trial of the former Iraqi leader and seven co-defendants. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - Saddam Hussein and seven co-accused returned to court on Monday and proceedings focused on attempts to prove the ousted Iraqi president signed documents implicating him in crimes against humanity. Link To Original Article
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