Muslim Brotherhood backs Syria protests (Reuters)

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• Muslim Brotherhood backs Syria protests (Reuters)
• Bahrain sentences four to die over police killing (Reuters)
• Morocco says Marrakesh blast a "terrorist attack" (Reuters)
• China pushes back after U.S. criticism on rights (Reuters)
• Q&A: Comedian Jason Manford on the Royal Wedding (Time.com)
• Daimler Q1 net nearly doubles to $1.7 billion (AP)
• Death toll in Morocco attack rises to 16 (AP)
• Mexico loves pope despite ties to Maciel scandal (AP)
• Egypt to throw open Rafah border crossing with Gaza: FM (AFP)
• Volunteers rush to tsunami-hit areas during holidays (AFP)
• Harper says surging NDP a danger to economy (Reuters)
• Two Australians charged over military sex scandal (AFP)
• London quiet on the eve of William and Kate's wedding (The Christian Science Monitor)
• How the Monarchy Allows Britannia to Make Waves (Time.com)
• Bahrain sentences four protesters to death, deepening anger among Shiites (The Christian Science Monitor)

Muslim Brotherhood backs Syria protests (Reuters) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 05:09 PM PDT Reuters - The Muslim Brotherhood called on Syrians to take to the streets ahead of Friday prayers and help the besieged city of Deraa, where a rights group said civilian deaths from a tank-backed army attack rose to 50.

Bahrain sentences four to die over police killing (Reuters) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 05:12 PM PDT Reuters - A Bahraini military court ordered the death penalty for four men Thursday over the killing of two policemen in recent protests, state media said, a move that could increase sectarian strife in a close U.S. ally.

Morocco says Marrakesh blast a "terrorist attack" (Reuters) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 07:17 PM PDT Reuters - Morocco said a bomb that killed at least 14 people, including 10 foreigners, in its busiest tourist destination was a terrorist act, the interior minister said.

China pushes back after U.S. criticism on rights (Reuters) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 10:40 PM PDT Reuters - China pushed back against U.S. criticism of its human rights situation on Friday following talks on the issue, saying that the Chinese people were "most qualified" to talk on the topic and defending the detention of artist Ai Weiwei.

Q&A: Comedian Jason Manford on the Royal Wedding (Time.com) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 11:55 PM PDT Time.com - With the royal wedding only days away, British comedian Jason Manford answers the burning questions about "commoners," Prince Harry's best man's speech and what to get the couple who has everything

Daimler Q1 net nearly doubles to $1.7 billion (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 12:43 AM PDT AP - Automaker Daimler AG says it nearly doubled net profit in the first quarter as its luxury Mercedes brand kept up its strong sales performance in China.

Death toll in Morocco attack rises to 16 (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 12:39 AM PDT AP - Morocco's state news agency says the death toll in a terrorist attack at a tourist cafe in Marrakech has risen to 16.

Mexico loves pope despite ties to Maciel scandal (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 10:52 PM PDT AP - From nearly the beginning of his 26-year papacy, John Paul II was known as Mexico's pope, visiting Latin America's second-largest Roman Catholic country more often than any other nation except his native Poland and France. In an irony on the eve of one of his final steps to sainthood, it is also the country his critics point to in arguing against canonizing the popular pope who died in 2005.

Egypt to throw open Rafah border crossing with Gaza: FM (AFP) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 12:21 AM PDT AFP - Egypt will permanently open the Rafah border crossing to ease the blockade on Gaza, Foreign Minister Nabil al-Arabi said Friday, sparking Israeli concerns over the implications for regional security.

Volunteers rush to tsunami-hit areas during holidays (AFP) Posted: 29 Apr 2011 12:22 AM PDT AFP - Thousands of volunteers rushed to Japan's disaster-hit northeast for a holiday week starting Friday, prompting welcomes mixed with worries about traffic chaos and administrative nightmares.

Harper says surging NDP a danger to economy (Reuters) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 07:02 PM PDT Reuters - Prime Minister Stephen Harper, his ruling Conservatives under siege from the left-leaning New Democrats, warned on Thursday the opposition party would wreak havoc with a fragile economy if it gained power in a May 2 federal election.

Two Australians charged over military sex scandal (AFP) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 11:56 PM PDT AFP - Two young men were charged Friday over a sex scandal at a prestigious Australian military college which led to a review of the treatment of women in the armed forces.

London quiet on the eve of William and Kate's wedding (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 01:07 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - With royal family wedding rehearsals over, there’s less than 24 hours before Prince William and Catherine Middleton exchange vows in the "wedding of the century."

How the Monarchy Allows Britannia to Make Waves (Time.com) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 11:55 PM PDT Time.com - British royalty hasn't had much real power since 1688 but, with the decline of the empire, it has become one of the most effective projections of soft power in the world

Bahrain sentences four protesters to death, deepening anger among Shiites (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 11:36 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A Bahrain military court today sentenced four antigovernment Shiite demonstrators to death after finding them guilty of murdering two policemen during protests that have rocked the small kingdom.

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