Some 500 arrested in Syria crackdown: rights group (Reuters)

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• Some 500 arrested in Syria crackdown: rights group (Reuters)
• Ukraine marks Chernobyl anniversary, eyes Fukushima (Reuters)
• U.S. charges Pakistanis in 2008 Mumbai attack plot (Reuters)
• Strong quake hits Central Java, no tsunami: agency (Reuters)
• Royal Wedding: London Security Forces Brace for Threats (Time.com)
• Turkey begins dismantling monument (AP)
• Rights group: Scores detained across Syria (AP)
• Police rescues 51 migrants in Mexican border city (AP)
• Kadhafi defiant despite NATO bombs, rebel gains (AFP)
• Carter, other ex-leaders in NKorea on 3-day visit (AP)
• Australia's Gillard woos China, presses on human rights (Reuters)
• War veterans get help from Rick Iannucci's 'therapeutic riding' program (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Israel's Electric Car Network: Can It Change the World? (Time.com)
• Taliban tunnel frees Kandahar prisoners, in blow to NATO and Afghan forces (The Christian Science Monitor)

Some 500 arrested in Syria crackdown: rights group (Reuters) Posted: 25 Apr 2011 06:33 PM PDT Reuters - Security forces have arrested some 500 pro-democracy sympathizers across Syria after the government sent in tanks to try to crush protests in the city of Deraa, the Syrian rights organization Sawasiah said on Tuesday.

Ukraine marks Chernobyl anniversary, eyes Fukushima (Reuters) Posted: 26 Apr 2011 12:34 AM PDT Reuters - Ukraine marked the 25th anniversary on Tuesday of the world's worst nuclear accident at its Chernobyl power plant as Japan pressed on with efforts to control the crisis at its Fukushima plant.

U.S. charges Pakistanis in 2008 Mumbai attack plot (Reuters) Posted: 25 Apr 2011 04:51 PM PDT Reuters - Four Pakistanis have been charged as co-conspirators in the 2008 Mumbai attack that killed 166 people, including six Americans, U.S. prosecutors said on Monday.

Strong quake hits Central Java, no tsunami: agency (Reuters) Posted: 26 Apr 2011 12:28 AM PDT Reuters - An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 hit near Cilacap in Central Java on Tuesday, the Indonesian earthquake monitoring agency said, adding that no tsunami warning had been issued.

Royal Wedding: London Security Forces Brace for Threats (Time.com) Posted: 26 Apr 2011 12:35 AM PDT Time.com - William and Kate's wedding is the most expensive security event ever staged in Britain -- and a potential target for terrorists. Here are some of the key threats and how security forces are preparing for them

Turkey begins dismantling monument (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2011 01:05 AM PDT AP - Workers have begun dismantling a giant sculpture meant to promote reconciliation between Turkey and Armenia.

Rights group: Scores detained across Syria (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2011 01:05 AM PDT AP - A Syrian human rights group says dozens have been detained across the country, a day after the army's deadly raid on a southern city at the center of the uprising against President Bashar Assad.

Police rescues 51 migrants in Mexican border city (AP) Posted: 25 Apr 2011 09:10 PM PDT AP - Mexico's federal police rescued 51 people, including six Chinese and 18 Central American migrants, who were captive in the same border city where more than five dozen people were freed last week, authorities said Monday night.

Kadhafi defiant despite NATO bombs, rebel gains (AFP) Posted: 26 Apr 2011 12:41 AM PDT AFP - Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi remained defiant on Tuesday after his compound was hit by NATO bombs and rebels in Misrata said they had pushed his troops out of the besieged city.

Carter, other ex-leaders in NKorea on 3-day visit (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2011 01:11 AM PDT AP - Former President Jimmy Carter and other past world leaders were hoping to meet with North Korea's ruler as they began a three-day mission Tuesday to discuss dangerous food shortages and stalled nuclear disarmament talks.

Australia's Gillard woos China, presses on human rights (Reuters) Posted: 26 Apr 2011 12:42 AM PDT Reuters - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Tuesday pressed China on human rights and North Korea, at the same time seeking to boost trade with her country's biggest buyer of coal and iron ore.

War veterans get help from Rick Iannucci's 'therapeutic riding' program (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 25 Apr 2011 06:52 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Rick Iannucci, director of Cowboy Up!, a horse therapy program for combat veterans, keeps a little notebook with quotations in the back pocket of his jeans.

Israel's Electric Car Network: Can It Change the World? (Time.com) Posted: 26 Apr 2011 12:35 AM PDT Time.com - TIME goes for a test ride on Better Place's vaunted electric car and its potentially revolutionary network, which could debut in Israel as early as November

Taliban tunnel frees Kandahar prisoners, in blow to NATO and Afghan forces (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 25 Apr 2011 06:07 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - In one of the most elaborate prison breaks in recent Afghan history, the Taliban managed to free hundreds of inmates from Kandahar’s central prison in the early hours of Monday morning through a 1,180-foot tunnel.

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