Libyan envoy takes Gaddafi message to Greece (Reuters)

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• Libyan envoy takes Gaddafi message to Greece (Reuters)
• Ivory Coast calm as rivals hold positions (Reuters)
• Suicide blasts at Sufi shrine in Pakistan kill 41 (Reuters)
• TEPCO uses bath salts in effort to stop radiation leaks (Reuters)
• "No information" in disappearance of China dissident artist (Reuters)
• In Japan, Mass Burials Are Another Cause for Grief (Time.com)
• FTSE down 0.37% at open (AFP)
• Libya releases Al-Jazeera reporter; 3 others held (AP)
• Jailed 'kingpin' implicates Chavez government (AP)
• Gadhafi envoy in Europe to seek end to crisis (AP)
• Death toll hits 11, hundreds flee Philippine clash (AFP)
• Liberals lay out election platform (Reuters)
• Australian survives six-story car-park plunge (AFP)
• In Israel, Goldstone's Gaza war retraction triggers 'earthquake' of vindication (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Holidays in Hell: Bali's Ongoing Woes (Time.com)
• Eyeing Middle East, Nicaragua's Ortega quashes weekend protests (The Christian Science Monitor)

Libyan envoy takes Gaddafi message to Greece (Reuters) Posted: 03 Apr 2011 08:30 PM PDT Reuters - A Libyan government envoy has begun a trip to Europe to discuss an end to fighting, but gave no sign of any major climbdown in a war that has ground to a stalemate between rebels and forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi.

Ivory Coast calm as rivals hold positions (Reuters) Posted: 03 Apr 2011 03:46 PM PDT Reuters - Fighters loyal to Ivory Coast presidential rivals Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara held onto positions around the main city Abidjan on Sunday, a day that saw less fighting than the previous three.

Suicide blasts at Sufi shrine in Pakistan kill 41 (Reuters) Posted: 03 Apr 2011 09:20 AM PDT Reuters - Two Taliban suicide bombers caused carnage on Sunday at a Sufi shrine in eastern Pakistan, killing at least 41 people and wounding scores in the latest bloody attack on minority religious groups.

TEPCO uses bath salts in effort to stop radiation leaks (Reuters) Posted: 03 Apr 2011 10:47 PM PDT Reuters - Japan's government Monday told the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to move quickly to stop radiation seeping into the ocean as desperate engineers resorted to bath salts to help trace a leak from one reactor.

"No information" in disappearance of China dissident artist (Reuters) Posted: 03 Apr 2011 08:33 PM PDT Reuters - Chinese artist Ai Weiwei remained out of contact on Monday after police prevented the combative critic of the ruling Communist Party from boarding a plane.

In Japan, Mass Burials Are Another Cause for Grief (Time.com) Posted: 04 Apr 2011 12:10 AM PDT Time.com - As the Japanese towns pitched into near nonexistence by the earthquake and tsunami collect what dead can be found, they are also holding the first mass burials in local memory

FTSE down 0.37% at open (AFP) Posted: 04 Apr 2011 12:31 AM PDT AFP - Stock markets fell at the start of trading on Monday, with London's benchmark FTSE 100 index losing 0.37 percent to 5,988.80 points.

Libya releases Al-Jazeera reporter; 3 others held (AP) Posted: 03 Apr 2011 11:23 PM PDT AP - The Arabic news channel Al-Jazeera says one of the network's four reporters who were captured in Libya last month by pro-Gadhafi forces has been released. Three others remain held.

Jailed 'kingpin' implicates Chavez government (AP) Posted: 03 Apr 2011 09:31 PM PDT AP - The reputed Venezuelan drug kingpin who Colombia has decided to extradite back home rather than to the U.S. says in a TV interview that he has videos proving Venezuela's ruling elite is deeply involved in cocaine trafficking.

Gadhafi envoy in Europe to seek end to crisis (AP) Posted: 04 Apr 2011 12:26 AM PDT AP - An envoy of Moammar Gadhafi told Greece's prime minister Sunday that the Libyan leader was seeking a way out of his country's crisis two weeks after his government's attacks to put down a rebellion drew international airstrikes, Greek officials said.

Death toll hits 11, hundreds flee Philippine clash (AFP) Posted: 04 Apr 2011 12:47 AM PDT AFP - Hundreds of residents fled a remote Philippine village after 11 men including relatives of a powerful politician died in a clash with Muslim rebels, officials said Monday.

Liberals lay out election platform (Reuters) Posted: 03 Apr 2011 04:21 PM PDT Reuters - Canada's opposition Liberal Party unveiled a C$8.2 billion election platform on Sunday that promises to cut the government deficit but stops short of saying exactly when the federal budget would be balanced.

Australian survives six-story car-park plunge (AFP) Posted: 03 Apr 2011 11:15 PM PDT AFP - A woman miraculously survived Monday after her car plunged six stories from the top of a car park in Melbourne and became wedged between two buildings.

In Israel, Goldstone's Gaza war retraction triggers 'earthquake' of vindication (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 03 Apr 2011 01:24 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Israel has reacted with a sense of vindication since South African Judge Richard Goldstone retracted accusations of Israeli war crimes during its war with Hamas in Gaza two years ago.

Holidays in Hell: Bali's Ongoing Woes (Time.com) Posted: 04 Apr 2011 12:10 AM PDT Time.com - Bali, Asia's fabled island destination, has a growing list of intractableproblems: crime, water shortages, blackouts, uncollected trash, and traffic so bad that parts of the islandresemble Indonesia's gridlocked capital Jakarta. Welcome to paradise!

Eyeing Middle East, Nicaragua's Ortega quashes weekend protests (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 03 Apr 2011 12:59 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Tens of thousands of government supporters occupied the streets of Nicaragua’s capital city this weekend to prevent an opposition march against President Daniel Ortega’s counter-constitutional reelection bid.

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