Ouattara forces lay siege to Ivory Coast's Gbagbo (Reuters)

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• Ouattara forces lay siege to Ivory Coast's Gbagbo (Reuters)
• Japan tackles hydrogen build-up, radiation concerns spread (Reuters)
• Rebels say Gaddafi halts oil, Libya blames Britain (Reuters)
• Gulf Arabs work on plan for Yemen's Saleh to go (Reuters)
• North Korea may be considering more attacks: U.S. (Reuters)
• Keep the Change: German Police Bust Euro-Coin Fraud Ring (Time.com)
• Netanyahu, Merkel meeting in Germany (AP)
• Gates says likely farewell to US troops in Iraq (AP)
• Mexican cops checking abductions find mass grave (AP)
• Libya accuses Britain of bombing vital oil field (AFP)
• Samsung Electronics suffers fall in 1Q earnings (AP)
• Conservatives hold steady against Liberals (Reuters)
• Military blasted over Australia sex scandal (AFP)
• Mexico's new plan to crack down on drug money: you can keep some (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Should Mexico Call for a Cease-Fire with Drug Cartels? (Time.com)
• Gbagbo on his way out? Ivory Coast violence dying down? Not so fast. (The Christian Science Monitor)

Ouattara forces lay siege to Ivory Coast's Gbagbo (Reuters) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:29 PM PDT Reuters - Forces loyal to Ivory Coast presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara laid siege to incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo's residence on Thursday, after an attempt to pluck him from his bunker met with fierce resistance.

Japan tackles hydrogen build-up, radiation concerns spread (Reuters) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 09:56 PM PDT Reuters - Japan pumped nitrogen into a crippled nuclear reactor Thursday, trying to prevent an explosive build-up of hydrogen gas, as the world's worst nuclear disaster in 25 years fired debate over the safety of atomic power in the United States.

Rebels say Gaddafi halts oil, Libya blames Britain (Reuters) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 11:48 PM PDT Reuters - Libya accused Britain of damaging an oil pipeline in an air strike, hours after rebels said government attacks had halted production of oil they hope to sell to finance their uprising.

Gulf Arabs work on plan for Yemen's Saleh to go (Reuters) Posted: 07 Apr 2011 12:54 AM PDT Reuters - A Saudi and Gulf Arab plan for Yemen's president to step down and end a political crisis will guarantee the veteran leader and his family immunity from prosecution, an opposition source said Thursday.

North Korea may be considering more attacks: U.S. (Reuters) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 08:27 AM PDT Reuters - North Korea may be considering additional attacks and provocations, a top U.S. general told Congress on Wednesday, adding Washington needed to be prepared to respond appropriately if necessary.

Keep the Change: German Police Bust Euro-Coin Fraud Ring (Time.com) Posted: 07 Apr 2011 12:00 AM PDT Time.com - According to German prosecutors, a Chinese gang worked with Lufthansa flight attendants to steal millions from Germany's central bank by rebuilding old euro coins to trade in for new

Netanyahu, Merkel meeting in Germany (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2011 01:16 AM PDT AP - Israel's prime minister is to meet Germany's chancellor amid Israeli concern that European countries will push for endorsement of a future Palestinian state in virtually all of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem.

Gates says likely farewell to US troops in Iraq (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2011 01:16 AM PDT AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is telling troops in Iraq that his visit this week probably will be his last as Pentagon chief.

Mexican cops checking abductions find mass grave (AP) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:52 PM PDT AP - Mexican security forces searching for abducted bus passengers in a violent northern state bordering Texas have stumbled on a collection of pits holding a total of 59 bodies.

Libya accuses Britain of bombing vital oil field (AFP) Posted: 07 Apr 2011 12:55 AM PDT AFP - Libya accused Britain of bombing Libya's biggest oil field as Washington rebuffed a letter from Moamer Kadhafi to President Barack Obama, reiterating calls for the strongman to step down.

Samsung Electronics suffers fall in 1Q earnings (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2011 01:02 AM PDT AP - Samsung Electronics has suffered a sharp fall in first quarter earnings as competition in the tablet computer market and weakness in its liquid crystal display business offset strength in semiconductors.

Conservatives hold steady against Liberals (Reuters) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 05:27 AM PDT Reuters - An opinion poll released on Wednesday showed little change in the federal election race, with the Conservatives holding to a 10-point lead against the opposition Liberals.

Military blasted over Australia sex scandal (AFP) Posted: 07 Apr 2011 12:00 AM PDT AFP - Australia's defence minister Thursday berated senior military officials for their "serious error of judgment" in mishandling a sex scandal as claims of a new case emerged.

Mexico's new plan to crack down on drug money: you can keep some (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 02:13 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Catch a criminal, keep his wallet.

Should Mexico Call for a Cease-Fire with Drug Cartels? (Time.com) Posted: 07 Apr 2011 12:00 AM PDT Time.com - The murder of the son of a poet leads an anguished father to raise in public a question long debated in private

Gbagbo on his way out? Ivory Coast violence dying down? Not so fast. (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 01:29 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo â€" who sparked his country's second civil war in a decade when he refused to step down after losing the Nov. 28 elections â€" is expected to be yanked from his presidential bunker within a matter minutes, hours, or days.

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