Peru's Machu Picchu reopens

Peru's Machu Picchu reopens
Obama calls on Hu to work together on Iran
800 cases filed on civilians killed in US wars: ACLU
UN head tours troubled ex-Soviet Central Asia (AP)
McCartney's ex Mills denies 'boob job payment lie' (AFP)
6 rebels killed, rail track attacked in Indian Kashmir (AFP)
Obama calls Hu on Iran sanctions
U.S.-Russian crew blasts off to space station
Obama talks Iran, G20 in hour call with China's Hu
U.S. to impose new airline security measures
Web site of China-based journalist club attacked (AP)
US companies criticize Chinese market obstacles (AP)
Rocket blasts off with 2 Russians, 1 American (AP)
Toll rises to 19 in blast at mine in central China (AP)
Somali Pirates in Nairobi Leaving Trade: Not Enough Money (Time.com)
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Man sought for questions in death of Mexican girl (AP)
Obama calls on Hu to work together on Iran (AFP)
Australia says will not accept commercial whaling plan (AFP)
Sex Abuse: The Vatican's Struggle for Damage Control (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 10:53 PM PDT

Latin America's most visited site reopens after heavy rains cut off access in January.

Obama calls on Hu to work together on Iran

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 09:23 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -US President Barack Obama called on Chinese President Hu Jintao to work together on the Iranian nuclear standoff, the White House said.

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 10:26 PM PDT

AP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has begun a trip through the countries of former Soviet Central Asia, a region troubled by poverty, oppression and fears of renewed Islamic insurgency.

McCartney's ex Mills denies 'boob job payment lie' (AFP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 10:20 PM PDT

AFP - Paul McCartney's ex-wife Heather Mills denied she told a " very unpleasant lie" when she claimed she fell out with her former nanny after refusing to pay for a breast enlargement operation.

6 rebels killed, rail track attacked in Indian Kashmir (AFP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 10:22 PM PDT

AFP - Indian troops shot dead six suspected militants in revolt-hit Kashmir, police said Friday, as rebels blew up train tracks in the first attack on the region's railway.

Obama calls Hu on Iran sanctions

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 10:24 PM PDT

US president highlights importance of working with China to stop Iranian enrichment.

U.S.-Russian crew blasts off to space station

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 10:14 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A U.S.-Russian crew blasted off in a Russian Soyuz space ship on Friday for a half-year mission aboard the International Space Station.

Obama talks Iran, G20 in hour call with China's Hu

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 10:14 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama spoke with Chinese President Hu Jintao for about an hour on Thursday, discussing Iran and meeting G20 commitments to produce economic growth, the White House said.

U.S. to impose new airline security measures

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 10:14 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will implement new airline security measures this month to replace mandatory screening of air travellers from 14 countries, a step that had angered some allies when it was imposed after a failed bombing on Christmas Day.

Web site of China-based journalist club attacked (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 09:50 PM PDT

AP - An organization for foreign journalists based in China has become the latest victim of cyberattacks targeting the Web sites or e-mail accounts of human rights groups and reporters focused on China.

US companies criticize Chinese market obstacles (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 09:57 PM PDT

AP - Foreign companies say China is increasingly using discriminatory rules to reduce access to previously open areas of its economy and promote its technology industries, a U.S. business group said Friday, adding to rising complaints of worsening conditions for foreign investors.

Rocket blasts off with 2 Russians, 1 American (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 10:07 PM PDT

AP - A Russian rocket blasted off from a space center in southern Kazakhstan into brilliant blue skies Friday, transporting a NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts to the International Space Station.

Toll rises to 19 in blast at mine in central China (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 09:17 PM PDT

AP - The death toll from an explosion at a mine in central China has risen to 19 people, with 24 still trapped underground, the government said Friday, in the second major mine disaster in the country this week.

Somali Pirates in Nairobi Leaving Trade: Not Enough Money (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 08:55 PM PDT

Time.com - Who profits from piracy in Somalia these days? Not the men who do the dirty work

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Posted: 01 Apr 2010 09:06 PM PDT

AP - Rocket carrying NASA astronaut blasts off from Kazakhstan space center for space station.

Man sought for questions in death of Mexican girl (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 09:23 PM PDT

AP - Prosecutors said Thursday they were searching for a man believed linked to the shocking death of a disabled 4-year-old girl whose body was found in her bedroom in a Mexico City suburb more than a week after her parents reported her missing.

Obama calls on Hu to work together on Iran (AFP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 09:37 PM PDT

AFP - US President Barack Obama called on Chinese President Hu Jintao to work together on the Iranian nuclear standoff, the White House said.

Australia says will not accept commercial whaling plan (AFP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 09:10 PM PDT

AFP - Australia has expressed alarm at growing support for a plan to allow limited commercial whaling, saying it could not accept the proposal before the International Whaling Commission (IWC).