Official: Pakistani troops kill 54 militants in NW (AP)

Official: Pakistani troops kill 54 militants in NW (AP)
USA vs the BRICs: Not Third World America Yet
McIlroy, Quiros top leaderboard at Masters
EU ministers to wrangle over Portugal bailout deal (AP)
Mexican families look for missing in pit victims (AP)
Philippine forces kill 9 suspected gangsters (AP)
VIDEO: Buildings shake as new quake hits Japan
VIDEO: Japanese solidarity through self-restraint
Toyota to resume production at all Japan plants (AP)
India's Economic Expansion to Continue into 2012
Kate and William: A 'So British' wedding menu (AFP)
Malaysia nabs 2 Pakistanis with heroin worth $36M (AP)
Brazil shooting said to be first school massacre in nation's history (The Christian Science Monitor)
Portugal requests bailout. Will Europe's debt crisis stop there? (The Christian Science Monitor)
Gulf Arabs work on plan for Yemen's Saleh to go
France protests as Italy grants Tunisia migrants permits (AFP)
S. Korea mulls stationing troops on disputed isles (AFP)
CBO Says GOP Medicare Plan Would Double The Cost Of Health Care For Seniors
Dell's Data Center Dreams
Who Nudges the Nudgers?

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 11:32 PM PDT

AP - Pakistani security forces backed by helicopter gunships and jets killed 54 alleged militants in a region near the Afghan border where the military has repeatedly tried to flush out the Taliban, a government official said Friday. Three troops also died in the clashes.

USA vs the BRICs: Not Third World America Yet

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 10:12 PM PDT

The US is not a third world country yet. We are more educated and healthier than our counterparts in

McIlroy, Quiros top leaderboard at Masters

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 10:50 PM PDT

Rory McIlroy and Alvaro Quiros each shoot seven-under 65s to top the leaderboard at Augusta.

EU ministers to wrangle over Portugal bailout deal (AP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 10:32 PM PDT

AP - European finance ministers will try to work out the size and terms of a rescue loan for Portugal at their meeting in Hungary on Friday and Saturday — but uncertainty persists over how much the caretaker government in Lisbon can offer in return.

Mexican families look for missing in pit victims (AP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 10:53 PM PDT

AP - Relatives of people who have gone missing in Mexico's drug war are streaming to the latest epicenter of the bloody conflict, a morgue where 59 bodies are being examined after being pulled from a mass grave south of the U.S. border.

Philippine forces kill 9 suspected gangsters (AP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 10:57 PM PDT

AP - Philippine police and soldiers trying to serve an arrest warrant have killed nine suspected members of a criminal gang who allegedly resisted and opened fire, officials said Friday.

VIDEO: Buildings shake as new quake hits Japan

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 08:33 AM PDT

A tsunami warning has now been lifted in north-eastern Japan after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 struck off the east coast of Honshu triggering the alert.

VIDEO: Japanese solidarity through self-restraint

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 06:12 PM PDT

Japan has entered a period of what's known as jishuku, or voluntary self restraint.

Toyota to resume production at all Japan plants (AP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 10:14 PM PDT

AP - Toyota Motor Corp. says it will resume car production at all Japanese plants from April 18 to 27.

India's Economic Expansion to Continue into 2012

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 08:30 PM PDT

India?s economy is not only going to grow like gangbusters in 2011, but it will grow slightly

Kate and William: A 'So British' wedding menu (AFP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 09:45 PM PDT

AFP - Steak with whisky? Lamb and mint sauce? Banana pudding? The menu for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton is a closely guarded state secret, but one thing is assured: it will be "so British."

Malaysia nabs 2 Pakistanis with heroin worth $36M (AP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 09:49 PM PDT

AP - Police have arrested two Pakistani men suspected of smuggling heroin worth 110 million ringgit ($36 million) into Malaysia.

Brazil shooting said to be first school massacre in nation's history (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 03:48 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The Brazil school shooting this morning in the gritty Rio de Janeiro neighborhood of Realengo left at least 11 students dead and a nation in shock over its first-ever school massacre.

Portugal requests bailout. Will Europe's debt crisis stop there? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 02:48 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - In a critical step in Europeâ€™s struggle to end its debt crisis, Portugal formalized its bailout request and the European Central Bank raised its interest rates a notch on Thursday.

Gulf Arabs work on plan for Yemen's Saleh to go

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 09:55 PM PDT

SANAA (Reuters) - A Gulf Arab plan for Yemen's president to step down would guarantee the veteran leader and his family immunity from prosecution, an opposition source said on Thursday, but youth activists said that should be rejected.

France protests as Italy grants Tunisia migrants permits (AFP)

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 09:17 PM PDT

AFP - Italy granted temporary residence permits to thousands of Tunisian migrants Thursday on grounds of "humanitarian protection" putting it on collision course with the rest of Europe, France in particular.