China pushes back after U.S. criticism on rights (Reuters)

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• China pushes back after U.S. criticism on rights (Reuters)
• How the Monarchy Allows Britannia to Make Waves (Time.com)
• Mexico loves pope despite ties to Maciel scandal (AP)
• Will Morocco Retrench on Reform After a Terror Attack? (Time.com)
• China pushes back after U.S. criticism on rights
• Obama pledges aid to tornado-ravaged region
• Fighting resumes at Thai-Cambodian border
• Here they come: Kate and William ready to wed (AP)
• NATO: 3 coalition troops killed in Afghanistan (AP)
• London quiet on the eve of William and Kate's wedding (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Bahrain sentences four protesters to death, deepening anger among Shiites (The Christian Science Monitor)
• VIDEO: Royal wedding wishes from space station
• China reduces jail term for Korean War expert (AP)
• 2 charged in Australian military sex scandal (AP)
• Wave a flag and 'be proud' of wedding urges media (AFP)
• Misrata shelled as Libya conflict rages on (AFP)
• China bans smoking in public venues -- in theory (AFP)
• Wedding day dawns for William and Kate
• WSJ-NBC Poll: Making The False Case For Tax Increases
• What Is the Purpose Of A Gold Standard?

China pushes back after U.S. criticism on rights (Reuters) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 10:40 PM PDT Reuters - China pushed back against U.S. criticism of its human rights situation on Friday following talks on the issue, saying that the Chinese people were "most qualified" to talk on the topic and defending the detention of artist Ai Weiwei.

How the Monarchy Allows Britannia to Make Waves (Time.com) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 10:00 PM PDT Time.com - British royalty hasn't had much real power since 1688 but, with the decline of the empire, it has become one of the most effective projections of soft power in the world

Mexico loves pope despite ties to Maciel scandal (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 10:52 PM PDT AP - From nearly the beginning of his 26-year papacy, John Paul II was known as Mexico's pope, visiting Latin America's second-largest Roman Catholic country more often than any other nation except his native Poland and France. In an irony on the eve of one of his final steps to sainthood, it is also the country his critics point to in arguing against canonizing the popular pope who died in 2005.

Will Morocco Retrench on Reform After a Terror Attack? (Time.com) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 10:00 PM PDT Time.com - Eight years after home-grown suicide bombers killed 45 people in Casablanca, Morocco mourns 14 deaths from an apparently similar attack in Marrakesh

China pushes back after U.S. criticism on rights Posted: 28 Apr 2011 10:40 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - China pushed back against U.S. criticism of its human rights situation on Friday following talks on the issue, saying that the Chinese people were "most qualified" to talk on the topic and defending the detention of artist Ai Weiwei.

Obama pledges aid to tornado-ravaged region Posted: 28 Apr 2011 10:32 PM PDT US president declares state of emergency in Alabama as death toll in seven states hit by violent storms nears 300.

Fighting resumes at Thai-Cambodian border Posted: 28 Apr 2011 10:14 PM PDT Fighting raged on along the turbulent Thai-Cambodian border Friday, one day after a military source said local commanders from both sides had agreed to a cease-fire.

Here they come: Kate and William ready to wed (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 10:43 PM PDT AP - With the two simple words "I will," Prince William and Kate Middleton are ending months of buildup and sealing their love with the most public of spectacles, a wedding ceremony at Westminster Abbey that holds the promise of a royal renaissance.

NATO: 3 coalition troops killed in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 10:51 PM PDT AP - NATO says three service members have been killed in separate incidents in Afghanistan, where insurgents are stepping up their targeted attacks on coalition troops and others aligned with the government.

London quiet on the eve of William and Kate's wedding (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 01:07 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - With royal family wedding rehearsals over, there’s less than 24 hours before Prince William and Catherine Middleton exchange vows in the "wedding of the century."

Bahrain sentences four protesters to death, deepening anger among Shiites (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 11:36 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A Bahrain military court today sentenced four antigovernment Shiite demonstrators to death after finding them guilty of murdering two policemen during protests that have rocked the small kingdom.

VIDEO: Royal wedding wishes from space station Posted: 28 Apr 2011 07:00 PM PDT The crew on board the International Space Station have sent a video message to Prince William and Kate Middleton ahead of their wedding on Friday.

China reduces jail term for Korean War expert (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 09:50 PM PDT AP - A human rights group says an expert on China's role in the Korean War who has been jailed for more than a decade for spying has been given a further reduction in sentence and will be released in June.

2 charged in Australian military sex scandal (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 09:38 PM PDT AP - Two Australian military cadets were arrested Friday after police said they were involved in a scandal in which a female cadet accused a fellow student of secretly filming her having sex and showing it to his friends.

Wave a flag and 'be proud' of wedding urges media (AFP) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 09:14 PM PDT AFP - Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding is cause for unfettered national pride and mirrors Britain's changed social landscape, newspapers said Friday.

Misrata shelled as Libya conflict rages on (AFP) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 08:50 PM PDT AFP - Kadhafi forces shelled the rebel-held Libyan port of Misrata and rebels sought to also take the airport, while the sides fought a see-saw battle for control of a crossing on the Tunisian border.

China bans smoking in public venues -- in theory (AFP) Posted: 28 Apr 2011 08:53 PM PDT AFP - China launches a ban on smoking in indoor public spaces Sunday but the effort is widely viewed as vague and half-hearted and few expect it to have much of an impact in the tobacco-addicted country.

Wedding day dawns for William and Kate Posted: 28 Apr 2011 09:00 PM PDT Much of the world will grind to a flag-waving halt Friday morning as Britain's Prince William marries his college sweetheart Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey. WHAT NOT TO MISS | FULL COVERAGE | UNVEILED | FULL STORY

WSJ-NBC Poll: Making The False Case For Tax Increases Posted: 28 Apr 2011 09:01 PM PDT When it comes to spending cuts or tax increases, ''both'' is not an admissible answer.

What Is the Purpose Of A Gold Standard? Posted: 28 Apr 2011 09:01 PM PDT Even its adherents have an imprecise grasp on why we need gold-defined money.

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