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News for Thursday, 7 Apr 2011

Bowler in NZ takes 5 wickets in over

WELLINGTON - A New Zealand-based fast bowler rewrote the country's first-class record books Wednesday by taking five wickets in a single over, all without conceding a run. South African-born quick...

Yemenis protest, Gulf Arabs hope to resolve standoff

SANAA - Tens of thousands of people pressed opposition demands on Wednesday for Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to resign, a standoff Gulf Arab ambassadors hope to help resolve at...

Ouattara forces move in on Gbagbo in I Coast showdown

ABIDJAN - Forces loyal to Ivory Coast's internationally recognised president Alassane Ouattara attacked Laurent Gbagbo's residence Wednesday, determined to remove him from his bunker and end his hold on power.

Japan plugs leak from nuclear plant

TOKYO - Workers at Japan's crippled atomic power plant on Wednesday plugged a hole spewing highly radioactive water into the ocean, boosting efforts to contain the world's worst nuclear disaster...

Migrant boat sinks off Italy, 130 missing

ROME - More than 130 people were missing and at least 15 appeared to be dead after a boat carrying Eritrean and Somali refugees from Libya capsized south of Sicily...

About 34,000 people flee South Sudan tribal clashes

JUBA - About 34,000 southern Sudanese have fled their homes after tribal clashes over land, water and cattle in recent weeks, a UN humanitarian official said, adding to southern troubles...

Iran MPs condemn Saudi ‘crimes’ in Bahrain

TEHRAN - More than 200 Iranian parliamentarians on Wednesday condemned the "frightening crimes" of Saudi troops in Bahrain and demanded their departure, state television website reported.
"Today the protest shouts...

Berlusconi sex trial opens, immediately adjourned

MILAN - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's trial on charges he paid an underage teenager for sex opened on Wednesday and was adjourned until May 31 after a hearing that...

Syrian lawmakers pave the way to end emergency rule

DAMASCUS - The Syrian parliament is preparing to adopt major reforms in May, including an end to emergency rule, a politician close to the regime said Wednesday. "There will be...

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