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Putin bolsters oil, defense ties with Venezuela (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 06:04 PM PDT

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with senior officials in Moscow March 30, 2010. REUTERS/Ria Novosti/Pool/Alexei NikolskyReuters - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gave the United States' main Latin American foe, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a needed boost with a brief visit on Friday to discuss oil, defense and nuclear energy cooperation.

Putin deepens ties with Chavez on Venezuela visit (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 05:09 PM PDT

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, right, speaks with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, upon his arrival at Simon Bolivar airport in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, April 2, 2010. Russia has offered to help Venezuela set up its own space industry, including a satellite launch site, as Prime Minister Vladimir Putin makes his first visit to the South American country.(AP Photo/Alexei Nikolsky, Pool)AP - Russia has offered to help Venezuela set up its own space industry, including a satellite launch site, as Prime Minister Vladimir Putin made his first visit to the South American country on Friday.

One of Moscow subway bombers was 17-year-old widow (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 05:09 PM PDT

This undated picture provided Friday, April 2, 2010 by the Russian news agency NewsTeam, is claimed by the Russian Kommersant newspaper to show Dzhennet Abdurakhmanova, left, and her husband Islamist rebel Umalat Magomedov. Russian newspaper Kommersant said Friday that one of the Moscow subway suicide bombers was Abdurakhmanova, the 17-year-old widow of Magomedov, an Islamist rebel from the North Caucasus killed by Russian government forces in December, 2009. The March 29 subway bombings in Moscow killed 39 people. (AP Photo/NewsTeam)AP - The image is striking: a sultry teenager, partly veiled, in the embrace of a bearded man — both grasping handguns.

Pope's preacher: Accusations akin to anti-Semitism (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 05:09 PM PDT

Rev. Raniero Cantalamessa delivers the Good Friday homily during a service celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Friday, April 2, 2010. Cantalamessa, the pontiff's personal preacher, likened accusations against the pope and the Catholic church in the sex abuse scandal to 'collective violence' suffered by the Jews. The Rev. Raniero Cantalamessa said in a Good Friday homily with the pope listening in St. Peter's Basilica that a Jewish friend wrote to him to say the accusations remind him of the 'more shameful aspects of anti-Semitism.' (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)AP - At a solemn Good Friday service, Pope Benedict XVI's personal preacher likened the tide of allegations that the pontiff has covered up sex abuse cases to the "more shameful aspects of anti-Semitism." But within hours, facing a storm of criticism at the comparison, the Vatican felt it necessary to distance the pope from the preacher's remarks.

N.Ireland leader claims 'smears' over land deal (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 04:39 PM PDT

Democratic Unionist Party leader Peter Robinson speaks to the media in Belfast on March 9. Robinson has dismissed his alleged involvement in a deal which saw him purchase a strip of land next to his home for a token sum as AFP - Northern Ireland's top politician Peter Robinson has dismissed his alleged involvement in a deal which saw him purchase a strip of land next to his home for a token sum as "much ado about nothing".

Findings cast doubt on account of Holocaust hero's death (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 03:54 PM PDT

An undated file photo shows Swedish diplomat and World War II hero Raoul Wallenberg who disappeared in 1945 after being summoned to Soviet military occupation headquarters in Budapest. Two researchers said Friday they had unearthed data casting serious doubt on the official Soviet version of the fate of Wallenberg.(AFP/SCANPIX/File/null)AFP - Two researchers said Friday they had unearthed data casting serious doubt on the official Soviet version of the fate of Swedish Holocaust hero Raoul Wallenberg who went missing in January 1945.

More-secular Poland marks Pope John Paul's death (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 03:31 PM PDT

AP - A trumpet in Warsaw sounded a mournful tone Friday at 9:37 p.m., marking the minute five years ago when Poland's revered native son Pope John Paul II died.

Trafalgar Square plays host to Easter Passion play (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 12:47 PM PDT

Actors take part in an open-air reenacting of AFP - One of London's best-known urban spaces was given over to an Easter Passion play on Friday with more than 1,000 people watching actors depicting the crucifixion of Christ in Trafalgar Square.

Three-star West Brom edge closer to Premier League (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 12:44 PM PDT

West Brom cruised past Leicester 3-0 on Friday to edge closer to automatic promotion to the Premier League with an eighth successive home win equalling their best previous run set in 1949.(West Brom)AFP - West Brom cruised past Leicester 3-0 on Friday to edge closer to automatic promotion to the Premier League with an eighth successive home win equalling their best previous run set in 1949.

French strike paralyses cross-Channel ferries (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 12:21 PM PDT

Ferries of SeaFrance are at dock at the French northern port of Calais in 2008. A strike by French ferry workers caused severe disruption on both sides of the Channel on Friday and union bosses warned the action could stretch into the busy Easter holiday weekend.(AFP/File/Philippe Huguen)AFP - A strike by French ferry workers caused severe disruption on both sides of the Channel on Friday and union bosses warned the action could stretch into the busy Easter holiday weekend.

Ukrainian court annuls award to nationalist (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 12:11 PM PDT

AP - Ukrainian media are reporting that a court has overturned a decree posthumously awarding the nation's highest award to a nationalist leader whose insurgent army supported Nazi Germany for part of World War II.

Pope's personal preacher offers defense of pontiff (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 09:24 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates the feet-washing rite in the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome, Thursday April 1, 2010. The feet-washing ceremony symbolizes humility and commemorates Jesus' last supper with his 12 apostles on the evening before his Good Friday crucifixion. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP - Pope Benedict XVI's personal preacher is likening accusations against the pope and the church in the sex abuse scandal to "collective violence" suffered by the Jews.

3 German soldiers killed in Afghan fighting (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 08:14 AM PDT

AP - Germany's Defense Ministry says three German soldiers have been killed in heavy fighting in northern Afghanistan and five were severely wounded.

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Posted: 02 Apr 2010 08:02 AM PDT

AP - Defense Ministry official: 3 German soldiers killed in heavy fighting in northern Afghanistan

Muslims try to pray in Spanish cathedral (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 05:44 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2009 file photo, tourists visit the Great Mosque of Cordoba in southern Spain. Police say officers in Cordoba scuffled with Muslim tourists from Austria on Friday April, 2, 2010, trying to pray in the historic mosque that was transformed into a cathedral in the 13th century. The Great Mosque of Cordoba was built after the Moorish invasion of Spain in the 8th century. Cordoba is known as the City of Three Cultures because Muslims, Jews and Christians lived there in harmony during medieval times. The mosque was transformed into a cathedral in 1236 when King Ferdinand III captured the city from the Moors. Since then, except on rare occasions, Muslim prayer rites have been forbidden inside. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)AP - A group of Muslims tried to pray inside a Roman Catholic cathedral that was originally a mosque and then scuffled with security guards and police who tried to stop them, a Spanish official said Friday.

Turkey to send ambassador back to US (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 04:16 AM PDT

AP - Turkey's prime minister says the country's ambassador to Washington, who was recalled a month ago in protest at a U.S. move to declare the killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks genocide, will return to his post.

Poland marks John Paul's death on Good Friday (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 03:48 AM PDT

Catholics chat in front of the bronze statue of the late Pope John Paul II in front of a church in Warsaw, Poland, on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 during the Holy Week that will also include remembrance observances for the Polish-born pope. The 5th anniversary of his death falls on Good Friday. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)AP - Predominantly Catholic Poland is marking the fifth anniversary of the death of its native son, Pope John Paul II, along with the traditional Good Friday processions and reenactments of Christ's death.

Debate over abortion drug rekindled in Italy (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 03:36 AM PDT

AP - The Vatican has praised a pledge by two newly elected Italian regional officials to halt the distribution of the abortion drug RU-486.

Serbia issues arrest warrant for suspected Nazi (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 01:27 AM PDT

AP - Serbia has issued an international warrant for the arrest of a naturalized American citizen accused of serving in a Nazi unit that killed thousands of civilians during World War II, a court said Friday.

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