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Iran leader sparks walkout at UN over Israel (AP)
GENEVA – Dozens of Western diplomats walked out of a U.N. conference and a pair of rainbow-wigged protesters threw clown noses at Iran's president Monday when the hard-line leader called Israel the "most cruel and repressive racist regime." The United States decried the remarks by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as hateful —...


Zuma confident ahead of S.Africa polls (AFP)
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – South Africa's ruling party boss Jacob Zuma said Tuesday he was confident that a large turnout would deliver his African National Congress a "decisive mandate," one day ahead of general elections. Polls predict the ANC will take at least 60 percent of the vote in Wednesday's general...


Pirates take 7 Europeans, 3 Filipinos hostage: NATO (Reuters)
ON BOARD NRP CORTE-REAL (Reuters) – Pirates have hijacked a Belgian-flagged cargo ship and taken its crew of seven Europeans and three Filipinos hostage in an attack north of the Seychelles, NATO officials said Tuesday. "After the distress call went out, several ships tried to make contact with the MV Pompei but they had no joy," NATO...


Britain among the worst places to grow up: study (AFP)
LONDON (AFP) – The happiest children in Europe are in the Netherlands and Scandinavia but Britain is among the worst places to grow up, according to new British research published Tuesday. A league table of young people's wellbeing places the Netherlands top of 29 European states, followed by Sweden and Norway,...


City's Bellamy set to miss rest of season (AFP)
MANCHESTER, England (AFP) – Manchester City suffered a blow on in their push for a European berth on Tuesday with news that striker Craig Bellamy is likely to miss the Premier League run in. The Wales captain, who arrived from West Ham in January's transfer window, has missed the last three matches after suffering...


UK inflation negative for first time since 1960 (AFP)
LONDON (AFP) – Britain's annual retail price inflation rate fell 0.4 percent in March, turning negative for the first time in nearly 50 years due to falling home loan payments, official data showed Tuesday. The Retail Prices Index (RPI) inflation rate, which includes the cost of home loans, sank last month after a...


North, South Korea at odds ahead of rare talks (AP)
SEOUL, South Korea – Procedural wrangling delayed the start Tuesday of the first formal meeting between North and South Korea since the South's conservative president took office more than a year ago, amid tensions over Pyongyang's moves to restart its nuclear program. Russia, meanwhile, is dispatching its top diplomat...


Nigerian annual inflation rate dips to 14.4% (AFP)
LAGOS (AFP) – Nigeria's annual inflation rate dropped to 14.4 percent in March from 14.6 percent the previous month, the National Bureau of Statistics said Tuesday. The agency did not give any reason for the rate decline, which followed a string of monthly increases in the oil-rich west African country....


South African Election: Who Will Win and Why It Matters (Time.com)
South Africa goes to the polls Wednesday in an election billed as the most important since Nelson Mandela led his nation to overthrow apartheid 15 years ago. How so, when the result - a landslide for the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and the election of its leader Read "Why South Africa's Over The Rainbow.") Will...


China to show new subs, says no threat to region (AP)
QINGDAO, China – China plans to show off its nuclear submarines at a major international naval gathering this week, state media reported Tuesday, the first known public appearance of some its most potent seaborne weaponry. Vice Adm. Ding Yiping, the navy's deputy commander, said the submarines would appear at Thursday's...

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