International Headlines

Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 20:02:04 -0400

>TOP STORIES as of 0800 HKT -- 06 April, 2010

> 6 REPORTED DEAD IN U.S. MINE BLAST; DOZENS FEARED TRAPPED
Six miners were killed today in an explosion in a Raleigh
County, West Virginia, mine, according to CNN affiliate WCHS.
More than 20 people were missing.

> VIDEO SHOWS JOURNALISTS' DEATHS IN IRAQ
One of two photojournalists killed in a 2007 attack by a U.S.
helicopter gunship in Iraq was being rescued when the gunship's
crew fired on the van to which he was being carried, according
to footage posted online Monday.

> TALIBAN CLAIM DEADLY PESHAWAR ATTACK
A terrorist attack near the U.S. consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan
killed two consulate security guards and at least four others
Monday, authorities said.

> WOODS: I'M A BETTER PERSON AFTER REHAB
Tiger Woods returns to golf at the Masters, ending a
self-imposed exile after the exposure of his extramarital antics
off the course and answering media questions.

> WHITE HOUSE 'FRUSTRATED' BY KARZAI
The White House is "frustrated" by remarks from Afghan President
Hamid Karzai, who on Sunday promised tribal leaders he would
hold back a NATO military offensive in violence-plagued Kandahar
province until he had their backing, a White House spokesman
said Monday.

> S. AFRICA'S NEO-NAZIS DROP REVENGE VOW
A South African white supremacist group has retracted its
statement vowing to avenge the killing of its leader, Eugene
Terreblanche, a spokesman for the group said Monday.

> PIRATES SEIZE OIL TANKER HEADNIG TO U.S.
A South Korean oil tanker has been hijacked by pirates, the
European Union Naval Force Somalia said Monday.

> SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY LAUNCHES
NASA workers began filling the external fuel tanks for Space
Shuttle Discovery late Sunday in preparation for a Monday
morning launch, with officials saying plans were proceeding
smoothly.

BUSINESS
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> CITIES BLAZING A GREEN TRAIL
Over half the world's population now live in cities according to
the United Nations.

> JOBLESS RATE RISES FOR U.S. WAR VETS
The unemployment rate for veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan
wars reached 14.7 percent in March, according to the Department
of Labor.

> U.S. DELAYS REPORT ON CHINA CURRENCY
U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has delayed a scheduled
April 15 report to Congress that many lawmakers had hoped would
publicly admonish China for allegedly manipulating its currency
to the detriment of the United States.