SUICIDE ATTACK KILLS 33: A suicide attacker blew himself up Monday in an army recruiting center in the northern Afghanistan province of Kunduz, killing 33 and injuring 40 others, officials said. The bombing — aimed at young men who were seeking to join the army — was the latest in a wave of insurgent attacks in Kunduz, where Afghan security forces are scheduled to assume responsibility for security later this month. Among the dead were three army officers; the rest were civilians, including four street children, he said.
POLITICAL CHANGE: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday endorsed political change as a worthwhile goal — as long as it doesn’t happen too soon and is closely supervised by the Chinese Communist Party. The comments immediately set off conjecture about whether Wen was stepping back from what was widely interpreted as support for reform last year in an interview he gave to CNN. But knowing whether Wen’s comments signaled an actual change in his approach — or, even whether he had been truly advocating reform last year — was all but impossible to tell. The Chinese government reveals almost nothing of its deliberations.
HAITI CANDIDATES UNFAZED: Haiti’s two presidential candidates on Monday dismissed concerns that the apparently imminent return of exiled former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide would disrupt the election, despite a U.S. State Department warning he could be a destabilizing presence. Candidate Michel Martelly, a singer, said Aristide should postpone his arrival until after the election. Mirlande Manigat, a university administrator and former first lady, expressed no misgivings.
RENAULT AGENT ARRESTED: A security agent for Renault has been charged with fraud and accused of inventing industrial espionage claims that led the French carmaker to wrongly suspect — and suspend — three executives, the state prosecutor said Monday. The company quickly sent a deep apology to the wrongly accused employees and said it would return them to their jobs or provide an indemnity.
ABBAS CONDEMNS KILLING: The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, expressed abhorrence Monday about the killing of five members of a family in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank. The emphatic condemnation, delivered over Israel’s public radio, came after Israel criticized the Palestinian leadership for what it considered to be an initially mealy-mouthed response. “This act was abominable, inhuman and immoral,” Abbas said in a rare interview with Israel Radio, conducted in Arabic.
ATTACKS ON TOURISTS CRITICIZED: A robbery and assault on three gay American tourists at their vacation cottage has St. Lucia officials scrambling to assure visitors that the southern Caribbean island is safe and welcoming for gay people. Tourism Minister Allen Chastanet issued an apology Monday to three men from Atlanta after masked bandits broke into their mountain rental home in Soufriere. One victim said the gunmen made slurs against gays, white people and Americans during the March 3 assault.
JOURNALISTS DEPORT: Armed Yemeni security forces raided an apartment shared by four Western journalists Monday and deported them because of their coverage of a growing uprising against the country’s longtime ruler, one of the reporters said. The journalists, two Americans and two Britons in their 20s, contribute to the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times and others.
FLOODING IN BRAZIL: Floods in southern and southeastern Brazil have forced about 31,000 people to leave their homes, authorities said Monday. Three people have died in landslides triggered by the rains. One person remained missing.
RUSSIA POSTPONES FLIGHT: Russian officials have postponed the March 30 launch of a rocket carrying a U.S. and Russian crew to the international space station because of a communication problem found during testing. The new launch will probably be in April.
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POLITICAL CHANGE: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday endorsed political change as a worthwhile goal — as long as it doesn’t happen too soon and is closely supervised by the Chinese Communist Party. The comments immediately set off conjecture about whether Wen was stepping back from what was widely interpreted as support for reform last year in an interview he gave to CNN. But knowing whether Wen’s comments signaled an actual change in his approach — or, even whether he had been truly advocating reform last year — was all but impossible to tell. The Chinese government reveals almost nothing of its deliberations.
HAITI CANDIDATES UNFAZED: Haiti’s two presidential candidates on Monday dismissed concerns that the apparently imminent return of exiled former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide would disrupt the election, despite a U.S. State Department warning he could be a destabilizing presence. Candidate Michel Martelly, a singer, said Aristide should postpone his arrival until after the election. Mirlande Manigat, a university administrator and former first lady, expressed no misgivings.
RENAULT AGENT ARRESTED: A security agent for Renault has been charged with fraud and accused of inventing industrial espionage claims that led the French carmaker to wrongly suspect — and suspend — three executives, the state prosecutor said Monday. The company quickly sent a deep apology to the wrongly accused employees and said it would return them to their jobs or provide an indemnity.
ABBAS CONDEMNS KILLING: The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, expressed abhorrence Monday about the killing of five members of a family in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank. The emphatic condemnation, delivered over Israel’s public radio, came after Israel criticized the Palestinian leadership for what it considered to be an initially mealy-mouthed response. “This act was abominable, inhuman and immoral,” Abbas said in a rare interview with Israel Radio, conducted in Arabic.
ATTACKS ON TOURISTS CRITICIZED: A robbery and assault on three gay American tourists at their vacation cottage has St. Lucia officials scrambling to assure visitors that the southern Caribbean island is safe and welcoming for gay people. Tourism Minister Allen Chastanet issued an apology Monday to three men from Atlanta after masked bandits broke into their mountain rental home in Soufriere. One victim said the gunmen made slurs against gays, white people and Americans during the March 3 assault.
JOURNALISTS DEPORT: Armed Yemeni security forces raided an apartment shared by four Western journalists Monday and deported them because of their coverage of a growing uprising against the country’s longtime ruler, one of the reporters said. The journalists, two Americans and two Britons in their 20s, contribute to the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times and others.
FLOODING IN BRAZIL: Floods in southern and southeastern Brazil have forced about 31,000 people to leave their homes, authorities said Monday. Three people have died in landslides triggered by the rains. One person remained missing.
RUSSIA POSTPONES FLIGHT: Russian officials have postponed the March 30 launch of a rocket carrying a U.S. and Russian crew to the international space station because of a communication problem found during testing. The new launch will probably be in April.
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