| 21 die in fire at building for homeless in Poland (AP)
April 13, 2009 at 7:17 am
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| | AP - A fast-moving fire tore through a three-story building housing homeless families in northwestern Poland early Monday, killing at least 21 people and injuring 20 more, including an infant, officials said. |
| Wall Street set for moderately lower opening (AP)
April 13, 2009 at 7:16 am
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|  AP - Wall Street was poised for a moderately lower opening Monday as investors prepare for earnings season to begin in earnest and await new economic data that will provide more details on the struggling economy.
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| Pakistani Taliban begin imposing rule in new area (Reuters)
April 13, 2009 at 5:32 am
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| | Reuters - Pakistani Taliban are imposing their rule in a Pakistani mountain valley they took over last week, spreading fear in the area only 100 km (60 miles) from the capital, police and residents said on Monday. |
| U.S. Navy rescues captain and kills Somali pirates (Reuters)
April 13, 2009 at 12:56 am
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|  Reuters - The U.S. Navy shot dead three Somali pirates and rescued cargo ship captain Richard Phillips on Sunday from a lifeboat off the coast of Somalia where he was being held captive, ending a five-day standoff.
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| GM told to prep for bankruptcy filing: report (Reuters)
April 13, 2009 at 12:45 am
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| | Reuters - The U.S. Treasury Department is directing General Motors to lay the groundwork for a bankruptcy filing by June 1, even though the automaker has publicly stated it could reorganize outside of court, The New York Times reported on Sunday. |
| U.S. institute names 99 top ethical companies (Reuters)
April 13, 2009 at 12:24 am
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| | Reuters - The Ethisphere Institute on Monday named 99 companies it says are the world's most ethical, its third annual listing designed to encourage ethical practices within the global business community. |
| Thai soldiers spray gunfire, tear gas at protest (AP)
April 13, 2009 at 12:17 am
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|  AP - Thai soldiers sprayed automatic weapons fire into the air and threw tear gas to clear protesters blocking roads in the capital in the pre-dawn darkness Monday. Demonstrators responded by hurling at least one gasoline bomb and 70 people were reported injured, most by tear gas.
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| Troops crack down on Bangkok protests, dozens hurt (AFP)
April 13, 2009 at 12:08 am
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|  AFP - Thai troops launched a crackdown Monday to enforce a state of emergency in Bangkok, firing warning shots and tear gas as anti-government protesters hurled petrol bombs in clashes that left 70 injured.
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| Kidnapped US captain freed; snipers kill 3 pirates (AP)
April 13, 2009 at 12:00 am
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|  AP - Navy Seal snipers on the fantail of a destroyer cut down three Somali pirates in a lifeboat and rescued an American sea captain on Easter Sunday. The surprise nighttime assault in choppy seas ended a five-day standoff between a team of rogue gunmen and the world's most powerful military.
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| AP IMPACT: Citizens held as illegal immigrants (AP)
April 12, 2009 at 11:30 pm
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|  AP - Pedro Guzman has been an American citizen all his life. Yet in 2007, the 31-year-old Los Angeles native — in jail for a misdemeanor, mentally ill and never able to read or write — signed a waiver agreeing to leave the country without a hearing and was deported to Mexico as an illegal immigrant.
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| Military crackdown hasn't deterred Somali pirates (AP)
April 12, 2009 at 11:15 pm
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|  AP - The U.S. military's moves to crack down on high seas piracy have done little to deter the epidemic of ship ransoms that preceded Sunday's Indian Ocean rescue, a top Navy official said Sunday.
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| US navy rescues captain held by Somali pirates (AFP)
April 12, 2009 at 11:06 pm
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|  AFP - The US navy rescued an American captain whom pirates held in a lifeboat adrift off the coast of Somalia, ending a tense five-day standoff by shooting dead three of his four captors.
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| Officer: Split-second decision to fire on pirates (AP)
April 12, 2009 at 6:34 pm
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|  AP - A U.S. military official said Navy Seals and other officers opened fire on three pirates when a Navy commander made a split-second decision that an American hostage's life was in danger.
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| U.S. general says Iraq attacks no reason to panic (Reuters)
April 12, 2009 at 12:29 pm
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| | Reuters - A recent upsurge in violence in Iraq was the work of small cells and did not signify a major resurgence of anti-government, anti-American forces, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq said on Sunday. |
| AP IMPACT: Citizens held as illegal immigrants (AP)
April 12, 2009 at 12:24 pm
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| | AP - Pedro Guzman has been an American citizen all his life. Yet in 2007, the 31-year-old Los Angeles native — in jail for a misdemeanor, mentally ill and never able to read or write — signed a waiver agreeing to leave the country without a hearing and was deported to Mexico as an illegal immigrant. |
| Obama's half-brother refused visa to Britain: reports (Reuters)
April 12, 2009 at 11:37 am
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| | Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama's half-brother has been denied a visa to come back to Britain after he earlier gave a false name to police when accused of an attempted sexual assault, British newspapers reported on Sunday. |
| Christians mark Easter as pope pleads for peace (AFP)
April 12, 2009 at 11:20 am
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|  AFP - Pope Benedict XVI appealed for peace in Africa and the Middle East during his Easter blessing on Sunday as Christians across the world celebrated the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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| Obama seeks new relationship with Latin America (Reuters)
April 12, 2009 at 8:16 am
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|  Reuters - President Barack Obama will try to establish a cooperative new relationship with Latin America this week, but U.S. resistance to change on highly symbolic issues like Cuba and immigration could undercut the effort, analysts said.
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