>>Iraq - General Petreaus, testifying in front of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees yesterday, announced a pause in U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq that would be, at minimum, 45 days, but could last indefinitely. He also testified that "we haven't turned any corners. We haven't seen any lights at the end of the tunnel." The three U.S. presidential candidates all questioned Petreaus. The lucky winner in November will now, because of the pause, be guaranteed of inheriting a 100,000-strong troop presence in Iraq.

>>Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe's supreme court ruled yesterday that it would urgently address the opposition's application for an immediate release of the presidential election results. Also yesterday, South African president Thabo Mbeki said he will meet
with opposition leader Tsvangirai, who met with ANC leader Jacob Zuma on Monday. The situation in Zimbabwe continues to grow more dire as the opposition has reported violent attacks on its supporters, organized gangs continue to drive
white farmers off their land, and election officials have been arrested for allegedly "undercounting
Mugabe."

>>Korea - U.S. Envoy Christopher Hill announced that progress had been made in talks between the U.S. and North Korea regarding the latter's delayed declaration of its nuclear activities. However, he cautioned that there had net yet been a "breakthrough." Meanwhile, North Korea announced that their compensation from the U.S. for a satisfactory declaration had been agreed upon.

• href="http://www.undispatch.com/archives/2008/04/danger_in_kenya.php%0a">Danger
  in Kenya
• href="http://www.undispatch.com/archives/2008/04/the_greatest_si.php%0a">'The
  Greatest Silence' Premiering on HBO Tonight!
• href="http://www.undispatch.com/archives/2008/04/swearing_off_na.php%0a">Swearing
  Off Nation Building
• href="http://www.undispatch.com/archives/2008/04/the_benefits_of.php%0a">The
  Benefits of Female UN Peacekeepers
• href="http://www.undispatch.com/archives/2008/04/state_departmen.php%0a">State
  Department Wittingly Letting Terrorists onto US Soil?

Africa

• href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/worldNews/~3/266876444/idUSL0936259520080409">Egypt
  - Palestinians say Bush will meet Abbas in Egypt
• href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/africa/7338069.stm">Senegal
  - Senegal changes law to try Habre
• href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7338206.stm">South
  Africa - SA power prices 'should double'
• href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article3708849.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797093">Niger
  - Former slave, Hadijatou Mani, is suing state
  of Niger over cruelty
• href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/worldNews/~3/266681863/idUSL0878334720080409">Kenya
  - Kenya opposition halts talks, protests flare
• href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/09/kenya?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews">Kenya
  - Street protests in Kenya after unity talks collapse

w:st="on">Americas

• href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article3671320.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797093">Venezuela
  - Bad Bart Simpson is banished for Baywatch in Venezuela
• href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3709146.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797093">U.S.
  - Italian bar helps 'poor' Americans
• href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/09/world/americas/09fbriefs-REBELSREJECT_BRF.html?ex=1365480000&en=cd77eefb2125a12e&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"> style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Colombia - Rebels Reject French
  Mission for Hostage
• href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/09/world/americas/09fbriefs-BEESATTACKPO_BRF.html?ex=1365480000&en=a81482cbff53c0d6&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"> style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Mexico - Bees Attack Police
• href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/worldNews/~3/266672249/idUSN0835816120080409">Haiti
  - Protests over food prices paralyze Haitian capital
• href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/09/drugstrade.brazil?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews">Colombia
  - Hordes flock to auction of jailed drugs lord's possessions

Asia

• href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/7338154.stm">Russia
  - 'Two dead' in Russian cave siege
• href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/7338034.stm">Pakistan
  - Rebel world cricket series starts
• href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/7337939.stm">Pakistan
  - Leading Pakistan lawyer resigns
• href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/worldNews/~3/266997624/idUSISL12558720080409">Pakistan
  - Pakistan court acquits Bhutto's widower in murder case
• href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/worldNews/~3/266815668/idUSDEL33632420080409">Nepal
  - Eight killed in violence ahead of Nepal polls
• href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7338258.stm">China
  - China stands firm on Tibet relay
• href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/10/world/asia/10tibet.html?ex=1365480000&en=1dc158ff44f52d26&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">China
  - Monks Disrupt Media Tour in China
• href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3711490.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797093">China
  - Australian PM Kevin Rudd warns China over human rights abuses in Tibet
• href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/worldNews/~3/266779323/idUSSEO16259520080409">S.
  Korea - S.Korea votes for MPs, conservatives
  seek majority

Europe

• href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/9c7b3950-0589-11dd-a9e0-0000779fd2ac.html">Spain
  - Spain looks to rebuild after property crash
• href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/09/world/europe/09fbriefs-ARRESTSINVAN_BRF.html?ex=1365480000&en=d968e7cd9940e6ad&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"> style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>France - Arrests in Vandalism of
  Muslim Graves in North
• href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/09/world/europe/09nazi.html?ex=1365480000&en=dfe1dbfee7757829&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">Germany
  - Report Details Catholic Role in Nazi Abuses
• href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/09/conservation.wildlife?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews">Germany
  - Zoo under fire over Flocke publicity effect
• href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/7337985.stm">Poland
  - Poland seeks to boost Israel ties
• href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/09/technology/techspecial/09town.html?ex=1365480000&en=b4e5117cc203c2cb&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">Ireland
  - On the Irish Coast, Reconsidering Energy From the Town Up
• href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/worldNews/~3/266674155/idUSL0879374620080409">Lithuania
  - Suicides in Lithuania show social pains persist
• href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/apr/09/madeleinemccann?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews">Portugal
  - McCanns ponder return to Praia class=SpellE>da Luz
• href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/relationships/article3708869.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797093">Czech
  Republic - Vaclav Klaus admits having affair with airline attendant no
  3

Middle
East

• href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/7338055.stm">Israel
  - 'Three dead' in Gaza border clash
• href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/09/world/middleeast/09katsav.html?ex=1365480000&en=5d759f1b4770e346&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">Israel
  - Former Israeli President Drops Plea Deal
• href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/09/terrorism.law?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews">Jordan
  - Appeal court blocks deportation of terror suspects
• href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/worldNews/~3/266895905/idUSN0717902120080409">Iraq
  - Bush to press case against cutting Iraq force
• href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/audio/2008/apr/09/goldenberg.petraeus?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews">Iraq
  - Suzanne Goldenberg on the questioning of Gen. Petraeus
• href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/worldNews/~3/266738672/idUSL0434078820080409">Iraq
  - Iraq's Sadr threatens to scrap ceasefire
• href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/index_xml/~3/266776941/AR2008040802849.html">Iraq
  - The Day's Other Iraq Policy Event -- The One With the Paparazzi