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>><!--top1-->China<!--top1End--> - <!--top1Content-->The Chinese state news organization announced today that Chinese officials will meet with representatives of the Dalai Lama. A spokesman for the Lama said they had received no word of the meeting. The announcement comes as a surprise given the fact that China's government denounces the Dalai Lama as a traitor and as an instigator of unrest, particularly the most recent. The Olympic torch, which has met with widespread protests -- generally about the status of Tibet -- in its world tour, will be brought into Tibet in May, where the relay will include a summitting of Mt. Everest, and into Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, in June.<!--top1ContentEnd-->

>><!--top2-->Iraq<!--top2End--> - <!--top2Content-->After a year-long boycott, Tawafiq, the largest Sunni bloc in Iraq's government, has agreed to rejoin the cabinet of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Representatives cited the recently passed amnesty legislation, which has already led to the release of some Sunni prisoners, and the government's fighting of Shi'ite insurgents as reasons for the policy shift. "Details" reportedly have not been worked out, a designation that has, historically in Iraqi politics, represented a significant hurdle.<!--top2ContentEnd-->

>><!--top3-->Nepal<!--top3End--> - <!--top3Content-->The results are final from Nepal's historic April 10 parliamentary election. The party respresenting former rebel Maoists has won 220 of 601 seats, twice as many as the second-place Nepali Congress party. The new assembly will craft a new constitution, and the Maoists have stated that they will end Nepal's 240-year-old monarchy. The election caps the 2006 peace agreement, which ended a bloody 10-year civil war.<!--top3ContentEnd-->

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Africa

• Congo - New fighting stops DR Congo aid
• Sierra Leone - The DIY cure for malaria
• Zimbabwe - U.S. Says Opposition Won Zimbabwe Presidential Vote

Americas

• Argentina - Maradona signed as political party's number 10
• Bolivia - British cyclist Tom Austin killed on Bolivian 'Highway of Death'

Asia

• Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka rebels 'abandon shrine'
• Nepal - Nepal torch security 'too harsh'
• Pakistan - Car bomb kills three in Pakistan
• Pakistan - Pakistan Asserts It Is Near a Deal With Militants
• Turkmenistan - April Is April Again
• Russia - Kremlin Rules: At Expense of All Others, Putin Picks a Church
• Korea - South Korean growth slows sharply
• Ukraine - Ukraine feels strain as inflation soars
• Japan - US marine charged with Okinawa rape
• Korea - Seven cloned sniffer dogs named Toppy begin training in South Korea

Europe

• Spain - Moroccan drugs baron recaptured
• France - Sarkozy attempts to regain initiative

Middle East

• Iran - Iran votes in second round poll
• Israel - Bush Meets Abbas, but Palestinians Criticize Plans for Trip
• Israel - Hamas Truce Offer Now Limited to Gaza Strip
• Israel - Israel rejects Gaza ceasefire