Police arrest former Pakistani ruler Musharraf

An election banner showing Pakistan's former president and military ruler Pervez Musharraf, is used as a curtain on a makeshift home in a Christian slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, April 17, 2013.

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/crime/article/Police-arrest-former-Pakistani-ruler-Musharraf-4443590.php

Bombing victim says he saw man drop bag that exploded minutes later

Minutes before the bombs blew up in Boston, Jeff Bauman looked into the eyes of the man who is suspected of trying to kill him.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/victim-in-iconic-photo-says-he-saw-bomber/2013/04/19/0de8b100-a8a3-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html

7.0 quake hits ocean off Japan, Russia; no damage

The Japan Meteorological Agency says a 7.0-magnitude earthquake has struck off far northern Japan and far eastern Russia.

http://www.rgj.com/usatoday/article/2095741

South Koreans hope to resume businesses at jointly run factory in North Korea shut by tensions

Visitors look at products made at Kaesong industrial complex in North Korea displayed at the complex's showroom at the unification observation post near the border village of Panmunjom, that has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 18, 2013.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/south-koreans-hope-to-resume-businesses-at-jointly-run-factory-in-north-korea-shut-by-tensions/2013/04/18/c6f8e560-a88b-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_story.html

Pettersen leads Lotte Championship by one over Miyazato after second day

Suzann Pettersen rebounded from her lone bogey with three back-nine birdies Thursday at wind-swept Ko Olina to take the second-round lead in the LPGA Lotte Championship.

http://www.pga.com/news/lpga-tour/suzann-pettersen-leads-lotte-championship-one-over-ai-miyazato-after-second-day

Zoo's giraffe caught up in sea search

Nakuru is transported in a crate from Auckland Zoo through Mt Eden on its journey to the port on Monday.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10878542&ref=rss

Minister pledges green fields can be protected on visit to Addingham

At St Peter's Church, Addingham, village civic society chairman Jim Robinson, planning minister Nick Boles, Keighley MP Kris Hopkins and civic society secretary Peter Wilkinson The Government's planning minister Nick Boles offered reassurances about protecting "precious green spaces" during his visit to the Bradford district yesterday.

http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/10366069.Minister_pledges_green_fields_can_be_protected_on_visit_to_Addingham/

Pakistani Ex-President Musharraf Arrested

Former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf has been arrested and taken to court.

http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-musharraf/24962037.html

Dad's concern after teenage son approached on street

A dad has told how a shiver went down his spine when he realised his son might have been approached by a wanted man.

http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/10365991.Dad_s_concern_after_teenage_son_approached_on_street/

Mohan Named MAC Player of the Week

Miami's Nimisha Mohan has been named Mid-American Conference Tennis Player of the Week, the league office announced on Wednesday.The award is the first for a RedHawk this season.

http://www.muredhawks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=207317760

Pervez Musharraf back in court a day after fleeing arrest

Pervez Musharraf after his arrival back in Pakistan. He has been placed under house arrest amid allegations of treason while he was in office.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/19/pervez-musharraf-back-court-arrest

Jay-Z, Kate Middleton, Aamir Khan on Time's most influential list

Rapper Jay-Z, Pakistan teenager Malala Yousufzai, Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence and SpaceX founder Elon Musk were on Thursday named among Time magazine's most influential people in the world.

http://www.financialexpress.com/news/jayz-kate-middleton-aamir-khan-on-times-most-influential-list/1104777

Knox memoir tells of pot use, time in Italian prison

While imprisoned in Italy for four years in the murder of her roommate, Amanda Knox fended off sexual harassment from guards and an overture from a cellmate.

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2020812159_knoxbooknytxml.html?syndication=rss

Election council to audit vote in Venezuela

Venezuela's electoral council said Thursday it would audit the 46 percent vote that was not scrutinized election night in a major concession to opposition candidate Henrique Capriles, who said he accepted the decision because he believed the votes stolen from him were to be found among those votes.

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/7ac576ab564f4a32aa32d02dbce3906e/LT--Venezuela-Election

Night Watch: Is North Korea Looking for Dialogue?

In the past three days North Korea has issued three statements from different national institutions and directed at the US.

http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/nightwatch/2013/04/19/is-north-korea-looking-for-dialogue-n1572557

Nathan Slaughter: The Company With A Hold On The Biggest Shale Play In America

If you've been paying attention to the oil and gas sector for very long, then you've no doubt heard all about the famed Bakken and Eagle Ford shales.

http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/nathanslaughter/2013/04/19/the-company-with-a-hold-on-the-biggest-shale-play-in-america-n1572501

WHERE will the Indian votes go this time?

In Johor, earmarked by the opposition pact as the frontline state, Indians make up only a small minority in the total electorate count.

http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=88441:where-will-the-indian-votes-be-headed-to?&Itemid=2

U.S. Investigating Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria

U.S. intelligence agencies are investigating accounts from European allies that Syria may have used chemical weapons in its war against opposition forces, a senior U.S. official said Thursday.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/167287

Otorohanga fugitive arrested in Hamilton

Detective Sergeant Graham Pitkethley of the Waikato CIB said the 31-year-old Otorohanga man was arrested on Masters Ave in Hamilton about 2.45pm without incident.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/8572820/Otorohanga-fugitive-arrested-in-Hamilton

'Humiliated' Wanita UMNO deputy chief hints at crossing over

Not only Wanita UMNO leader Shahrizat Abdul Jalil was given the boot by party president Najib Razak, its deputy Kamalia Ibrahim is also left out in BN's candidates list announced this week.

http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=88391:humiliated-wanita-umno-deputy-chief-hints-at-crossing-over&Itemid=2