by Staff Writers
Babahoyo, Ecuador (AFP) April 4, 2012

Thousands of poor Ecuadoran farmers are watching their livelihoods being
washed away, hit by the worst rainfall in 14 years which has cost 24
lives and left a heart-breaking trail of damage.

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MEXICO has been shaken by what officials described as the strongest
aftershock yet from a powerful earthquake that killed at least two
people and destroyed thousands of homes late last month.*

     From correspondents in Mexico City
     AP
     April 03, 2012 9:42AM

MEXICO has been shaken by what officials described as the strongest
aftershock yet from a powerful earthquake that killed at least two
people and destroyed thousands of homes late last month.

Officials said there are no immediate reports of serious damage or
injuries from the quake, which had an initial magnitude of 6.3.

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7:47 PM Monday Apr 2, 2012

A spectacular, bright meteor that left a long trail in the sky has
stunned witnesses in Wellington and Christchurch tonight.

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North Korea is preparing to unveil a new long-range missile that is
capable of striking targets in the continental US.

By Julian Ryall in Tokyo

9:27AM BST 03 Apr 2012
The Telegraph UK

Reconnaissance satellites have identified the huge missile at a
government research and development facility in Pyongyang, South Korean
government sources told the Chosun Ilbo newspaper.

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PARIS (AP) -- French police arrested 19 people Friday as they launched a
crackdown on suspected Islamist extremists in cities around the country,
the French president said, promising more raids to come.

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By Abhaya Srivastava | AFP News

    Members of the local 'Bnei Menashe' community offer prayers at the
Beith Shalom Synagogue on the Sabbath in February 2012 in Churachandpur
district of north eastern state of Manipur. The members of the Bnei
Menashe are praying for the chance to "return home" to a country they
have never seen and which their ancestors fled nearly 3,000 years ago

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