World News - News April 12, 2011

Opposition figure: 2 Syrian villages under attack (Houston Chronicle)
Pro-government gunmen launched an attack on two villages in Syria's northeast on Tuesday, two days after security forces shot dead four protesters in the same region, a leading Syrian opposition figure said.

Tea 'is key weapon' against Taliban (Salisbury Journal)
Drinking chai - tea - is a key weapon in the fight against the insurgency in Afghanistan, a senior Army officer has said.

Body exhumation in sex abuse probe (Marketrasen Today)
The dead sister of a convicted child sex attacker is to be exhumed from a church graveyard by police officers investigating sexual abuse.

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Japan ups nuke crisis severity to match Chernobyl (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
A broken clock sits in the debris a month after a massive earthquake struck the area in Kamaishi, Iwate prefecture, Japan, Monday, April 11, 2011.

Strong quake jolts Tokyo (KIMA)
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 has jolted in Tokyo and its environs.

Chernobyl Tours Offered 25 Years After Blast 1hr (KITV)
For the visitor, Chernobyl makes heavy demands on the imagination - much of what's important can be seen only in the mind's eye.

US Appeals Ct Agrees, parts of SB 1070 Should NOT Go into Effect (hispanicallyspeakingnews)
Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has agreed in its ruling that portions of Arizona's anti-immigrant legislation, SB 1070, should have been stopped.

More Anti-LGBT Attacks on the Program "Jose Luis Sin Censura" (hispanicallyspeakingnews)
More Anti-LGBT Attacks, Abuse on the Spanish-Language Program "JosA© Luis Sin Censura" 1 Comment Published at 4:00 pm, April 9, 2011 More than 30 organizations have sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski, urging him to swiftly act on the National Hispanic Media Coalition and the Gay & Lesbian Alliance ...

Soggy crowds greet William and Kate (Hampshire Chronicle)
Prince William and his bride-to-be Kate Middleton have embarked on their last official engagement together before the royal wedding later this month.

U.S. Issues Travel Warning to Mexican States due to Threats (hispanicallyspeakingnews)
The United States Consulates General in Matamoros, Nuevo Laredo, and Monterrey advise American citizens that the U.S. government has received uncorroborated information that Mexican criminal gangs may intend to attack U.S. law enforcement officers or U.S. citizens in the near future in Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon and San Luis Potosi .