World News - News April 4, 2011

Oil above $108 (Business Report)
Oil prices jumped to fresh 30-month highs above $108 a barrel Monday in Asia as signs of a recovering U.S. jobs market bolstered investor optimism that global crude demand will strengthen.

Hague restraint call to Ivory Coast (IcWirral)
Foreign Secretary William Hague has called for restraint in crisis-hit Ivory Coast as a charity said many of those fleeing the violence were children.

Not Absorbent Enough: Diaper Material Fails to Plug Japan's Radioactive Leak (huliq)
Consumers rely on diapers to keep the bottoms of their babies dry, and authorities in Japan are looking toward the same sort of solution to try to close the leak spewing radiation into into the ocean.

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China blocks well-known artist from boarding plane (KansasCity)
China blocked one of its most famous contemporary artists from taking a flight to Hong Kong on Sunday and police later raided his Beijing studio, the man's assistant said.The artist, Ai Weiwei, is an outspoken government critic and has been barred from going abroad before.China has launched a massive crackdown on lawyers, writers and activists, ...