THE GUARDIAN, World Top Stories, Apr 02, 2011

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  Nine killed and 81 injured in Kandahar protest

  Violence mars demonstration in Afghan city the day after mob killed seven at UN compound
  • UN's Afghan mission rocked by killings

• Gaddafi regime starts talks with west

  
  Rebels offer ceasefire as doctor says seven civilians have been killed in an air strike
  • Libyan revolution is worth the fight, say battle-torn families
  • Simon Tisdall: Psychological warfare is not all on the western side
  • Editorial: Defections and dilemmas
  • Corinthia Hotel London to open despite Libya sanctions threat
  • Libyan figures interrogated by MI6 as stalemate fears grow
  • Video: Gates rules out ground troops in Libya

• 800 dead in Ivory Coast violence

  
  Red Cross delegates report 'huge number of bodies' from week of tribal clashes as fighting continues over disputed presidential election
  • Gbagbo's guard mounts last stand
  • Analysis: Rebels making quick work of revolution
  • Video: Ouattara calls on military to defect

• Fukushima plant leaking into sea

  
  Tepco officials say 20cm crack in containment pit under reactor two may be source of radioactive water
  • Fukushima nuclear power plant update: get all the data

Middle East

• Syria's British-born first lady divides the women of Damascus

  
  1 Apr 2011: Criticism mounts of Asma al-Assad, the fashion pinup at the heart of Syria's repressive elite
  • Syrian security forces crack down on 'Friday of Martyrs'
  • Brian Whitaker: The boldness of Bashar al-Assad
  • Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh digs in as rival protests rock Sana'a

• Syrian security forces crack down on 'Friday of Martyrs'

  
  1 Apr 2011: At least three people are killed and scores injured during protests across the country
  • Syria's British-born first lady divides the women of Damascus
  • Brian Whitaker: The boldness of Bashar al-Assad
  • Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh digs in as rival protests rock Sana'a

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Europe

• Quelle joie! Marks & Spencer brings British quirkiness back to Paris

  
  1 Apr 2011: Agnès Poirier rejoices at the reopening of a very British corner in the French capital 10 years after it closed down
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  • Marks & Spencer makes Paris comeback with Champs Elysées store
  • M&S returns to France with Champs Elysées store
  • Will M&S succeed in France this time?

• Spain's success abroad fails to create jobs at home

  
  1 Apr 2011: Fast growing Spanish businesses do not expect to add to their workforces as they expand into new markets. By Phillip Inman
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  • Holidaymakers flock back to Spain
  • Euro rate rise 'would be disaster for Spain'
  • Michael White: Lisbon rejects EU, but not Brazil

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Africa

• Libya military strikes bring warning from former defence chiefs

  
  1 Apr 2011: House of Lords told Britain is stretching armed forces very thin, while coalition runs risk of appearing like 'oil-starved colonialists'
  • Libya uprising and Moussa Koussa defection – live updates
  • Gaddafi regime admits attempts to talk to west
  • Revealed: Gaddafi envoy in Britain for secret talks

• Gaddafi regime admits attempts to talk to west

  
  1 Apr 2011: Former prime minister says Libyan officials trying to negotiate with UK, France and US, as rebels outline ceasefire conditions
  • Libya uprising and Moussa Koussa defection – live updates
  • Revealed: Gaddafi envoy in Britain for secret talks
  • Moussa Koussa 'sick', says Libya after defection - video

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Americas

• Rio's drive to remove drug gangs from slums brings calm to hospital A&E

  
  1 Apr 2011: Surgeons tell of relief as gunshot cases fall after 'pacification' of Rio's favelas before the 2016 Olympics

• Suspected drug lord held in Guatemala

  
  31 Mar 2011: Juan Ortiz Lopez, who is wanted in Florida on cocaine trafficking charges, is arrested at a house in Quetzaltenango

More on Americas

Asia

• Afghan government plans crackdown on revealing wedding dresses

  
  1 Apr 2011: Committees would ensure brides are modestly dressed and male and female guests do not mix under a new law
  • Nine killed and 81 injured in Kandahar protest against US burning of Qur'an
  • UN staff killed in Afghanistan amid protests over Qur'an burning
  • Terry Jones defiant despite murders in Afghanistan over Qur'an burning

• Chinese student's death prompts online outrage

  
  1 Apr 2011: Police have said Zhao Wei, 23, jumped to his death at railway station, but others believe he was murdered
  • Crackdown in China spreads terror among dissidents
  • China must be held to account over 'disappeared' lawyers

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