Environment, Health and Education

• AIDS Case Numbers Dip in South 
  An Institute of Medical Education and Research of Chandigarh study concluded that the number of AIDS cases in South India is lower because of the use of condoms and more awareness of infections than good medical practice or testing processes.<More>

Neighbors

• UNSC Gives Iran 30 Days 
  After three weeks of backroom haggling, the 5 so-called permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) gave Iran 30 days to fulfill International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) requirements and suspend all uranium enrichment without stating consequences for non-compliance. <More> 
  US & Iran Talk Iraq But Fight Over Nuclear Program 
  France & UK Circulate Draft Statement on Iran  

• LTTE Wants Safe Passage 
  The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have demanded a safe passage from the Sri Lankan Government (Lanka) to fly out of the only international airport in Colombo to attend April 19-21 negotiations in Switzerland.<More> 
  Caution on Escalating Violence in Lanka  

World

• US Seeks Iran’s help in Iraq 
  The United States (US) is seeking Iran’s help to prevail on Shia elements in Iraq to form a national Government that will bring peace to the hapless nations and extract the US out of a quagmire born out of unilateralism.<More>

• Hamas Rule Begins 
  Amid increasing international isolation, the terrorist group Hamas that won Palestinian elections beating Fattah, the infighting-ridden party of Yaseer Arafat, was sworn into office moderate President Mahmoud Abbas<More> 
  Hamas's victory in Palestinian Territories