World Blog: In touch from Titanic wreck scene
‘We were all screaming — we got the animals and ran’
Wen Baragrey, a writer who lives by the sea in Christchurch, New Zealand, shares her chaotic escape from her swaying home during the early morning earthquake that struck.
Castro dons uniform for first big speech in years
 At 84 and having dusted off his military uniform, Fidel Castro on Friday addressed his first political rally since becoming ill and resigning as president in 2006.
Mom’s hug revives baby that was pronounced dead
“He’s doing things dead babies don’t do — you might want to come see this!” Kate Ogg told doctors who had declared her premature baby dead. After the Australian mom held him to her body for two hours in a method called “kangaroo care,” the infant stirred to life.
Nein, danke! German kids get porn pens
To sweeten their first day at primary school German children are normally given a cone filled with sweets, but children in Essen opened theirs to find raunchy writing instruments that project erotic images.
Deadly bomb blast rocks rally in Pakistan
 The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility on Friday for a suicide bombing that killed at least 43 people in the southwestern city of Quetta.
‘Significant damage’ in New Zealand quake
 At least two people were seriously injured in a major earthquake that caused extensive damage early Saturday in Christchurch, New Zealand, hospital officials said.
UPS 747 cargo plane crashes in Dubai
 A UPS 747 cargo plane with two crew aboard crashed in Dubai shortly after takeoff Friday, the company said.
Volcano, dormant 400 years, spews new ash
 An Indonesian volcano that was quiet for four centuries shot a new, powerful burst of hot ash more than 10,000 feet in the air Friday, sending frightened residents fleeing to safety for the second time this week.
Gates: U.S. troops face 'tough days' ahead
 As the last of 30,000 U.S. reinforcements arrive in Afghanistan, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday got a firsthand look at operations in the dangerous south.
Israel urged to open up atomic program
The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog has invited Israel to consider joining a global anti-nuclear arms pact and to place all its atomic facilities under his agency's inspections, an IAEA report said on Friday.
7 defendants convicted in Portugal sex abuse trial
 Seven people were convicted of child sex abuse in Portugal on Friday in a major trial that lasted nearly six years and shocked the country.
Mobs attack home of Iranian opposition leader
 Pro-government crowds swarmed outside the battered home of a key Iranian opposition leader Friday after militiamen attacked with firebombs and beat a bodyguard unconscious in a brazen message of intimidation and pinpoint pressure on dissent.
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