JAPAN: PM Noda Hopes to Double Sales Tax to 10 Percent to Deal with Debt Crisis

GREECE: Rise of the Far Right Worries Mainstream Parties

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Arab League Condemn's Iranian President's Visit to Disputed UAE Island, Asserts UAE Sovereignty

UK: PM Cameron Faces Increased Pressure to Investigate Culture Minister Over Murdoch Ties

NORTH KOREA: Threats to Reduce Enemies in the South to "Ashes" Met with Criticism

INDIA: Sexual Harassment Bill to Help Domestic Help "One-Sided"; Tabled for More Study

CANADA: Parliamentary Motion on When Life Begins Re-Opens Abortion Debate

JAPAN: Stiff Opposition to Pacific-Wide Trade Deal as Thousands Demonstrate in Tokyo

AUSTRALIA: Opposition Leader Abbott Calls for More Employer-Sponsored Overseas Workers

BRAZIL: US Defense Sec. Panetta Visits to Discuss Military Hardware Sales, Cooperation

NORTH KOREA: Analysts Say Missiles On Parade in N. Korea Were Fake

UK: Culture Minister Faces Calls to Resign After "Illegal" Leaks to Murdoch Newspapers

INDIA: S&P Warns of Downgrade, Would Take India to "Junk" Status

JAPAN: Gov't Funding $7 Billion in Projects in SE Asia Starting in 2013

INDIA: National Commission For Women Chair Embraces the Word "Sexy"

FRANCE: Hollande Defeats Sarkozy in First Round of Voting; Both Move to Second Round

MALDIVES: Ousted President Says India Should "Coerce" Maldives Into Early Elections

CHINA: Gov't Considers Sending Observers to Syria

ASIA: China, Russia to Hold Joint Naval Exercises Near Japan

FRANCE: Sarkozy Allies Secretly Fear Defeat

FRANCE: Election Officials Will Clamp Down on Exit Poll, Election Results Leaks

ARGENTINA: Spain Pledges "Forceful Response" To Arfentine Govt's Oil Co. Nationalization Plans 

AFGHANISTAN: Taliban Launches Largest Attack Against Kabul in 11 Years; Parliament Attacked

FRANCE: Sarkozy's Poll Numbers Tumble A Week Before Election

COLUMBIA: Summit of the Americas to Take up Argentina's Falkland Islands Claim

GUINEA-BISSAU: Prime Minister Ousted in Coup Over Allegedly Aiding Drug Smugglers

UK: Conservative Manifesto-writer Says Party Won't Adopt UK Independence Party's "Swivel-eyed Rhetoric"

RUSSIA: Orthodox Church Increasingly Criticized for Political Involvement, Scandals

JAPAN: Country's Oldest Serving Mayor Re-Elected at Age 82

ASIA: China Urges Two Philippine Vessels to Withdraw from Disputed S. China Sea Islands

MOROCCO: Gov't Breaks Up Terror Cell

MALI: Northern Half of N. African Country in Hands of Radical Islamists

RUSSIA: Opposition Party Walks Out on Duma Session as Putin Speaks

GREECE: PM Papademos announces 6 May election

PHILIPPINES: Airlines Re-Routing Flight Paths Away from N. Korean Missile Launch Trajectory

CANADA: Alberta's Wildrose Party Vows to Let Citizen Committee Set Politicians' Pay

FRANCE: Sarkozy Ramps Up Anti-Muslim Rhetoric in Tough Re-Election Bid

EU: European Parliament Votes to End Two-Site Parliamentary Building Arrangement

UK: PM Cameron Calls for Ratings on Music Videos to Protect Children

AUSTRALIA: Opposition Leader's Personal Connection to Gay Marriage Issue

UK: Labour MP Says Party Owes Unions "Respect"

JAPAN: Foreign Minister Asks Former Prime Minister to Cancel Iran Visit

FRANCE: Sarkozy Warns of Spain-Style Disaster if Not Reelected

SERBIA: Pro-Western President Resigns, Calls for New Elections

MALI: Coup Leaders to Hold National Convention as International Pressure Mounts

CHINA: Premier Calls for Shake-Up of State-Run Banks

CHINA: Economic Stimulus Hopes to Boost Domestic Demand to Offset Reduced Exports

TUNISIA: Ruling Islamist Party Rules Out Addition of Sharia Law to Constitution

JAPAN: Sanctions Against N. Korea Extended Ahead of Missile Launch

ISRAEL: Obama Administration Blaming Israel for Gas Price Hikes

MYANMAR: Suu Kyi Wins Historic Election Victory

CANADA: Gov't Budget Eliminates the Penny To Save Cents

CHINA: Arrests Made Over Online Coup Rumors