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Date: Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 8:02 PM
>TOP STORIES as of 0800 HKT -- 14 April, 2010

> OBAMA: 'REAL PROGRESS' MADE AT NUCLEAR SUMMIT
U.S. President Barack Obama says a summit has reached agreement
on the threat posed by unsecured nuclear materials, and on steps
to keep them away from terrorists.

> SOURCES: KYRGYZ LEADER WILLING TO RESIGN
Ousted Kyrgyz president Kurmanbek Bakiev is willing to resign if
he and his relatives are allowed safe passage out of the
country, sources says.

> ISRAEL WARNS CITIZENS OF KIDNAP THREAT
An Israeli counter-terrorism unit is warning Israeli citizens in
Egypt's Sinai peninsula to return home because they face the
risk of militant attacks.

> MOURNERS GRIEVE POLAND'S FIRST LADY
Mourners file past the bodies of the late Polish president and
first lady at the presidential palace, three days after the
couple was killed in a plane crash in Russia.

> U.S. AUTHORITIES PROBE BEATING VIDEO
A police officer has been suspended and prosecutors are
investigating an incident caught on video in which officers beat
a University of Maryland student.

> PIRATE SUSPECTS TO FACE CHARGES IN U.S.
Five suspected Somali pirates accused of attacking a U.S. Navy
ship could be sent to the United States to face criminal
proceedings, according to U.S. military officials.

> SOMALI RADIO AIRS ANIMALS IN PROTEST
Roars, growls and galloping hooves replaced music Tuesday on
some of Mogadishu's radio stations in a protest of a ban on
music imposed by Islamic extremists.

> PRIEST CALLS FOR POPE'S RESIGNATION
The phones are ringing off the hook at the parish of St.
Michael's Church, where the Rev. James Scahill called in a
sermon last weekend for the pope to resign over the church's
sexual abuse scandal.

BUSINESS
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> 'CLEVER LITTLE BAG' SENDS SHOEBOX PACKING
German sportswear company Puma has unveiled its environmentally
sustainable answer to the traditional shoebox, a bag that aims
to halve manufacturing waste.

> INDIA TAKES BIDS FOR GIANT INTERNET LEAP
In the good old days, Indians would wait for years for a
telephone line to be installed in their homes and workplaces.

> TWITTER TO START CARRYING ADS
Millions of Twitter users will see the first paid advertisements
appear on the site from Tuesday as the Californian company
begins to commercialize its service.