• Overnight News Summaries ,
• Tags: Africa, Cairo, China, Colombia, earthquake, Egypt, FARC, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Mexico, Middle East, Russia, United States
• 31 Mar

KEY STORYLINES

• AFRICA: A suicide bombing in Timbuktu and a landmine in the northern part of the country killed at least four.
• AMERICAS: The Colombian government and FARC rebels agreed to pause peace talks for three weeks.
• ASIA: Afghan President Karzai arrived in Qatar for talks on the possibility of the Taliban opening an office there.

• Overnight News Summaries ,
• Tags: Africa, Bahrain, Cairo, Chihuahua, earthquake, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Mexico, Middle East, Protest, protests, Russia, Yemen
• 30 Mar

KEY STORYLINES

• AFRICA: Kenya’s supreme court prepared to rule on a disputed election amid widespread allegations of voting irregularity.
• AMERICAS: A shooting at a bar in Mexico’s Chihuahua killed at least seven.
• ASIA: In Pakistan, a gun and grenade attack on a school in the southern part of the country killed the principal and wounded six children.

• Overnight News Summaries ,
• Tags: Africa, China, Colombia, earthquake, Egypt, India, Lebanon, Middle East, Protest, Russia
• 29 Mar

KEY STORYLINES

• AFRICA: The UN approved the first “offensive” peacekeeping brigade, for combat against rebel groups in the DR Congo.
• AMERICAS:  The Colombian army reported an ELN guerilla leader killed in a clash in the country’s southwest.
• ASIA: In Pakistan, a suicide bombing struck Peshawar killing at least 10.