>TOP STORIES as of 0800 HKT -- 03 April, 2010
> IRAN MAY SEND WEAPONS TO TALIBAN, U.S. OFFICIAL SAYS
New U.S. military intelligence suggests Iran plans to smuggle
weapons into Afghanistan in the coming weeks, a senior U.S.
Defense Department official said Friday.
> TEEN ID'D AS MOSCOW SUBWAY BOMBER
Investigators identify one of the female suicide bombers in
Monday's deadly metro attacks in Moscow as teenager Dzhennet
Abdullayeva from Dagestan.
> 'CHARLIE'S ANGELS' FORSYTHE DIES
Actor John Forsythe has died at the age of 92, his publicist
said Friday.
> SINGER CITED FOR NAKED STROLL
Erykah Badu's naked stroll through downtown Dallas, Texas, for a
music video has earned her a disorderly conduct citation.
> FLIGHTS TO U.S. FACE TIGHTER SECURITY
The U.S. is to announce tougher airport checks Friday for people
entering the country as a result of a review ordered after the
failed December 25 attack over Detroit.
> PREACHER: ABUSE FURY 'LIKE ANTISEMITISM'
Pope Benedict XVI's personal preacher on Friday compared the
fury aimed at the Catholic leadership because of sexual abuse
within the Church to aspects of antisemitism.
> GAMERS PLEAD GUILTY TO BABY'S DEATH
A South Korean couple whose three-month-old daughter died of
malnutrition while they raised a virtual child in an online game
has pleaded guilty to negligent homicide.
> HITLER'S STUDENT SKETCHES UP FOR SALE
A British auction house plans to sell off newly discovered
sketches done by Adolf Hitler when he was a struggling student
trying desperately to get into art school.
BUSINESS
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> DAIMLER FINED $185M FOR BRIBERY
German carmaker Daimler AG and three of its subsidiaries pleaded
guilty to bribing government officials with tens of millions of
dollars in Russia, China and 20 other countries, the U.S.
Justice Department announced.
> U.S. ECONOMY ADDS 162,000 JOBS
The U.S. economy created 162,000 jobs last month the government
said on Friday, bolstering hopes that the economic recovery is
gathering steam.
> U.S. MANUFACTURING ON THE INCREASE
Manufacturing activity grew for the eighth straight month in
March, at the fastest rates since July 2004, according to a new
report.
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