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Hindus Bear Loved Ones’ Bodies to Nepal Holy Site

Hundreds of bodies have been reduced to ash in funerals by Nepal’s Pashupatinath temple since Saturday’s quake.

In Nepal Village, a Struggle to Get Aid Amid Damage

Economic Toll Expected to Be Massive

Everest Climbers Recount Avalanche Horror|Photos

U.S. Pledges $10 Million in Relief

Obama Presses Case for Asia Trade Deal

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, President Obama warns that China would step into the economic vacuum if the U.S. fails to complete and enact a proposed free-trade deal with Asia.

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Obama: If We Don’t Write Rules, China Will

Obama on Hillary Clinton and TPP

U.S., Japan Announce New Security Agreement

The U.S. and Japan unveiled a new defense agreement aimed at overhauling the two countries’ security arrangements.

Syrian Opposition Forces Seize Military Base

Rebels in Syria said they had seized a military base in the northwest, the latest victory for a coalition of anti-regime forces moving closer to President Bashar al-Assad’s strongholds.

Greece Weakens Varoufakis’s Influence in Bailout Talks

Greece has shuffled its negotiating team involved in bailout talks, a move that may reduce the influence of its finance minister, whose brash style has alienated many European officials.

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Asia

Kazakhstan’s Nazarbayev Secures Election Win
The A-Hed

In South Korea, Fortune Tellers Face a New Wrinkle

Middle East
Africa
- Nigerian Oil Audit Shows $19B Never Made it to Government Accounts
  
  An audit ordered by Nigeria’s outgoing president was published on Monday, seeking to explain why $19 billion in oil revenue never made it into the government’s bank accounts.
- Violence Hits Burundi’s Capital
- Nigerian Oil-Revenue Audit Report Published

Latin America
- Chile Overhauls Voting System
  
  Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet signed a law to create a new voting system, replacing one put into place by the government of Gen. Augusto Pinochet.
- Imprisoned Caracas Mayor May Be Moved to House Arrest
- Brazil’s Alleged Petrobras Corruption Not Widespread, Witness Testifies
Economy

Brussels Real Time

Canada Real Time
- Key Canada Events: Week of April 27-May 1
  
  Canadian events this week include earnings from the country's big gold miners and oil and gas producers, plus a parliamentary committee appearance by Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz and February GDP.
- Canada Stocks to Watch: Restaurant Brands, Precision Drilling, TORC and more
- Lower Profits, Output on Tap for Barrick, Goldcorp – Earnings Preview

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Everest Climbers Recount Avalanche Horror|Photos

An audit ordered by Nigeria’s outgoing president was published on Monday, seeking to explain why $19 billion in oil revenue never made it into the government’s bank accounts.

Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet signed a law to create a new voting system, replacing one put into place by the government of Gen. Augusto Pinochet.

Canadian events this week include earnings from the country's big gold miners and oil and gas producers, plus a parliamentary committee appearance by Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz and February GDP.

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