World -- April 5, 2006

• Annan intends to redeploy peacekeepers from Burundi to DR Congo
• African ministers to galvanize funding for housing initiatives
• Bush urges Iraqis to form national unity government
• French march in new bid to bury youth job law
• Iran vows never to abandon enrichment

• Iran showcases its military strength
• Jury declares al-Qaida plotter eligible for death
• Owner of sunken Bahraini ship detained for interrogation
• Over one million people rally to protest CPE law
• Palestinian PM condemns Israeli attacks on Gaza

• Palestinian FM urges Annan to open talks with Hamas gov't
• Pakistan seeks U.S. nuclear energy cooperation
• Pentagon calls Iranian missile claim an "exaggeration"
• Somalia reopens embassy in Addis Ababa
• S. Africa's poor left behind as black middle class grows

• Senior Sinn Fein member found shot dead
• Thailand's embattled PM announces to quit
• U.S. to continue humanitarian aid to Palestinians: official
• UN chief calls for ban of landmines