World -- April 16, 2006

• Chadian embassy hopes misunderstanding with Sudan removed
• Claymore attack claims two Sri Lankan troops
• Chad's rebel groups deny support from Sudan
• Fatah denies planning coup in Hamas-led cabinet
• Four Iraqis killed in car bomb in central Baghdad

• Former Yukos CEO wounded by fellow inmate in prison
• Hamas cabinet stripped of power: spokesman
• Iran not bow to demands from UN: official
• Iran criticizes U.S. blocking of anti-Israeli attack statement
• Oil refinery explodes in Japan

• Pakistan in pursuit of national security strategy, no arms race: PM
• Roundup: Taliban insurgents step up offensives as weather gets warm
• Sudan, Chad to remove misunderstanding: embassy
• Sudan asks Libya's embassy in Chad to take care of its interests
• Sudan again rejects foreign interference in Darfur issue

• Thai official backs call for dialogues for national solidarity
• U.S. plans to design new nuclear warheads: report
• UN envoy in Sudan concerned over Chad's threat to expel refugees
• Vietnamese party completes personnel schemes for next tenure