WORLD NEWS LATEST, FRIDAY APRIL 8, 2011, Posted By Meosha Eaton

**TOP STORIES**

JAPAN-

QUAKE A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.4 shook the northeast of Japan late on Thursday, and a tsunami warning was issued for the coast already devastated by last month's massive quake and the tsunami that crippled a nuclear power plant.

EXPECTED:

JAPAN-EVACUEES/IMPERIAL GARDENS - The Imperial gardens are opened up for the evacuees in Tokyo.

CHINA-AIRPORT FOOD INSPECTION - Hong Kong's Legislative Council Panel on Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene conducts a site visit to the Airport Food Inspection Office for members to better understand the inspection of radiation of food products imported from Japan.

JAPAN-CABINET SECRETARY - Japan's chief spokesman Yukio Edano talks twice a day about the latest development in the aftermath of the nation's triple disaster.

JAPAN-NUCLEAR PLANT - Latest from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant where engineers are battling to contain a crippled nuclear reactor.

JAPAN-AFTERSHOCK CLEAN - Major aftershock hits northern Japan. (0332)

JAPAN-STOCK MARKET OPEN - Tokyo stocks open down in morning trade after a strong aftershock hits northern Japan. (0247)

JAPAN-QUAKE/SUPERMARKET MORNING - Memories of previous Japan quake triggers rush on supermarket.

IVORY COAST

IVORY COAST-UNREST French strikes hit Gbagbo forces in Ivory Coast.

EXPECTED:

TBC

IVORY COAST-OUATARRA - Ivory Coast presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara asks EU to lift sanctions, announces measures to bring life back to normal and claims incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo is blockaded at his residence. (2314)

USA-IVORY COAST AMBASSADOR - The Ivory Coast ambassador to the United Nations, Youssoufou Bamba and other Ivorian politicians hold a press conference about the situation on the ground in Ivory Coast. (2109)

IVORY COAST-EVACUATION - Journalists are evacuated from the Novotel in Abidjan.

IVORY COAST/FRANCE-EVACUATION/PROTEST - French army evacuates nationals from Abidjan hotel, Gbagbo supporters protest in Paris.

UN-IVORY COAST - U.N. humanitarian chief Valerie Amos reports hundreds of bodies in Ivory Coast.
IVORY COAST-TROOPS/PRISONERS - Hundreds of Gbagbo's men captured by forces loyal to Ouattara.

LIBYA-CONFLICT AND DIPLOMACY - A NATO air strike killed at least five rebels near the Libyan port of Brega on Thursday, medics said, and insurgents reported Muammar Gaddafi's forces killed five more in a bombardment of besieged Misrata.

EXPECTED:

TBC

DELIVERED (in past 12 hours):

4281WD-LIBYA-REBELS NEWSER - Rebel commander says NATO mistakenly hit Libyan rebels. (2042)

4268WD-TURKEY-ERDOGAN/LIBYA - Turkey works on 'roadmap' to end Libya war. (1839)

4243WD-LIBYA-US/WELDON - U.S. ex-Republican in Libya warns Gaddafi time is running out. (1639)

4221WD-USA-GENERAL-LIBYA - Libyan fighting a likely stalemate, top U.S. general says. (1615)

4198WD-LIBYA-REBELS/ROCKETS - Rebels set up rocket launchers east of Ajdabiyah. (1351)

4176WD-LIBYA-REBELS RETREAT - Rebels retreat as Gaddafi forces bomb the entrance to Ajdabiyah. (1233)

4166WD-LIBYA-AIRSTRIKE/WOUNDED/REACTIONS - Rebels blame NATO for Libya air strike; five dead. (1218)

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BRAZIL

BRAZIL-SHOOTING - A gunman fatally shot 12 people at a Rio de Janeiro school before killing himself, police said.

EXPECTED:

BRAZIL-SHOOTING/LATEST - Rio governor says school gunman planned to kill more students.

BRAZIL-SHOOTING UPDATE - Helicopter ambulances take injured away from school after gunman opens fire and kills 12 people.

BRAZIL-SHOOTING/CLEAN - Brazil gunman kills 12 in Rio school massacre.

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OTHER STORIES AROUND THE WORLD

OMAN-FRIDAY PROTEST - Following last week's crack down by police which left one protester dead, Omanis in the city of Sohar, say they will go out again on Friday demanding jobs, better pay and end to arrest of protesters.

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EGYPT-PRO-REFORM PROTEST - Large numbers of protesters are expected to gather in Tahrir square to declare their support for the speedy prosecution of ex-regime officials and an end to the longstanding Emergency Law.

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RUSSIA-GAGARIN DOCUMENTS - New archive documents to be released ahead of the 50th anniversary of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's first manned flight into space (Apr 12). An exhibition opens at the All-Russian Exhibition Centre (VDNKH) and veteran cosmonauts attend lay wreaths at the Cosmos memorial.

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NETHERLANDS-KENYA - Three Kenyan suspects are set to appear at the International Criminal Court on day two of the preparatory phase of a trial into the deadly violence that followed Kenya's 2007 election. The trial is set to start trials in 2012. Among the accused are former and current senior government officers including deputy Prime Minister and Finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta.

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KENYA-ICC REACTIONS - The initial appearance hearing of William Samoei Ruto, Henry Kiprono Kosgey and Joshua Arap Sang is scheduled to take place before Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Courtroom I. The hearing is being held in order to verify the identity of the suspects and to ensure that they have been informed of the crimes which they are alleged to have committed as well as of their rights under the Rome Statute, founding treaty of the ICC