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Editorial Note:Stories of The Federal Government shutdown or lack there of can be politely described as "dynamic" so any overnight updates as they occur.
BBC:Libya: Nato 'regrets' loss of life from Ajdabiya strike
Libya: Nato 'regrets' loss of life from Ajdabiya strike
Nato has said it strongly regrets the loss of life after a "friendly fire" attack on rebel tanks in eastern Libya which left at least four dead.
Earlier, a Nato commander had refused to apologise, saying that until Thursday's strike, the alliance had not been aware the rebels had tanks.
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague said "mistakes do happen", but Nato should be ready to say sorry for the deaths.
Rebel forces reacted with anger to the attack on their tanks near Ajdabiya.
BBC:Syrian city of Deraa hit by deadly clashes
Syrian city of Deraa hit by deadly clashes
At least 23 protesters have been killed during anti-government rallies in the southern Syrian city of Deraa, witnesses have told the BBC.
There are also unconfirmed reports of deaths in Homs, Duma and Harasta, as protests swept the country.
However, state-run Syrian TV said that 19 members of the security forces had been killed "by armed groups" in Deraa.
Deraa has been a focus of unrest since anti-government protests erupted across Syria in mid-March.
BBC:Gaza: Israel kills 12 amid cross-border exchanges
Gaza: Israel kills 12 amid cross-border exchanges
Eleven Palestinians, including three civilians, have been killed by Israeli air strikes in Gaza, doctors say.
The Israeli strikes come hours after Islamist group Hamas said it had brokered a deal for Gaza's militant groups to stop firing on Israel.
However, Israel pounded Gaza with fresh airstrikes on Friday and Palestinian militants fired mortars into Israel.
On Thursday, a Hamas anti-tank missile hit at an Israeli school bus, seriously wounding a teenager.
Since then, Israel has launched more than 20 raids on the Gaza Strip, killing 14 Gazans - many of them civilians, at least five Hamas militants and one policeman. About 45 people have been wounded.
BBC:Ivory Coast: Gbagbo forces regain ground in Abidjan
Ivory Coast: Gbagbo forces regain ground in Abidjan
Forces loyal to Ivory Coast's incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo have gained ground in Abidjan, the UN says.
UN peacekeeping chief Alain Le Roy said Mr Gbagbo's forces, still using heavy weapons, had used a lull for peace talks to strengthen their position.
Mr Ouattara's forces have been battling Laurent Gbagbo, who is bunker in Abidjan, the country's main city.
Mr Le Roy said Mr Gbagbo's troops now fully controlled the upscale Plateau and Cocody areas of Abidjan.
BBC:Canada's Conservatives 'aim to end deficit early'
Canada's Conservatives 'aim to end deficit early'
Canada's Conservative Party has said it will eliminate the nation's budget deficit a year earlier than planned.
In its election platform, PM Stephen Harper's party said it would keep taxes low while cracking down on crime and helping create jobs.
But the Liberal Party, the largest opposition group, said the budget reduction plan was "not credible".
Canada is to hold elections on 2 May, the result of a March no-confidence vote in the Conservative government.
BBC:US court acquits Cuba militant Luis Posada Carriles
US court acquits Cuba militant Luis Posada Carriles
A US court has acquitted a veteran Cuban anti-communist activist and former CIA agent, Luis Posada Carriles, on immigration charges.
US federal prosecutors had accused him of lying to immigration officials, but a jury found him not guilty.
The verdict is likely to anger Cuba and Venezuela, where Mr Posada Carriles, 83, is wanted on terrorist charges.
Cuban exile groups have hailed the verdict as a "great defeat" for the Cuban government.
Reuters:Rebels repel assault on Misrata, five dead
Rebels repel assault on Misrata, five dead
(Reuters) - Libyan rebels said on Friday they had repulsed a government assault on the besieged western port city of Misrata and a resident said five people were killed in the fighting.
Prospects faded that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi would be ousted by the armed revolt and NATO leaders acknowledged the limits of their air power, which has caused rather than broken a military stalemate.
Alliance officials expressed frustration that Gaddafi's tactics of sheltering his armor in civilian areas had reduced the effects of air supremacy and apologized for a "friendly fire" incident on Thursday in which rebels said five fighters were killed.
Misrata, a lone major rebel outpost in the west of the country, has been under siege by Gaddafi's forces for weeks. On Friday, insurgents said they had pushed back an assault on the eastern flank of the coastal city after fierce street battles.
Reuters:J&J settles U.S., UK bribery, kickback charges
J&J settles U.S., UK bribery, kickback charges
(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson will pay $78 million to settle U.S. and UK charges that it paid bribes and kickbacks to win business overseas, the first big drug company to settle since the Obama administration began its scrutiny of the industry more than a year ago.
Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay a $21.4 million fine to settle Justice Department criminal charges and pay more than $48.6 million in disgorgement and interest to settle allegations by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the agencies said on Friday.
The allegations date back to 1998 and involved sham contracts, bribes and kickbacks paid by J&J units to officials and doctors in Greece, Iraq, Poland and Romania to help earn millions of dollars in profits, according to authorities.
The New Jersey-based pharmaceutical giant also settled a similar complaint with the United Kingdom Serious Fraud Office for conduct by its DePuy Inc subsidiary, agreeing to pay some $7.9 million plus prosecution costs.
Editorial Note:Let's see if the GOP is still going to push FCPA weakening...
Reuters:Google's Page makes first changes to management
Google's Page makes first changes to management
(Reuters) - Google Inc CEO Larry Page streamlined decision-making in six key product groups, including social networking and mobile, as the Internet search giant revs up efforts to compete with Facebook and Apple Inc.
Page, in his first major reorganization since taking the reins as CEO earlier this week, placed executives leading the groups directly under his supervision, eliminating management layers thought to slow product development, according to sources familiar with the situation.
Social networking chief Vic Gundotra, Android head Andy Rubin, Chrome senior vice president Sundar Pichai and Youtube head honcho Salar Kamangar have been given a direct reporting line to Page and greater autonomy, the sources said.
Also given a direct line to Page were search senior vice president Alan Eustace and advertising chief Susan Wojcicki, the sources said.
Reuters:Japan to stop pumping radioactive water into sea
Japan to stop pumping radioactive water into sea
(Reuters) - Japan expects to stop pumping radioactive water into the sea from a crippled nuclear plant on Saturday, a day after China expressed concern at the action, reflecting growing international unease at the month-long nuclear crisis.
"The emptying out of the relatively low radiation water is expected to finish tomorrow (Saturday)," a Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) official said late on Friday.
TEPCO is struggling to contain the worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl, with its engineers pumping low-level radioactive seawater, used to cool overheated fuel rods, back into the sea for the past five days due to a lack of storage capacity.
China said it will closely monitor Japan's actions to regain control of the plant and demanded Tokyo provide swift and accurate information on the crisis which began on March 11 when a magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami struc
Reuters:Yemen's Saleh again rejects move to replace him
Yemen's Saleh again rejects move to replace him
(Reuters) - Protests in Yemen descended into violence on Friday in which at least five people were killed and dozens wounded as President Ali Abdullah Saleh rejected a Gulf Arab plan to secure an end to his 32 years in power.
Saleh, facing an unprecedented challenge from hundreds of thousands of protesters, initially accepted an offer by Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab states, as part of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), to hold talks with the opposition.
On Wednesday, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani said the GCC would strike a deal for Saleh to leave.
But on Friday, Saleh told tens of thousands of supporters in the capital Sanaa "We don't get our legitimacy from Qatar or from anyone else ... we reject this belligerent intervention."
Reuters:At least 10 Iranian exiles killed in clashes in Iraq
At least 10 Iranian exiles killed in clashes in Iraq
(Reuters) - At least 10 Iranian exiles were killed at Camp Ashraf in Iraq on Friday, a hospital source said, after security forces clashed with residents of the Iranian dissident camp north of Baghdad overnight.
An Iraqi government spokesman said five members of the Iraqi security forces were wounded in the incident at the camp where he said residents pelted security forces with rocks.
Representatives of the camp said 31 residents were killed and 300 wounded in what they called a "criminal attack."
"There are 10 bodies of Iranians and 40 people wounded in the hospital, most of them killed or wounded by bullets," a medical source at nearby Baquba hospital said. He requested anonymity since he was not authorized to speak to the media.
Apple Insider:Steve Wozniak open to returning to Apple if asked
Steve Wozniak open to returning to Apple if asked
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said in an interview this week that he would consider returning to an active role at the company he helped start if asked.
During an interview in England this week, Wozniak said, "I'd consider it, yeah," when asked whether he would play a more active role if asked, Reuters reports.
Wozniak, Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne founded Apple Computer in 1976. Wozniak left his full-time role with the company in 1987, but remains an employee and shareholder of Apple.
Since leaving Apple, Wozniak has been involved in a wide range of entrepreneurial and philanthropic endeavors. He currently serves as Chief Scientist for storage company Fusion-io.