{"id":4348,"date":"2009-03-10T10:46:09","date_gmt":"2009-03-10T14:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/?p=4348"},"modified":"2009-03-10T10:46:09","modified_gmt":"2009-03-10T14:46:09","slug":"world-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/wa-blog\/world-links\/4348\/","title":{"rendered":"World Links: Suicide Attacks in Iraq and Sri Lanka, the Dalai Lama speaks from India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Iraq, a <a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/middleeast\/2009\/03\/2009310105814133662.html\">suicide attack<\/a> in a crowded market in the city of Abu Ghraib kills 33. The target appears to have been a group of tribal leaders and security officials who were touring the market, and tribal leaders, soldiers and journalists were among the dead and injured.<\/p>\n<p>Ten civilians are killed and at least 20 others injured in a suicide attack on a mosque in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailynews.lk\/2009\/03\/10\/news00.asp\">Sri Lanka<\/a> during the holiday of Milad-un-Nabi, the prophet Mohammed&#8217;s birthday.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dalailama.com\/page.253.htm\">speech<\/a> marking the anniversary of the failed Tibetan uprising that led to his exile, the Dalai Lama says that the Chinese Communist Party had turned Tibet into &#8220;hell on earth,&#8221; but says he&#8217;s still committed to his &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinadaily.com.cn\/china\/2006-07\/26\/content_649545.htm\">middle way<\/a>&#8221; approach to dealing with China.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwean President <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/africa\/7934931.stm\">Robert Mugabe speaks<\/a> at a funeral service for his rival <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thezimbabweindependent.com\/index.php\/local\/22160-analysis-what-susan-tsvangirais-death-means-for-zimbabwe-\">Morgan Tzvangirai&#8217;s wife<\/a>, who died in a car accident last Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Iraq, a suicide attack in a crowded market in the city of Abu Ghraib kills 33. 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