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He looks skinny; his hair was dead judblock, and he had a black mustache too. He was escorted by a huge amount of federal officials. 2 army soldiers had him one by each arm and one had bend the neck as he was taken to a helicopter where he would be transported to federal offices there in Mexico City. And it's the first time that Mexicans have seen "El Chapo” Guzmán in several years. 

Guzmán is facing multiple indictments² in the United States. 

 

Anti-government protestors in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev are welcoming moves by parliament to dissolve the government of Viktor Yanukovych. NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson reports, lawmakers have set a day for new election and voted to dismiss president Yanukovych. 

After this vote is taken, cheers are erupted and people start to singing the national anthem³. The deals are down, it was the deputy speaker of parliament said as the votes was taken. And along with that vote, there was another vote to pose new presidential election in May which, of courses, much earlier than the deal that struck between European Minister and Yanukovych and also opposition⁴ leaders just 24 hours earlier. 

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is accusing Ukraine opposition of failing to fill its side of that peace deal. He says today's action is a threat to Ukraine sovereignty. 

 

The UN Security Council today voted unanimously to demand Syria widen  access for humanitarian⁵ aid workers to reach war-shattered civilians⁶. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports the UN estimates that more than 9 million Syrian are in need. 

Scores of civilians are largely cut off in besieged⁷ cities include Homs. The security council resolution calls for immediate⁸ and wider cross-board aid access everywhere in Syria. the resolution also condemned⁹ rights abuses by both Syrian government and opposition armed groups. That clause help to get back from Russia and China who were previously¹⁰ blocked to Security Council efforts on Syria. This is not clear what if any impact the resolution will have on the ground. Its threats on specified¹¹ further steps if Syria failed to comply within 30 days. China and Russia unlikely to support further steps in this conflict that did killed more than 130,000 Syrians. Eric Westervelt, NPR News. 

 

Mass protests continue today in Venezuela's capital, Caracas. The country jailed opposition leader urged the supporters to protest peacefully to discontent over high crime and food shortages. The country has marred¹² by violence in recent days. 

 

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At Vatican, Pope Francis has named the newest members of the colleagues of Cardinals¹⁴ which divides the Pope and chooses his successor. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports, Francis has selected old friends and a few Vatican bureaucrats¹⁵.

Many of Francis' 19 picks for Cardinals red hats come from the peripheries¹⁶ of the world. The globe South where 2/3 of the world 1.2 billion Catholics live. 

2 hail from Africa, 2 from Asian and 6 from Francis native Latin America. One of the most surprising choices is Chibly Langlois, who now becomes the first Cardinal¹³ of Haiti, one of the poorest countries in the world. Another is Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, archbishop of Seoul, South Korea, whose grandparents were executed in an  anti-Christian persecution¹⁷, and one of the Pope's most like-minded picks burkina faso's Philippe Nakellentuba Ouedraogo, who has denounced the inequality, injustice¹⁸, poverty and misery¹⁹ of today's society. Sylvia Poggioli, NPR News. Rome. 

 

President Obama is repeating calls for a hike of minimum wage. 

"Right now, there’s a bill before Congress that would boost America’s minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. That’s easy to remember – “ten-ten.” That bill would lift wages for more than 16 million Americans without requiring a single dollar in new taxes or spending."

Speaking in his weekly address, Obama says 6 states have already raised their minimum wage and he is taking action for federal contractors²⁰. He says Congress should finish the job. 

In the Republican address, Congressman²¹ Tom Cotton of Arkansas said the president's policies are hurting Americans. 

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