North Korea points its rockets at US military bases, Amanda Knox is put back on trial, Venezuela prepares to vote, and the world's hugest Easter egg is huge.

The Syrian president vows to "wipe out" the people responsible for a Damascus suicide bombing, Myanmar declares a state of emergency after sectarian riots, a shooting at a US Marine base leaves three dead, and the Secret Service almost - almost - killed Iran's president.

President Barack Obama makes his debut visit to Israel, Cyprus turns down an EU bailout, and South Korea thinks someone's been all up in its computers.

Analysis: Russia’s latest foreign policy offensive may be far less harmful to human life than its support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which enables Moscow to posture on the world stage. But it reveals as much about the motivations of a government run by and in the almost exclusive interests of a small group of President Vladimir Putin’s cronies.