Cubans welcome Castro-Obama meeting...Two arrested in beach assault...Funeral for Walter Scott

HAVANA (AP) — Cubans are more hopeful after the historic meeting of their leader and the U.S. president. But may say they'd like to see things warm up even faster so that the lives of ordinary people on the island can improve. While the countries still have their differences, President Raul Castro says he sees President Barack Obama as an "honest man."

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — A Florida beach attack in March has led to charges against two university students from Alabama. Two college students from Troy University face charges in Panama City, Florida in the sexual assault of a woman on a crowded Florida beach filled with spring break revelers who apparently did nothing to stop it. Authorities say the attack was recorded on a cellphone video which was discovered by police in Troy, Alabama, as the investigated a shooting.

SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A minister says that while the officer who shot Walter Scott in the back was a racist, it's not a time to "indict the entire law enforcement community." for the act of one racist." The Rev. George Hamilton, the minister at W.O.R.D. Ministries Christian Center, presided over Scott's funeral, attended by an overflow crowd of around 600 people. The officer is facing a murder charge.

PATNA, India (AP) — Police say seven policemen on patrol in a forest in central India have been killed in an attack by Maoist rebels. Authorities say the police were part of a special task force who were searching for the rebels early Saturday when the militants opened fire. Ten wounded policemen were airlifted to a hospital in Raipur. Few others details were available from the remote region.

UNDATED (AP) — It's Easter for the Orthodox Christian world, commemorating the day followers believe Jesus was resurrected 2,000 years ago. Roman Catholics and Protestants marked Easter last Sunday, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Eastern Orthodox churches celebrate Easter this Sunday using the older Julian calendar.

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