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Pope Francis prays for peace in violence-torn regions.

  There was much for the pontiff to pray on this year; his Easter message, following a rainy mass in St. Peter’s Square, addressed last week’s terrorist attack on a university in Kenya, ISIL’s campaign in Iraq and Syria, and the increasing bloodshed in Libya and Yemen, among other trouble spots.

Sharp seeks money for its liquid-crystal-display business.

  The troubled Japanese electronics maker hopes to spin off its activities making small- and mid-sized LCDs used in smartphones and tablets and seek investment from a public-private fund, according to anonymous sources cited by the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg. Sharp said it hadn’t yet decided on such a move, but plans to announce a corporate restructuring next month.

Fidel Castro makes an appearance.

  Cuba’s official newspaper reported that the former president last week greeted a group of Venezuelan visitors to Havana, his first public appearance in 14 months. Juventud Rebelde published four photos of 88-year-old Castro, saying he was “full of vitality.”

Suspects held in Kenya.

  Five suspects have been placed in custody, the BBC reports, for the attack this week at the Garissa University College, in the northeastern part of Kenya. The Somali militant group, al-Shabab, has claimed responsibility for the attack, which killed nearly 150 people.