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UK Prime Minister Theresa May is at the European Union's leader's summit in Brussels hoping to secure a delay to the Brexit, but it's the EU's call - and there is widespread disbelief that the UK has managed to squander the three years since she invoked Article 50, failing to come up with a plan for the divorce.  It appears that the debate and sideline discussions could go on deep into the Belgian night.  At one point, it was believed May would seek a delay of up to two years, chopped down to three months - some EU sources are saying they'd only back a delay from 29 March until 11 or 12 April. 

And there are clear indications that support for the Brexit at home is evaporating:  A petition demanding the UK government cancel the Brexit by revoking Article 50 has topped one million signatures.  At one point, the petitions committee said there were nearly 2,000 signatures a minute - so many that the Commons' petition website crashed.  It's not clear if the petition will have any impact - petitions getting more than 100,000 signatures are considered by the petitions committee, which decides if Parliament will debate them at all.  As for PM Theresa May, Downing Street said she "has said many times she will not countenance revoking Article 50". 

The UK's biggest employer's group and union umbrella organization are normally at loggerheads, but they have joined to issue an open letter to Theresa May warning of a "national emergency" if a no-deal Brexit is allowed to happen a week from today.  "Firms and communities across the UK are not ready for this outcome.  The shock to our economy would be felt by generations to come," wrote the Trades Union Conference and the the Confederation of British Industry, demanding an "urgent meeting" with May.  "A 'Plan B' must be found - one that protects workers, the economy and an open Irish border, commands a parliamentary majority, and is negotiable with the EU," they added, "A new approach is needed to secure this - whether through indicative votes or another mechanism for compromise."

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Venezuelan intelligence agents raided the home of US-backed opposition leader and self-declared interim ruler Juan Guaido's chief of staff, and detained the man.  Guaido claimed "we won't be intimidated" by what he described as a "vile, vulgar kidnapping".  It's a sign that President Nicolas Maduro is increasingly confident that the meager handful of military defections to the opposition is over, and his office is secure as it was on the day he was reelected by the Venezuelan people. 

Former Brazil president Michel Temer has been arrested on corruption charges in Sao Paulo, 24 hours after cops initially sought him in Rio De Janeiro - apparently, Temer tried to keep a step ahead of investigators by shuttling from city to city.  Although Temer denies wrongdoing, the center-right pol's arrest was widely expected since he lost the protect of being in office.  Temer led the impeachment effort to oust democratically-elected president Dilma Rousseff for something that was not against the law, and succeeding her when he was appointed by conservative lawmakers instead of being elected. 

A ferry sank in the Tigris Rover at Mosul, Iraq, killing at least 70 people.  The craft was packed with at least 200 people making their way to holiday for the Persian New Year.  A government source says 72 people were killed, with 67 rescued and 55 still missing.

Mozambique officials say some 15,000 people still need to be rescued from the devastation caused by Cyclone Idai.  The death toll in Mozambique and Zimbabwe is holding at around 300 lives lost, but that is expected to rise as waters recede and searchers get a better idea of the damage.  Oxfam says that an area of about 3,000 square kilometers is now under water, which means no fresh water for drinking or sanitation and ruined food supplies.  Some areas outside Nova Safola are believed to have been inundated with six meters of water.

It might be a good time to change your Facebook password.  An internal glitch caused 600 million passwords stored in plain text on an internal network, according to Internet security expert Brian Krebs.  As many as 20,000 Facebook employees had access to them.