Total Bitcoin Value Passes $1 Billion – The combined value of all Bitcoins in circulation surpassed $1 billion this Thursday, as the exchange rate for each individual unit of the encrypted digital currency rose above $92. [theverge]

The ANC Says The Mail & Guardian Are ‘Pissing On Graves’ Of SA Troops – The ANC says an M&G article linking SA’s deployment in the CAR to business interests related to the party is “blatant lies” and dishonours the dead, claiming M&G are “pissing on the graves of gallant fighters” [mail&guardian]

South African Born ‘Pope Of Pop’ Dies – Phil Ramone, the music producer whose pioneering work with a host of stars including Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Ray Charles and Billy Joel earned him the nickname “the Pope of Pop,” died on Saturday at the age of 79. [rollingstone]

Pope Appeals For End To Korea Tensions In First Easter Message – Pope Francis, appearing before more than 250,000 people for his first Easter Sunday address, called for world peace, respect for the environment and a diplomatic solution to the crisis on the Korean peninsula. [reuters]

CAR Rebels Cruising Around In Captured SA Military Vehicles – Rebel soldiers who overthrew the government of the Central African Republic are cruising the streets of the capital, Bangui, in captured South African military vehicles. [timeslive]

Tech Mogul Goes Medieval – Facebook co-founder and billionaire Sean Parker (played by Justin Timberlake in the film The Social Network) will marry his fiancée, Alexandra Lenas, in June during a medieval-themed costume party. [nyp]

Family Visits Mandela In Hospital – Former president Nelson Mandela is still in hospital with pneumonia, with no significant change in his condition, the presidency says. [news24]

Tim Cook Apologises For China Customer Service – Apple issued an apology letter signed by Chief Executive Tim Cook that vowed to revamp aspects of its customer-service policies in China after more than two weeks of pointed attacks by government-run media. [wallstreetjournal]

US Moves Sea-Based Radar Closer To North Korea – The U.S. Navy is moving a warship and a sea-based radar platform closer to the North Korean coast in order to monitor that country’s military moves, including possible new missile launches, a Defense Department official said Monday. [cnn]

Saudi Youth Accused Of Paralysing Friend To Be Paralysed In Return – A young man accused of paralysing his former friend will be punished by full paralysis in a brutal eye-for-eye sentencing in Saudi Arabia. [glopo]

Powerball Winner Pays Rent For His Entire Block – Powerball winner Pedro Quezada is hosting a rent party — for his entire block. A close friend of the newly minted megamillionaire said Quezada promised to temporarily cover the housing costs for residents in the Passaic, N.J., neighborhood that housed his bodega. [nydailynews]

Tesla Turns First Profit – Tesla announced late Sunday that it achieved profitability in the first quarter of 2013 for the first time in its history after posting better than expected sales of the Model S sedan. The company sold more than 4,750 of the cars, compared to a previous estimate that it would sell 4,500. [mashable]

Death Penalty Is Sought in Shooting at Colorado Theater – James E. Holmes deserves to die for killing 12 people in a storm of bullets inside a packed Colorado movie theater last July, prosecutors said in a hearing on Monday. [newyorktimes]

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Ryan Gosling Flips Out As Photographer Calls Eva Mendes ‘Baby’ – Don’t mess with Ryan Gosling’s girlfriend, Eva Mendes. The pair were at the Bowery Hotel Friday when a fashion photographer who had recently shot Mendes saw her and shouted, “Hey, baby!” “Ryan completely flipped out, and it got heated. lick for details. [nyp]

Justin Bieber’s Pet Monkey Seized At Airport – The Canadian singer faces a possible fine after he flew into Munich with the animal, thought to have been a 19th birthday present. [skynews]

Justin Bieber Banned From Top European Nightclub – Justin Bieber has found himself at the centre of more trouble after he was ‘banned’ from a trendy Austrian club amid allegations of violent behaviour from his entourage. [metro]

Chris Brown Takes Apology Tour To ‘Today Show’ [Video] – ‘What I did was totally wrong’ [popwatch]

The ‘Prince Of Spam’ Linked To The Biggest DDoS Attack In History – The exact identity of the attackers behind last week’s record-breaking DDoS attack on European anti-spam organization Spamhaus remains unclear, but one name that keeps cropping up is that of Dutchman Sven Olaf Kamphuis. [theverge]

Hedge Fund King Buys R550million Hamptons Mansion While Facing Insider Trading Charges – After dropping $155 million on Picasso’s “Le Rêve” – the second most expensive painting of all time – Steve Cohen has purchased an upscale East Hampton estate for $60 million and listed his Bloomberg Tower duplex for $115 million. [forbes]

A King With No Country – He ruled Rwanda for just nine months before fleeing a revolt and has spent the last half century in exile, powerless to stop the violence that ripped through his country. Now 76 and living on public assistance in Virginia, Kigeli V Ndahindurwa longs to return to the throne—but only if his people want him back. [washingtonian]

South Korean Workers Who Defy Threat Of War To Commute To North – Hundreds of South Koreans who work inside the North face being taken hostage instantly should war break out. Malcolm Moore speaks to the commuters defying Pyongyang’s threats for the sake of the daily grind. [telegraph]

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