Vatican Denies Pope Francis Performed ‘Exorcism’ – The Vatican has denied claims that Pope Francis performed an exorcism, after TV images showed a man apparently reacting to him putting his hands on his head. [bbc]
Sergio Garcia Makes Racist ‘Fried Chicken’ Joke About Tiger Woods – Spanish golfer Sergio Garcia is at the center of a race storm after making an insulting comment about Tiger Woods at the European Tour Player of the Year awards on Tuesday night. [dailymail]
NPA Drops Charges In Anene Booysen Rape, Murder Case – Charges were dropped on Tuesday against one of the men accused of raping and killing teenager Anene Booysen, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said. [timeslive]
Princes Charles And William Join Fight Against Poaching – Prince William and the Prince of Wales are hosting a conference calling for global action to save wild animals from poachers. They want to find solutions to the problems that Prince Charles has described as having reached a “crisis point”. [bbc]
City Of Jo’burg Lodge Error On Gupta Property – An objection has been lodged over an error on the 2013 property valuation roll relating to a property belonging to the Gupta family, the City says. [mail&guardian]
Rashied Staggie Granted Day Parole – The Breederiver parole board has granted former gangster Rashied Staggie day parole, the Western Cape department of correctional services said on Tuesday. [news24]
Yahoo Gives Flickr Users Unprecedented 1TB Free Storage – Yahoo hopes its rebooted photography service is ‘not only beautiful, but bigger and better than anything else’ [guardian]
Lady Victoria Hervey Accused Of ‘Hogging The Red Carpet’ In Cannes – Don’t you know who I am?: Former ‘It’ girl Lady Victoria Hervey almost ejected from the red carpet at last night’s Blood Ties premiere in Cannes. [telegraph]
De Klerk Slams ‘Afro-Pessimists’ – Under-fire President Jacob Zuma got a little support from an unlikely quarter on Tuesday when former president FW de Klerk laid into the “prophets of doom” putting down the country. [news24]
MPs Prepare For Guptagate Debate – The National Assembly plenary will debate the use of the Waterkloof Air Force Base in Parliament on Wednesday. [iol]
Andy Murray Out Of French Open – Andy Murray withdrew from the French Open on Tuesday because of a chronic back injury and now will focus on preparing for the start of the grass-court season next month. Bye, Andy! [espn]
Hacker Threat Shuts Down Guantanamo Bay Wi-fi – The American military has turned off its wi-fi service inside the prison at Guantanamo Bay following threats by the hacker collective Anonymous. [bbc]
Crews Shift From Rescue To Recovery A Day After Oklahoma Tornado – A search-and-rescue effort to find survivors of a monster tornado that pulverized a vast swath of the suburbs of Oklahoma City shifted Tuesday to one of recovery, officials said. [cnn]
Justin Bieber’s Monkey Becomes German Property – The capuchin monkey named Mally was seized by German customs on March 28 when the 19-year-old Canadian pop star failed to produce the required vaccination and import papers after landing in Munich for a European tour. [ap]
Sorry, You Won’t Be Seeing Bin Laden’s Death Photos – A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the U.S. government had properly classified top secret more than 50 images of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden taken after his death, and that the government did not need to release them. [reuters]
Microsoft Reveals New Xbox One Game System – Microsoft unveiled its new Xbox One Tuesday, displaying a device that takes new steps in game consoles’ journey to becoming all-purpose entertainment and communication devices. The new console replaces the Xbox 360, which has been on the market for nearly eight years. [npr]
Pirate Movie Sites Blocked By UK ISPs – Two websites accused of illegally streaming copyrighted movies have been blocked by UK internet service providers. Movie2K and Download4All have been banned by ISPs including BT, Virgin Media, Sky and TalkTalk following a court order. [digispy]
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