Obama Is Arming The Syrian Rebels, Following Chemical Weapons Report – President Barack Obama has authorised sending some US weapons to Syrian rebels for the first time as a part of a new package of military support to the opposition in the fight to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a source close to the matter said on Thursday. [smh]

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Bill Clinton Warns Obama Will Look Like A ‘Wuss’ Over Syria – In sharp remarks directed against his Democratic successor and his wife’s former boss, President Bill Clinton said Tuesday that President Barack Obama risks looking like a “wuss,” a “fool,” and “lame” for not doing more to influence events in Syria. [dailybeast]

UN Says Nearly 93,000 Killed In Syrian Civil War, With Civilians Bearing Brunt Of Fighting – Syrians are being killed at an average rate of 5,000 per month, the U.N. said Thursday as it raised the overall death toll in the civil war to nearly 93,000, with civilians bearing the brunt of the attacks. [washpo]

‘Arrest Obama When He Visits’ – The Muslim Lawyers Association in Johannesburg wants US President Barack Obama arrested and tried for war crimes when he arrives in South Africa on June 29. [timeslive]

Rupert Murdoch Files for Divorce from Wendi Deng – News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch filed for divorce from his wife Wendi Deng Thursday. [time]

Snowden Used A Flash Drive To Steal The Data – Former National Security Agency contract employee Edward Snowden used a computer thumb drive to smuggle highly classified documents out of an NSA facility in Hawaii, using a portable digital device supposedly barred inside the cyber spying agency, U.S. officials said. [latimes]

Apple Claims 20% Of e-Book Market – testimony from Apple executive Keith Moerer in the ongoing e-book price fixing trial has revealed that Apple holds approximately 20% of the e-book market in the United States, roughly double many of the previous estimates made by third parties. [macrum]

Twitter Offers Analytics Service To All – Originally available to advertising partners, Twitter Analytics platform is now open to the public. The dashboard allows Twitter users to check the performance of their tweets and view breakdowns of their followers, presenting the data in neat tables and graphs for easy reference. [verge]

Facebook’s Mobile Ad Revenue Should Top $2 Billion This Year – Facebook’s worldwide mobile ad revenue will top $2 billion for the first time this year, an increase of more than 300% from the less than half a billion dollars earned in 2012. [mashable]

Surprise: Julius Malema Needs Money – Expelled ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has sent out an e-mail announcing he needs money to start a new political platform. [citypress]

Queen’s Portrait Defaced With Spray Paint In Westminster Abbey – A portrait of the Queen in Westminster Abbey has been defaced with spray paint, an abbey spokesman has said. [bbc]

Zuma Visits Mandela In Hospital – President Jacob Zuma on Thursday visited former president Nelson Mandela in the Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria, where the elder statesman was admitted with a lung infection on Saturday. [news24]

NGO Lays Claim to ‘Agang’ Name – A non-governmental organisation has laid claim to the name “Agang”, which is also the name of a new party political platform led by Mamphela Ramphele. [iol]

SA To Return R10 Billion Gaddafi Money – South Africa will return assets and cash stashed in the country by the slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, the Treasury said on Thursday. [fin24]

New CIA #2 Pick Used to Read Anne Rice Aloud at Her Bookstore’s Erotica Night – In her 20s, Avril Haines held erotica readings at the Baltimore bookstore and restaurant she co-owned at the time. Ben Jacobs and Avi Zenilman report. [dailybeast]

Duchess of Cambridge Names Royal Princess Ship – She has been a member of the Royal family for two years, but until today one particular rite of passage had eluded the Duchess of Cambridge: launching a ship. [telegraph]

‘Psychic’ Who Reported Mass Grave Must Pay R69 Million – A self-described psychic who triggered a media frenzy when she told authorities a US couple had a mass grave on their property has been ordered to pay the couple $6.8 million. [chron]

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