Vatican Slammed By UN Human Rights Committee Over Sex Abuse – The Vatican “systematically” adopted policies that allowed priests to rape and molest tens of thousands of children over decades, a UN human rights committee said Wednesday, urging the Holy See to open its files on pedophiles and bishops who concealed their crimes. [cbc]

Four Arrested Following Philip Seymour Hoffman Death – Four people have been arrested on drug charges after the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman in an apparent heroin overdose, although whether the suspects were involved with the actor remained unclear on Wednesday. [latimes]

Autopsy On Philip Seymour Hoffman Inconclusive – The results of an autopsy on Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman’s body were inconclusive, and further tests have been ordered, the New York medical examiner’s office said on Wednesday. [smh]

Americans Warn Airlines of Toothpaste Bombs On Sochi Flights – American authorities are warning airlines with flights to Russia for the Olympic Games to be on the lookout for bombs in toothpaste containers or other similar cosmetic tubes. [time]

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Aussies Slaughter Our Great White Sharks – Australia has no right to kill “South African sharks”. That was the message of protesters who gathered in Cape Town yesterday to oppose a controversial Australian shark cull that they say is both illegal and immoral. [tlive]

Nine Trapped In South African Gold Mine After Fire – At least nine miners remain trapped in a South African gold mine after an underground fire, the Harmony Gold mining company said Wednesday. [cnn]

Suspected Volgograd Bombing Mastermind Killed, State Media Say – A suspected mastermind of twin bomb attacks in the Russian city of Volgograd was killed in a police operation in the restive North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, state media reported Wednesday. [cnn]

Rhino Conservation Gets Record-Breaking R232m Boost – A R232-million grant, given to the Peace Parks Foundation by the Dutch and Swedish postcode lotteries, will go to combatting rhino poaching. [m&g]

The Los Angeles Times Refused to Publish Dylan Farrow’s Letter – Before its publication by New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof on Saturday, the Los Angeles Times op-ed department passed on Dylan Farrow’s letter alleging sexual abuse by her father Woody Allen. [defamer]

Mariel Hemingway Admits Woody Allen Was Her First Kiss At 16 – Actress and author Mariel Hemingway joins Jacob in studio to discuss her first kiss, which apparently occurred at age 16 with Woody Allen. [huff]

Mia Farrow’s Adopted Son Comes To Woody’s Defence – Woody Allen has at least one defender in his family — his adopted son Moses Farrow. [huff]

Google To ‘Make Significant Changes’ To Avoid $5billion Fine – Google agreed to make concessions on how it displays competitors’ links on its website on Wednesday, in a deal with the European Union regulator that ended a three-year antitrust probe and avoided a fine. [ecotim]

Twitter Shares Slide After $645m Net Loss – Shares in Twitter have taken a hit after the social networking site reported a net loss of $645m (£395m) for 2013. [sky]

Bahrain Toughens Penalties For Insulting King – The king of Bahrain has approved a law imposing a jail sentence of up to seven years and a fine of up to 10,000 dinars ($26,500) for anyone who publicly insults him. [reuters]

David Beckham Reveals Plan For MLS Team In Miami – Phase one of David Beckham’s plan to goose the visibility and viability of Major League Soccer involved the international star’s leaving the pitches of Europe and joining the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2007. Consider this phase two. [usat]

Iranian Found In Venice Lagoon, Alleged Victim Of Botched Sex Game – The body of an Iranian student was found in a Venice lagoon wearing only a pearl necklace—and police say she’s the victim of a ménage a trois gone terribly awry. [beast]

Ard Matthews Responds To Tracy McGregor NekNomination – This NekNomination thing is getting out of hand, wouldn’t you say? Check out this one from Ard Matthews [here]

Umm, Clay Aiken Is Running For Congress – News broke this morning that American Idol alum Clay Aiken, who was the runner-up during the show’s second season in 2003, has announced his intention to run for Congress in North Carolina. [time]

Exclusive Inside Story on Bieber’s ‘Pot’ Plane – Justin Bieber and his father were “extremely abusive” to a flight attendant and according to multiple law enforcement sources, the leased, luxurious Gulfstream IV on which the 19-year-old Canadian pop star, his father and an entourage of 10 friends traveled was so full of marijuana smoke that the pilots were forced to wear oxygen masks. [nbc] 

While You Were Out – The US Powerball jackpot has rolled over so much the current prize is now R2.7 Billion. Thanks, Tokyo – I’ll have you now. Get tickets for Saturday’s draw [here]

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