Boston Marathon Bomber Suspect May Never Speak Again – The surviving suspect in the Boston marathon bombings may never be able to speak to the FBI after suffering a gunshot wound to his throat and tongue. [telegraph]
He Went To Gym, Classes And Partied On Wednesday Night – As the world hunted him, the younger brother suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings acted like any other college sophomore. [cnn]
Russia Told FBI In 2011 That Boston Bomb Suspect Was Radical Islam Follower – The Russian FSB intelligence security service told the FBI in early 2011 about information that Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the brothers suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings, was a follower of radical Islam. [washpo]
London Marathon: Tributes To Boston, Extra Security, Defiant Mood – A defiant, festive mood prevailed Sunday as the London Marathon began on a glorious spring day despite concerns raised by the bomb attacks on the Boston Marathon six days ago. [cbs]
How A Stupid Mistake Led Police Straight To The Boston Terrorists – Among the many mysteries lingering over last week’s horrors in Boston is this one: How did the Tsarnaev brothers allow the man they carjacked on Thursday night to get away? [time]
Not Only ANC Fought Apartheid – South Africans need to know that the ANC did not always provide the only opposition to apartheid, DA leader Helen Zille said on Sunday. [news24]
Tens Of Thousands Come Out Against Gay Marriage In Paris – Tens of thousands of protesters marched through Paris today in a final attempt to block a vote in parliament tomorrow that is set to legalise gay marriage. [independent]
Stop Everything: The Vatican Has Declared A Miracle – The wheels of canonization grind slowly, but a German nun who lived 100 years ago could be named a saint because the Vatican believes a Colorado Springs boy experienced a miracle in 1999. [denpo]
Blackstone Pulls Out Of Dell Bid – Blackstone has decided not to submit a bid for computer company Dell, citing falling sales and fears over the company’s finances. [bbc]
DEAR AMERICA: Here’s Why Everyone Thinks You Have A Problem With Guns – America is truly an exceptional nation when it comes to the number of guns, the frequency of gun murders, and the shockingly high number of annual gun deaths. [busins]
China Earthquake Death Toll Hits 208 – Rescuers struggled to reach a remote, rural corner of southwestern China on Sunday as the toll of the dead and missing from the country’s worst earthquake in three years climbed to 208 with almost 1,000 serious injuries. [reuters]
SA Gold Firms Bleeding Cash – If you owned all three of South Africa’s major gold mining companies in June last year, you would’ve lost about R100bn by now. That’s the drop in the market capitalisation of AngloGold Ashanti, Harmony and Gold Fields since the gold price’s peak last year. [fin24]
Reese Witherspoon Arrested, Asks Cop If He Knows Who She Is – Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon has been arrested for alleged disorderly conduct after her husband was pulled over on suspicion of drink driving. [sky]
Kate Middleton Shows Off Royal Baby Bump In Mulberry At Scouts Ceremony – The Duchess of Cambridge looked positively glowing on Sunday as she attended an event at Windsor Castle in Berkshire, England. [celebuzz]
Settlement Reached in Kim Kardashian’s Divorce Case – On Friday, a settlement was reached in the divorce case of Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries, ABC station KABC in Los Angeles reports. The terms of the settlement are confidential, and the divorce will be finalized as soon as a judge signs the papers. [abc]
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