The Lede: Updates in the Aftermath of the Boston Marathon Bombing

The Lede: Updates in the Aftermath of the Boston Marathon Bombing

The Lede: Updates in the Aftermath of the Boston Marathon Bombing

Posted: 22 Apr 2013 01:09 PM PDT

The Lede is following developments in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing.
    

In Paraguay, a rich conservative must now tackle poverty

Posted: 22 Apr 2013 01:08 PM PDT

ASUNCION (Reuters) - For Horacio Cartes, a millionaire cigarette and soft drink magnate who won Paraguay's presidential election on Sunday, the challenge now is to run a country where most people can only dream of having a sliver of the wealth he does.

I.A.E.A. Says Fukushima Plant Operator Should Prepare Better

Posted: 22 Apr 2013 01:00 PM PDT

Tepco, the operator of Japan's stricken nuclear plant, has to stop relying on stopgap measures, a team from the International Atomic Energy Agency said.
    

Bomb Suspect Is Charged and Will Be Tried in Civilian Court

Posted: 22 Apr 2013 12:42 PM PDT

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the Boston bombings, was charged Monday with "using a weapon of mass destruction" that resulted in three deaths, and will be tried in civilian court.
    

Canada foils 'major terrorist attack'

Posted: 22 Apr 2013 12:58 PM PDT

Police say two men have been arrested and charged with plotting a terrorist attack against a Canadian passenger train.

U.N. failure boosts Western Sahara conflict risk: Polisario

Posted: 22 Apr 2013 12:36 PM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - Failure by the United Nations to let peacekeepers monitor human rights in the disputed Western Sahara risks pushing the region toward armed conflict, a senior official from the Polisario Front independence movement said on Monday.

Bacteria 'can produce diesel fuel'

Posted: 22 Apr 2013 12:34 PM PDT

A strain of bacteria is created that can produce a synthetic fuel almost identical to conventional diesel, a study suggests.

VIDEO: Suu Kyi welcomes sanction lifting

Posted: 22 Apr 2013 12:07 PM PDT

The Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has welcomed the lifting of sanctions against her country by the EU.

President's sack of cash draws ire

Posted: 22 Apr 2013 10:49 AM PDT

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni publicly hands a sack containing about $100,000 (£66,000) in cash to a youth group, raising questions about how the money will be spent.

China: Cyberattacks Are Like A-Bombs

Posted: 22 Apr 2013 12:49 PM PDT

Cyberattacks could be "as serious as a nuclear bomb," according to a top Chinese general, who rejected suggestions that the Chinese military is behind cyberspying aimed at Western companies.

Canada Charges Two Men in Terror Plot

Posted: 22 Apr 2013 01:11 PM PDT

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police on Monday said they have arrested and charged two men with conspiracy to carry out a terrorist attack against a VIA passenger train.

EU lifts Myanmar sanctions despite human rights concerns

Posted: 22 Apr 2013 11:49 AM PDT

LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - The European Union agreed on Monday to lift all sanctions on Myanmar, except for an arms embargo, despite a Human Rights Watch report which accused authorities of complicity in the mass killing of Muslims in the west of the country last year.

Canada foils terror attack on train

Posted: 22 Apr 2013 01:03 PM PDT

Canada's authorities charge two people with conspiring to carry out an "al-Qaeda inspired" attack on a passenger train in the Toronto area.

Colombia's Santos changes mind on two-year re-election bid

Posted: 22 Apr 2013 11:43 AM PDT

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday said he is no longer considering running for a shorter term of two years in 2014 and told lawmakers it was too early to consider an extension of presidential terms to six years.

Video: Tamerlan Tsarnaev's teacher in Kyrgyzstan says he was affected by Chechen conflict

Posted: 22 Apr 2013 10:33 AM PDT

Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, suspects in the Boston marathon bombing, spent some of their formative years growing up in the Chechen diaspora community in Kyrgyzstan. Radio Free Europe traveled to their former hometown of Tokmok to interview people who say they knew the Tsarnaevs. Friends and neighbors say the boys seemed normal, calm, incapable of such heinous acts.

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China earthquake: Crowds of volunteers cause logistical problems

Posted: 22 Apr 2013 09:50 AM PDT

LONGMEN TOWNSHIP, China — Standing in the middle of a yard bustling with soldiers, Luo Ming, a haggard 31-year-old team leader with the Sichuan Emergency Response Volunteer Group, sees a threat nearly as grave as the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck this mountainous area of Western China on Saturday: too many volunteers.

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After Earthquake, Chinese Seek Out Private Charities for Their Donations

Posted: 22 Apr 2013 10:17 AM PDT

The quake that struck China last weekend has drawn a flood of donations, but those eager to donate are looking past official charity groups that now have a reputation for corruption.
    

Godolphin trainer in 'doping error'

Posted: 22 Apr 2013 11:56 AM PDT

Godolphin trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni faces an inquiry after banned substances are found in 11 of his 45 horses.

EU Votes to End Myanmar Sanctions

Posted: 22 Apr 2013 12:44 PM PDT

European Union foreign ministers have permanently ended sanctions against Myanmar, recognizing the country's transition from military dictatorship to civilian rule.

Trash in Focus

Posted: 22 Apr 2013 10:07 AM PDT

As the world marks Earth Day Monday, take a look at trash after it leaves the curb.
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Prove BN was behind provocative banners, PAS urged

Prove BN was behind provocative banners, PAS urged

Prove BN was behind provocative banners, PAS urged

Posted: 22 Apr 2013 12:53 AM PDT

The Kedah Barisan Nasional (BN) today denied being involved with banners bearing a party logo and picture of an opposition leader, which were deemed to be provocative, and urged PAS to provide evidence on the allegations.

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China quake rescuers battle landslides, debris

Posted: 22 Apr 2013 12:35 AM PDT

Clogged roads, debris and landslides impeded rescuers Monday as they battled to find survivors of a powerful earthquake in mountainous southwest China that has left at least 188 dead.

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Hospitalised suspect in Boston bombings awaits charges

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 11:44 PM PDT

BOSTON (Reuters) - The ethnic Chechen college student accused with his deceased older brother of the Boston Marathon bombing faced federal charges as early as Monday as he lay hospitalised under armed guard, severely wounded and unable to speak.
    

South Korean minister cancels Japan visit over war shrine

Posted: 22 Apr 2013 12:16 AM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's foreign minister has cancelled a trip to Japan after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made an offering to a shrine seen as a symbol of Japan's former militarism, a South Korean government official said on Monday.
    

Helicopter carrying Turks forced down in Taliban-held Afghan east

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 11:27 PM PDT

GARDEZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A helicopter carrying at least six Turkish engineers and two foreign pilots made an emergency landing in a Taliban-controlled area of eastern Afghanistan, officials said on Monday, and it was possible they were being held by insurgents.
    

Feisty German minister stands up to Merkel

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 11:19 PM PDT

BERLIN (Reuters) - The political wilderness in Germany is filled with once-powerful conservative party barons, overly confident men who dared to challenge Angela Merkel and lost.
    

Japan PM Abe and "Abenomics" enjoy strong voter support - polls

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 10:48 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese voters maintain strong support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as his "Abenomics" economic policy helps weaken the yen and boost share prices, but have little interest in his plan to revise the pacifist constitution, newspaper polls showed on Monday.
    

Rights group says Myanmar authorities aided killings of Muslims

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 10:40 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Authorities in Myanmar's Rakhine State aided the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims last year in crimes against humanity that have sparked anti-Muslim violence elsewhere in the country, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday.
    

Right way of recapturing Selangor

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 10:57 PM PDT

For Umno, to recapture Selangor is a mission tantamount to defending the Federal government and two-thirds majority. To attain such ends, Prime Minister Najib has raised 56 promises in the manifesto and opted to oversee BN's campaign in Selangor himself.

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VIDEO: Identical twins caring for the dying

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 04:16 PM PDT

Tina Maggio and Gina Ranieri-Bender are identical twins who care for the dying in a hospital facility in Baltimore.

Regional connectivity, maritime CoC expected to be under spotlight at ASEAN Summit

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 10:32 PM PDT

The world is watching Brunei to see what and how this tiny, oil-rich Islamic sultanate could fare in the driver's seat as it is set to host the 22nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit from April 24 to 25 in its capital Bandar Seri Begawan.

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Second suspect arrested over Indian girl's rape

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 10:22 PM PDT

Indian police have arrested a second suspect in their investigation into the abduction and rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi last week, officials said Monday.

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HRW accuses Myanmar of 'ethnic cleansing'

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 10:07 PM PDT

Myanmar has waged "a campaign of ethnic cleansing" against Rohingya Muslims, a leading rights watchdog said Monday, citing evidence of mass graves and forced displacement.

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Brunei Darussalam: Abode of wealth and faith

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 09:43 PM PDT

Negara Brunei Darussalam, officially the Nation of Brunei, is a tiny Southeast Asian country you can barely spot on a map.

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VIDEO: Does Israel's Iron Dome actually work?

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 10:03 PM PDT

The United States has just announced that is its planning to bring its investment in the Iron Dome anti-missile defence system to several hundred million dollars in the coming years.

VIDEO: Rival same-sex marriage marches in Paris

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 10:17 PM PDT

The openly gay mayor of Paris headed a rival march through the capital in favour of same-sex marriage.

English village where phones think they're French

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 09:38 PM PDT

It's a very English village but turn on your phone and the only signal you'll get is a French one. Because of its location at the foot of cliffs, just 20 miles from the French coast, St. Margaret's at Cliffe is a telecoms freak of nature. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2013.

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Forget political differences and remain good neighbours

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 09:29 PM PDT

Whether one is at his/her favourite roadside tea stall, at home with family or relatives, or chatting with neighbours at the playground, the 13th General Election (GE13) is definitely one of the topics discussed.

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A look at the greenest smartphone makers

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 09:02 PM PDT

With no unifying or international rating or certification currently awarded, how do you judge the impact that your shiny new smartphone is having on the environment?

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Hadi clarifies reason for overlapping seats among Pakatarn parties

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 09:01 PM PDT

Attitudes that conflicted with party understanding, and misunderstandings just before nomination are among the causes of overlapping seats between opposition coalition parties, said PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang.

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