Need to know: The crisis swirling around Rupert Murdoch's news empire has touched even the prime minister himself. British police arrested a former editor at News of the World, which shut down yesterday amid a hacking and corruption scandal, who had also been an aide to Prime Minister David Cameron. The premier has announced that he will "leave no stone unturned" in his quest to get to the bottom of it. Cameron has announced two separate inquiries into the scandal. |
| Want to know: Thousands of Egyptians have gathered in Tahrir Square, the nucleus of the February uprising against Mubarak. They want speedier reforms as well as Mubarak and his cronies put on trial quickly. Even the Muslim Brotherhood is joining the fray this time around. Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh made his first appearance after surviving an assassination attempt last month. He appeared on TV, his face darkened from burns, and said he has undergone more than eight operations since the bomb blast on his palace. The speech was broadcast on Yemeni television from Saudi Arabia, where Saleh has been hospitalized and recovering from the June 3 attack. Saleh didn't say whether he would return to Yemen. (See Saleh on TV.) |
| Dull but important: The world's worst case of nuclear smuggling may involve a cardboard box of fruit. New documents have surfaced that implicate two former Pakistani generals in the sale of uranium enrichment technology to North Korea in return for millions of dollars in cash and jewels handed over in a canvas bag - and the fruit. |
| Just because: Why have motorbikes been banned in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri? To prevent drive-by attacks by the radical Islamist sect, Boko Haram. The group, which is fighting for Islamic rule, uses gunmen on motorbikes to assassinate security officers and politicians. At least 40 people have been killed in Maiduguri in the past two weeks. An Australian man was gored in the leg and six other people were injured Friday in Pamplona's running with the bulls. (See photos. And video.) |
| Wacky: Polar bears have Irish roots? A new study found that the ancestry of all modern polar bears can be traced back to a single bear - the Irish brown bear, which has been extinct for some 3,000 years. Who knew. And a five-hour boat ride is just one leg of the multi-day odyssey required to reach Traena Music Festival on a remote Norwegian island. For three days, music fans from around the world take over a part of the Arctic Circle that normally sees more seagulls than rock 'n' roll. |
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