Liverpool striker accepts FA bite charge
Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has accepted a charge of violent conduct from the Football Association for biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic and the case will be heard on Wednesday.
However, the Uruguay international does not think he should be banned for longer than three games.
The incident happened during Sunday's 2-2 draw between the sides.
The FA said the match officials had not seen it during the game at Anfield and it had been "retrospectively reviewed".
A statement read: "Suarez has denied the FA's claim that the standard punishment of three matches is clearly insufficient for this offence.
"The incident was not seen by the match officials and has therefore been retrospectively reviewed. An independent regulatory commission will hear the case tomorrow, Wednesday 24 April."
The three-man commission will meet via videolink to study written submissions from the FA and Suarez.
Following the incident the 26-year-old apologised for biting the Chelsea defender and spoke to Ivanovic personally to say sorry.
Liverpool have fined Suarez but insist he still has a future with the Premier League club.
It is not the first time Suarez has been charged with such an offence. He was banned for seven games when he was at Ajax after biting PSV Eindhoven midfielder Otman Bakkal's shoulder during a match in November 2010.
During his time at Liverpool, he was also given an eight-match ban and £40,000 fine by the FA for racially abusing Manchester United left-back Patrice Evra in December 2011.
Boston Celtics is no match for the New York Knicks
As was the case with the fourth quarter in Game 1, the New York Knicks dominated the third quarter of Game 2. They once again shut down the Boston Celtics in the second half on their way to a 87-71 win.
A 21-4 run to open the third completely hobbled the Celtics, who once again held a lead at halftime. The final margin in the third frame was 32-11 in favor of the Knicks, granting them a five-point lead entering the final quarter.
Games 1 and 2 were prime examples of the Celtics missing Rajon Rondo on the floor. In Saturday's loss, the Celtics were unable to take care of the ball without a real point guard on the roster.
On Tuesday night, the Celtics didn't turn the ball over in excess, but they were unable to come up with quality offensive possessions at the level of the Knicks. When New York's shots are falling, particularly from three-point land, Boston will have difficulties keeping up.
The Knicks wound up just 7-of-19 from beyond the arc tonight, but held the Celtics to 37.1 percent shooting overall.
Rondo provided them an advantage in that he could handle the ball and get any teammate a shot they were comfortable with on virtually every possession. Now they are left creating mostly for themselves or trying to force too much in transition.
New York's defense in the second half was the story of the game, holding the Celtics to just 23 points after the main intermission. Boston didn't register a field goal in the final 9:15 and scored just two points in the final eight minutes.
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Gayle smashes fastest century in history
West Indies opener Chris Gayle has set a new record for the fastest century in the history of professional cricket, playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) against Pune Warriors in the Indian Premier League (IPL) today Tuesday.
Gayle smashed an astonishing ton off just 30 balls, battering the Pune Warriors bowling attack in an innings that included seven dot balls, four singles, eight fours and 11 sixes at the Chinna-swamy Stadium, Bangalore.
His ruthless attack on the Pune bowling was in a category, completely different from what has been a hit-and-miss IPL in 2013, with low scores, except for an 85 off 50 balls and a 92 off 58 balls.
The 31 year old Gayle, got to his century with a free-hit from medium-pacer Ashok Dinda which went crashing into the roof of the M. Chinna-swamy stadium.
Gayle, who now has a staggering 11 centuries in T20 cricket, said it was just one of those days, he went berserk and it just paid off.
The West Indian’s 30-ball ton, erases the previous 34-ball T20 record, set by Australia’s Andrew Symonds.
The record in 50-over cricket is Shahid Afridi's 37-ball ton for Pakistan against Sri Lanka in 1996 while the Test record belongs to Gayle's fellow West Indian Sir Viv Richards, who flayed England for a 56-ball 100 in Antigua in 1986.
The Jamaican batsman finished with a world record score of 175 not out, which included 13 fours and 17 sixes from 66 balls.
RCB finished on 263 for five from 20 overs to break Sri Lanka's record of 260-6 against Kenya in the 2007 World Twenty20.
Pune Warriors, who chose to field, were chasing 264 for victory.
Canada train 'al-Qaeda plot' suspects challenge case
Two suspects in an alleged al-Qaeda-backed plot to derail a Canadian passenger train have challenged the case against them.
In a Montreal court, Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, said the case against him was based only on "appearances".
A lawyer for Raed Jaser, 35, said he would "defend himself vigorously", outside his hearing in Toronto.
Officials said the alleged plot had support from al-Qaeda in Iran, although there was no sign of state sponsorship.
Canadian authorities said the two suspects were arrested in Montreal and Toronto on Monday.
Mr Jaser is understood to be a United Arab Emirates national of Palestinian origin, though his lawyer points out he is a permanent Canadian resident who has lived there 20 years.
Mr Esseghaier is thought to be of Tunisian origin.
The charges against the pair include conspiring to interfere with transport facilities on behalf of a terrorist organisation and conspiring to commit murder.
Neither suspect entered a plea in Tuesday's hearings.
French parliament approves new Same-sex marriage law
France has become the 14th country to approve a law allowing gay marriage.
The bill, which also legalises adoption by same-sex couples, was passed by 321 votes to 225 in the French parliament.
The decision follows a divisive public debate with some of the biggest protests seen in France in recent years.
Hundreds of opponents of the measure rallied outside the National Assembly building in central Paris as the result was announced.
The leader of the most high-profile group opposing same-sex marriage vowed to continue the fight.
Frigide Barjot, a comedian who uses her stage name, told her supporters: "We are going to show them that this is not over. I solemnly ask the president to hold a referendum on the subject."
Inside the National Assembly chamber, two opponents tried to unfurl a banner before being ejected.
Thousands of police armed with water cannon were deployed near parliament to deal with any repeat of the violence seen on the fringes of previous demonstrations.
Although rallies opposing the change have been overwhelmingly peaceful, there have been some clashes, blamed on far-right elements.
Opinion polls suggest a small majority of French people favour gay marriage, but surveys indicate fewer support adoption by same-sex couples.
Socialist President Francois Hollande made the law his flagship social reform.
He is expected to add his signature to the bill once it has cleared any challenge in the constitutional council.
FBI faces Tamerlan Tsarnaev questions in Boston Marathon bombing
US security officials are to face questions in Congress over whether they mishandled information about Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
They will brief the Senate Intelligence Committee in a closed hearing, after some US lawmakers accused the FBI of failing to act on Russian concerns.
Tsarnaev was questioned in 2011 amid claims he had adopted radical Islam.
He was killed in a manhunt after the attack but his wounded brother Dzhokhar has been charged over the bombings.
The Beth Israel Deaconess hospital in Massachusetts said at noon on Tuesday that the surviving brother's condition had improved from "serious" to "fair", according to the US Attorney's Office in Boston.
Federal prosecutors have charged him with using a weapon of mass destruction and malicious destruction of property resulting in death. He could be sentenced to death if convicted on either count.
Anonymous officials have told US media that 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev said he and his brother had planned the attack themselves without help from foreign militants.
The officials say his written answers from his hospital bed to investigators' questions lead them to believe that the pair were motivated by jihadist ideology and that they devised the bombings using the internet.
However, the sources also said the interviews were preliminary and they must verify the defendant's responses.
Lawyers for Katherine Russell, the widow of 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, said that their client was doing everything she could to assist authorities.
She is "trying to come to terms with these events", her lawyers said in a statement on Tuesday, without saying whether she had been questioned by investigators.
"The report of involvement by her husband and brother-in-law came as an absolute shock to them all."
Both Tsarnaev brothers had origins in the troubled, predominantly Muslim republic of Chechnya in southern Russia. They had been living in the US for about a decade at the time of the attack.
US drops case against ricin letter suspect Paul Curtis
US authorities have dropped the charges against a Mississippi man accused of sending letters poisoned with ricin to President Barack Obama and a senator.
Paul Curtis was freed on Tuesday after prosecutors revealed the investigation had uncovered "new information".
The letters addressed to the president and a Mississippi senator tested positive for the presence of the lethal toxin this month.
Meanwhile, investigators in the case are searching the home of another man.
Mr Curtis was arrested last week at his home in the town of Corinth, Mississippi and charged with sending letters to Mr Obama, Republican Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker and a judge from Lee County.
But on Monday authorities searched Mr Curtis' home and found neither ricin nor ingredients for the poison, an FBI agent testified in court. A search of his computer yielded no evidence he had researched how to make the toxin, the agent said.
In a news conference outside the courthouse on Tuesday, Mr Curtis thanked his family, friends, Jesus, Mr Wicker and Mr Obama.
"I love my country and would never do anything to pose a threat to [Mr Obama] or any other US official," said Mr Curtis, a musician and Elvis impersonator who also said he was a certified reflexologist.
"I would like to get back to normal, which for me means being the best father that I could be for my children and entertaining through my music."
Mr Curtis' lawyer Christi McCoy, whom Mr Curtis described as a blond, blue-eyed angel sent by God, told reporters she believed the FBI agents who had arrested and charged her client had "acted in good faith".
According to an FBI affidavit released on Thursday, the letters read: "Maybe I have your attention now even if that means someone must die. To see a wrong and not expose it, is to become a silent partner to its continuance."
The letters were signed: "I am KC and I approve this message."
As the case against Mr Curtis appeared to collapse on Monday and Tuesday, another man in nearby Tupelo, Mississippi, told the Associated Press authorities were searching his home in connection with the ricin letters.
Everett Dutschke said he was innocent, and the Associated Press reported agents from numerous law enforcement agencies had established a mobile crime lab near his home.
Ricin, extracted from castor beans, is 1,000 times more toxic than cyanide.
It can be fatal when inhaled, swallowed or injected, although it is possible to recover from exposure.
Australia police arrest hacker group LulzSec 'leader'
Australian police say they have arrested a "self-proclaimed leader" of the hacking group LulzSec.
The 24-year-old from New South Wales is accused of attacking and defacing a government website earlier this month, a police statement said.
Lulzsec has claimed responsibility for several high profile cyber-attacks, including against Sony Pictures and the CIA.
It emerged as a splinter-group of hacking collective Anonymous in 2011.
In the statement, the Australian Federal Police said that the arrested man was an IT professional who used his position in an IT company to access sensitive information from clients, including government agencies.
He has been charged with two counts of unauthorised modification of data to cause impairment, and one count of unauthorised access to restricted data. He faces a maximum of 12 years in jail.
"Those thinking of engaging in such activities should be warned that hacking, creating or propagating malicious viruses or participating in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are not harmless fun," Cyber Crimes Commander Glen McEwen said.
LulzSec gained international attention when they hacked the Sony website in 2011, taking down the company's PlayStation network for weeks and accessing millions of users' accounts.
It was estimated to have cost the company over $100 million (£65m) and was part of a 50-day rampage which targeted organisations ranging from the FBI to Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency.
The name stood for Lulz Security - in which "Lulz" is derived from the popular internet term "lol", meaning "laugh out loud".
The group's members employed techniques to flood websites with high traffic - known as DDoS attacks - in order to render them unusable.
Millionaire president-elect 'to put Paraguay first'
Paraguay's President-elect Horacio Cartes, a wealthy businessman, has said he would "never put personal interests before the country's".
Mr Cartes, one of Paraguay's richest men, told reporters there wouldn't be conflict of interest as he governed one of South America's poorest nations.
He said it would be "silly" to stay out of the regional economic bloc Mercosur.
Paraguay was suspended from the group after last year's impeachment of the left-wing President Fernando Lugo.
The move followed a land eviction at a farm that led to the deaths of 11 farmers and six police officers.
The incident sparked a nationwide outcry and the opposition declared President Lugo responsible. Mr Lugo was replaced by Vice-President Federico Franco of the Liberal Party in less than 48 hours.
Neighbouring countries recalled their diplomats calling the impeachment a "congressional coup".
Woodstock icon Richie Havens dies at 72
Richie Havens, the folk singer who opened the legendary 1969 Woodstock rock festival, has died of a heart attack at 72.
He died at his home in Jersey City, New Jersey, his agent, Roots Agency, told Reuters.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, the musician was famous for his distinctive guitar and singing style.
Recalling Woodstock, Havens once said: "Everything in my life, and so many others', is attached to that train.''
His improvised version of the gospel song Motherless Child evolved into Freedom at the festival and became an anthem of the 1960s hippie generation.
The Woodstock concert film captured his performance for posterity.
More recently, the soundtrack of Quentin Tarantino's award-winning slavery-era film Django Unchained featured Havens singing a version of Freedom.
Tributes to the singer have come in, with his contemporary and fellow singer Stephen Stills saying Havens "could never be replicated".