| | April 27, 2012 | | RUMOR HAS IT The royal baby rumors reached fever pitch on Thursday when Will and Kate photographed holding a newborn—and one onlooker even shouted out “Are you practicing?” As the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s first anniversary approaches, The Daily Beast’s Tom Sykes reports on whether the rumors are true this time around. LADY GHANKAY This week, former Liberian president Charles Taylor was convicted of aiding and abetting war crimes in neighboring Sierra Leone. The Daily Beast’s Robtel Neajai Pailey spoke to Taylor’s daughter, who watched her father’s U.N. tribunal from The Hague . Withdrawal The U.S. military will relocate 9,000 Marines from the Japanese island of Okinawa to quash anger among residents over pollution, accidents, and crime. Under a deal reached late Thursday, about half of the 19,000 Marines stationed there will move to other Pacific locations like Guam, Hawaii, and Australia. No date has been given for the move, which will cost $8.6 billion, of which Japan will pay $3.1 billion. WEB WARS John Boehner pushed through the bill known as CIPSA despite a last-minute veto threat. But privacy concerns could still trump cyberterrorism to kill the bill, writes The Daily Beast’s Philip Bump. Outrage As a peace accord backed by the United Nations seems on the brink of falling apart, protests were expected all across Syria on Friday to call attention to a week of violence that has killed dozens of people. In Damascus on Friday, a suicide bomber killed 9 people and wounded 30 more, according to Syrian state TV. Demonstrations were to take place in cities including Hama, where government troops reportedly killed more than 100 people since Monday. President Bashar al-Assad's regime has blamed "armed terrorist groups," but U.N. envoy Ban Ki-moon said Syria was in violation of the peace deal by keeping troops and heavy weapons in urban areas. | |
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