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Friday, April 20, 2012

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Today: Breivik: I Learned From al Qaeda , U.N. Observers Monitor Syria , Suu Kyi to Boycott Parliament
Cheat Sheet: Morning

April 20, 2012
UH-OH

The House is currently investigating whether Secret Service staffers had sex with Colombian prostitutes under the age of 18. The wild night in Cartagena has already cost three Secret Service agents their jobs—will it also result in criminal charges? The Daily Beast’s Patricia Murphy and Eli Lake investigate.

Extremist

Confessed Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik said he read case studies of al Qaeda attacks before he went on a shooting rampage that killed 77 last July, he told the court Friday during day five of his sensational public trial in Oslo. Breivik said he went on the Internet to read about terrorism attacks and went through more than 600 bomb-making guides. He called al Qaeda "the most successful revolutionary movement in the world," and should serve as an inspiration to far-right militants.

Peace?

Seven United Nations observers have been deployed in Syria to ensure compliance with a brokered ceasefire that the government has largely failed to uphold, a spokesman for U.N. envoy Kofi Annan said Friday. The rest of an advanced team of about 30 unarmed monitors are expected in the coming days. Meanwhile, shelling and gunfire resumed in some neighborhoods in the city of Homs, opposition activists said, as world leaders sought tough sanctions against the regime over its failure to fully implement the peace plan.

Burma

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and her fellow Burmese opposition lawmakers will boycott Monday's historic Parliament opening, her party, the National League for Democracy, announced Friday. The NLD is unhappy about the wording of the swearing-in oath and wanted it changed from "safeguard" to "respect" the constitution, which was drawn up by military rulers. But authorities rejected the request, and the NLD will write to the presidential office to appeal.

Tragic

As many as four U.S. service members may have died in a helicopter crash in southwestern Afghanistan on Thursday. In the official announcement, the American military command in Kabul said that there were no confirmed reports of deaths “at this time,” but two U.S. defense officials said that the Black Hawk helicopter was carrying four U.S. troops and that they “don’t expect” that any of them survived. Weather may have played a role in the crash, though enemy action has not been ruled out.


Rejected
Martin Family Said No to Meeting
With George Zimmerman, proposed by his lawyer.
Optimistic
Poll: National Mood Improving
43 percent say things going well.
JUSTICE?
Awaiting a Charles Taylor Verdict
Charles Taylor was on trial for all these crimes, and more. Soon, we’ll have a verdict.
Viral
Ugandans Respond to 'Kony 2012'
Bloggers release video on 'cover the night.'
Green Monster
Fenway Park Turns 100
Boston Red Sox will play the Yankees.
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