Boston Suspect Shot In Face During Capture

Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was shot several times including once in the face before he was captured, according to a doctor who treated him.

Previous accounts of the 20-year-old's injuries were less specific.

He was previously reported to have suffered a gunshot wound to the neck, after he was tracked down to his hideout in a boat in a Watertown back garden.

The new details come from a newly-released deposition given by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre's Dr Stephen Ray Odom three days after the April 19 arrest.

Transcripts of the testimony were unsealed on Monday.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev surrenders as he is surrounded by police marksmen

The Boston Globe reported that Dr Odom described the most severe injury as a gunshot to the face that "appears to have entered through the left side inside of his mouth and exited the left face, lower face".

The suspect also suffered a skull fracture and various other injuries.

"This was a high-powered injury that has resulted in skull-base fracture, with injuries to the middle ear, the skull base, the lateral portion of his C1 vertebrae, with a significant soft-tissue injury, as well as injury to the pharynx, the mouth, and a small vascular injury that's been treated," Dr Odom testified.

He continued treating the younger Tsarnaev for several days after he was taken to hospital.

"He has multiple gunshots [sic] wounds to the extremities that have been treated with dressing to the lower extremities; and in the case of his left hand, he had multiple bony injuries as well that were treated with fixation and soft-tissue coverage, as well as tendon repair and vascular ligation," Dr Odom added.

Authorities say Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his older brother Tamerlan masterminded the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15, which left three people dead and injured more than 260 others.

Dzhokhar has pleaded not guilty to charges including using a weapon of mass destruction to kill. He is being held at a prison medical facility in Devens, Massachusetts.

Tamerlan died in a shoot-out with police. 

Massachusetts State Police photographer Sergeant Sean Murphy released more than a dozen photographs, some showing an injured Dzhokar, to Boston Magazine in July.

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Adela Copakova: Appeal For Missing Teenager

By Frazer Maude, Sky Reporter

Police are appealing for information about a teenage girl missing from home in Sheffield.

Adela Copakova, 14, was last seen on Sunday evening at around 8pm, outside a house on Twentywell Lane, in the Bradway area of the city. She has not been seen since.

South Yorkshire Police say their investigations have so far not found a reason for her disappearance.

Officers think the answer to her whereabouts could lie with those closest to her. Adela has a number of friends in Sheffield, including some in the Page Hall area.

Superintendent Colin McFarlane said: "The inquiries we have made to date have failed to explain why Adela would have just suddenly disappeared and we are concerned to find her as soon as possible.

"Having spoken to those with who she has been in recent contact with, it appears she was happy and gave no indication anything was troubling her.

"I would urge people to look out for her and to let us know as soon as possible if they see her, or think they may know where she maybe."

Police say they are currently following up at least three "solid lines of inquiry", as they continue their search for Adela in Sheffield and the wider area.

The Slovakian teen was last seen wearing large gold hooped earrings, brown leopard-print trousers, and a white vest with a white lace blouse over the top.

She is slim, 5ft 4in tall, with long, dark brown hair.

Anyone who knows where Adela is, or where she may be, is asked to contact the police on 101 quoting Missing Person Reference KX/2472/2013.

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Gary Bolton Jailed Over Fake Bomb Detectors

A businessman has been sentenced to seven years in prison for making and selling fake bomb detectors.

Gary Bolton, 47, made millions of pounds selling the devices around the world, boasting they could detect explosives, drugs, ivory, tobacco and even money.

In actual fact they consisted of nothing more than empty boxes with handles and antennae which he made at home and at his Global Technology Ltd offices in Kent.

He denied two counts of fraud as a judge at the Old Bailey described the equipment as "useless" and "dross".

Bolton had background in research or security

Sky's crime correspondent Martin Brunt, at the court, said Bolton spent £1.82, plus the glue and antennae, on each product and then sold them for up to £15,000 each.

The court was told Bolton's company had a turnover of almost £3m, with up to 5,000 devices made.

Prosecutor Richard Whittam QC said tests proved the detectors, first called the Mole and later remarketed as the GT200, performed no better than random searches for explosives.

Bolton claimed they worked with a range of 700 metres at ground level and 2.5 miles (4km) in the air and said they were effective through lead-lined and metal walls, water, containers and earth.

But "double-blind" tests on a Mole device as far back as 2001 showed it had a successful detection rate of just 9%.

Sentencing the father-of-three, judge Richard Hone QC said Bolton had maintained the "little plastic box" was a piece of working equipment, and that he continued to "peddle" it to scores of international clients - including for use by armed forces - despite evidence proving it was "useless".

He added: "You were determined to bolster the illusion that the devices worked and you knew there was a spurious science to produce that end.

"They had a random detection rate. They were useless.

Bolton's company had a turnover of almost £3m

"Soldiers, police officers, customs officers and many others put their trust in a device which worked no better than random chance.

"The jury found you knew this but you carried on. Your profits were enormous."

Mr Whittam said Bolton admitted in interview to having no background in science, research, training or security, the court heard.

Around 1,200 devices were sold to Mexico, while orders were also shipped to parts of Asia and the Middle East.

The devices are still being used in Thailand.

Detective Inspector Roger Cook, from the City of London Police's Overseas Anti-Corruption Unit, said Bolton put "people's lives and livelihoods at serious risk, but his sole consideration was how much money he could make".

"Bringing Bolton to justice is the result of a long, complex and far reaching international investigation and his seven-year prison sentence should act as a warning to others who seek to act corruptly overseas with the belief that they will go undetected," he added.

In May James McCormick was jailed for 10 years for also selling fake bomb detectors. He made £50m selling his devices for up to £27,000 each to groups including the Iraqi military and police in Kenya.

Prosecutors in the case said British officers in Iraq believed the detectors may have cost dozens of lives.

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Bank Intern Dies After 'Pulling All-Nighters'

A 21-year-old Bank of America Merrill Lynch intern who died in London last week had reportedly been working more than 20 hours a day.

Moritz Erhardt, a University of Michigan student from Germany, was coming to the end of a seven week internship when he collapsed in the shower last Thursday.

He was found unconscious at Claredale House, a student residence in Bethnal Green, and was pronounced dead by paramedics at the scene.

One anonymous poster on website the wallstreetoasis.com said: "He was found dead in the shower by his flatmate. Intern at BAML [Banking of America and Merill Lynch] who went home at 6am three days in a row."

A fellow intern told the Evening Standard Mr Erhardt was a "superstar" who worked "very hard and was very focused".

BAML would not comment on speculation that Mr Erhardt had recently worked very long hours.

However, in response to being asked if it is common for people to occasionally work through the night there, a spokesperson said: "We've all done it."

In a statement the company said: "We are deeply shocked and saddened by the news of Moritz Erhardt's death.

"He was popular amongst his peers and was a highly diligent intern at our company with a promising future. Our first thoughts are with his family and we send our condolences to them at this difficult time."

An email sent to students staying at Claredale House after the student's death said: "Some of you might be aware that the emergency services were called to Claredale.

"The reason for this is that we were made aware of an incident involving one of our residents. Sadly the resident concerned had passed away.

"To avoid any rumours or misinformation, we would like to inform you all that there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death."

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Peru Drugs: Pair Set To Face Smuggling Charge

By Nick Martin, Sky Correspondent, in Peru

Two women accused of smuggling £1.5m worth of cocaine out of Peru are expected to be charged later.

They have been pictured handcuffed and being driven away for a court appearance.

Michaella McCollum, from Dungannon, County Tyrone, and Melissa Reid, from Lenzie near Glasgow, have spent the past two weeks in police custody.

The pair, both 20, were arrested earlier this month while trying to board a flight from Lima to Madrid.

Police said they found around 11kg of cocaine hidden inside food packages in their luggage.

Michaella McCollum is led away for her court appearance

Anti-drug officers say they have concluded their investigation into the case, which will now go before the public prosecutor's office.

The contents of that report will form the basis of any charges against the pair.

Ms McCollum and Ms Reid both deny the allegations and say they were forced to carry the drugs by a gang of Colombian drug traffickers who said they would hurt the women's families if they did not go through with the plan.

Police said cocaine was found inside packets of food in their luggage

If charged, it is thought unlikely the pair would be granted bail because of the severity of the charges.

The women would instead be moved to a prison where it is believed they would be separated until a trial - which could take many months to be heard.

The pair's court hearing comes just a day after CCTV footage emerged which senior police officers claim shows Ms McCollum in the Peruvian capital on August 5 walking around freely - despite the women saying they were held at gunpoint on that day.

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The police say the CCTV will form the basis of their case when it goes before the district prosecutor.

However, the lawyer acting for Ms McCollum, who is also known as Michaella McCollum Connolly, denied she was captured on the footage and sought to dispel newspaper reports he said were erroneous.

Peter Madden said: "She was not out shopping in Lima and spending a lot of money, that didn't happen."

William Reid said his daughter and McCollum denied the smuggling allegation

"Michaella (McCollum) Connolly did not owe any money to any drugs dealer, she was not and is not involved in the drugs trade, she has no criminal record, she has never been in trouble with the police in her life."

William Reid, the father of her co-accused, also responded following the emergence of photographs that allegedly show them posing on a balcony and on a beach with glasses of beer days before they were arrested at Lima airport.

Mr Reid, who is in Lima, said: "I believe the trip to the beach was part of a set-up that they asked them to smile to build up a portrayal of them as happy holidaymakers.

"I can only go by what I have been firmly told by the girls. The two girls' stories are very tight, very consistent, with a lot of detail and they seem to be telling the truth, as far as I can gauge."

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Peru Tribe Makes Second Attempt At Contact

A tribe of South American Indians living in voluntary isolation near Peru's southeastern Amazon region has made a tense attempt to contact the outside world for a second time.

Some 100 members of the Mashco-Piro tribe were captured on video attempting to cross a river that borders their remote community in the Manu National Park in the state of Madre de Dios.

The video was shot by forest rangers over three days in June and shows men armed with bows and arrows and several women and children.

It is the second time the tribe has attempted contact with outsiders. In 2011 the group was spotted on the bank of a different river after more than 20 years in isolation.

Saul Puerta Pena, director for the Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest (AIDESEP), says the video is clear evidence of the existence of isolated tribes.

"Now the government doesn't have an argument to tell us that our indigenous brothers don't exist," he said.

"Their response was always that these indigenous people who choose to live in isolation didn't exist."

They were first spotted in 2011 through the telescope of a Spanish explorer

Mr Pena explained that a canoe containing bananas was floated across the river to the tribe due to the risks of them coming into contact with illnesses they have no defences against.

"The tribe cannot come into contact with the remote community still because any illness could kill them," he said.

Anthropologist Beatriz Huertas, who works with Peru's agency for indigenous affairs, said the Mashco-Piro are becoming increasingly less isolated.

"It is not unusual for them to appear where they did during a season of sparse rainfall when rivers are low, and they tend to be itinerant," she said.

The Manu River at the southern Amazon region of Madre de Dios

"What's strange is that they came so close to the population of Monte Salvado."

Last October, a park ranger was lightly wounded by a blunt arrow fired by a Mashco-Piro native after getting too close to the tribe. "It was a warning," Ms Huacchillo said.

A similar incident was recorded in 2010, when a teenager was wounded by a spear.

On their website, Survival International mentioned the death late last year of Nicolas 'Shaco' Flores, a local resident who had been leaving food and gifts for a small group of Mashco-Piro natives for 20 years.

Flores was "shot by an uncontacted tribe's arrow", the group said.

The incident was never confirmed.

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David Miranda To Launch Legal Challenge

The boyfriend of an investigative journalist who was held under UK terror laws has started legal action over his detention.

David Miranda has appointed law firm Bindmans LLP to pursue a civil action over his treatment at Heathrow Airport on Sunday.

The solicitors have written to the Home Secretary and Met Police chief to ensure none of the material taken from him is looked at until the case is resolved.

Bindmans said it had asked for assurances that "there will be no inspection, copying, disclosure, transfer, distribution or interference, in any way, with our client's data".

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Mr Miranda, whose partner Glenn Greenwald reported the Edward Snowden spying revelations, was held for the maximum nine hours after trying to change planes in London.

He was travelling to Brazil from Germany, where he had visited US filmmaker Laura Poitras who has been working on the Snowden NSA files with Mr Greenwald and The Guardian.

Scotland Yard insists the detention was "legally and procedurally sound" and the Home Office has now given police its full support.

A Home Office spokesman said: "The Government and the police have a duty to protect the public and our national security.

"If the police believe that an individual is in possession of highly sensitive stolen information that would help terrorism, then they should act and the law provides them with a framework to do that.

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"Those who oppose this sort of action need to think about what they are condoning. This is an ongoing police inquiry so we will not comment on the specifics."

Downing Street has also revealed it knew about the operation, but denies any political involvement.

It has prompted a storm of protest from civil rights campaigners and an apparent coalition split.

Lib Dem home affairs spokesman Julian Huppert called it unacceptable and "a clear abuse of terrorism powers".

A change.org petition calling for an urgent review of the laws, launched by Four Lions actor Adeel Akhtar who says he was held under similar legislation in the US in 2002, has already gathered 30,000 names.

Labour's Yvette Cooper called for an urgent investigation

"I'm not saying there shouldn't be a law in place to protect us from terrorist threats, but these laws that are being used, I don't think are being applied in the right way," he said.

Reporter Mr Greenwald called the detention a "profound attack on press freedoms and the newsgathering process".

He argued it was "clearly intended to send a message of intimidation to those of us who have been reporting on the NSA (National Security Agency) and GCHQ."

But the Metropolitan Police said: "The examination of a 28-year-old man under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 at Heathrow airport on Sunday … was subject to a detailed decision-making process.

"The procedure was reviewed throughout to ensure the examination was both necessary and proportionate. Our assessment is that the use of the power in this case was legally and procedurally sound."

It added: "Contrary to some reports the man was offered legal representation while under examination and a solicitor attended. No complaint has been received by the Metropolitan Police Service at this time."

White House officials have revealed the US was given advance notice by police about their plan but says America did not request the move and was not involved.

Mr Miranda claims UK officials were doing the bidding of the US by trying to force him to reveal passwords for his electronic devices.

He said: "They were threatening me all the time and saying I would be put in jail if I didn't co-operate.

"They treated me like I was a criminal or someone about to attack the UK … It was exhausting and frustrating, but I knew I wasn't doing anything wrong."

The row has deepened after Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger claimed agents from GCHQ were sent to The Guardian's head office to destroy hard drives containing Snowden data.

Mr Rusbridger, in a comment piece for his own paper, said he was told by phone a few weeks ago: "You've had your fun. Now we want the stuff back."

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper, in a new statement on Tuesday, said: "The Government needs to explain who authorised the use of terrorism legislation in this case and what the justification was."

The police and security services work hard to safeguard our national security, and they need powers to prevent terrorism.

"However for public confidence to be maintained it is important that the Government, police and security services are seen to abide by the rule of law, and to operate proportionately with proper checks and balances in place."

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Northern Ireland: Arrest Over Three Deaths

A man has been arrested over the deaths of three of his former girlfriends, all of whom died in suspicious circumstances.

The 66-year-old was arrested in Dromore, County Down, a quiet market town where all three women died.

Michelle Bickerstaff, 47, died suddenly in hospital in April 2012, while Margaret Weise died in August 2007, aged 50. Elizabeth McKee was 52 when she died in December 2002.

It is understood the women all died from physical injuries, with detectives working to establish how they were caused.

The arrested man was taken to a police station in Antrim, where he is also being questioned on suspicion of other offences relating to other women.

Sky News correspondent David Blevins, in Antrim, said: "We're being told the man in custody has been questioned before in relation to the most recent of those deaths, that of Ms Bickerstaff last year, although he was released unconditionally.

"Police are also telling us that this investigation has not resulted in the exhumation of any body at this stage, although the families of all three women at the centre of the investigation are being kept informed of developments."

Dromore is a small town 17 miles southwest of Belfast and has a population of 48,300 people.

Local councillor Carol Black, who knew the three women who died, told the Dromore Leader newspaper: "The shock is etched on the faces of everyone in Dromore.

"They were bubbly women with a lot to look forward to. The whole community cannot believe it."

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Murder Investigation Over Baby's Death

Police have launched a murder investigation following the death of a newborn baby from the Cardiff area.

Officers were called to an address in Caerphilly on Friday after reports that a child had stopped breathing.

The six-week-old boy was taken to a hospital in Merthyr before being transferred to The University of Wales Hospital in Cardiff.

The boy died in hospital on Tuesday afternoon, said Gwent Police.

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US 'Halts Military Aid To Egypt' Amid Crackdown

The US has halted military aid to Egypt following the crackdown on supporters of deposed president Morsi, a Senate aide says.

David Carle, who works for Senator Patrick Leahy, said the Senate Appropriations panel for foreign relations has been informed the "transfer of military aid was stopped".

He claimed the suspension reflects the Obama administration's "current practice, not necessarily official policy".

Mr Carle added there was no indication how long military assistance would be held up.

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