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| U.S. Supreme Court dodges gay marriage, allowing weddings in 5 more states |
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 By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to decide once and for all whether states can ban gay marriage, a surprising move that will allow gay men and women to get married in five additional states, with more likely to follow quickly. On the first day of its new term, the high court without comment rejected appeals in cases involving five states - Virginia, Oklahoma, Utah, Wisconsin and Indiana - that had prohibited gay marriage, leaving intact lower-court rulings striking down those bans. ...
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| South Africa's Kruger Park invites bids for rhinos |
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 By Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Kruger National Park is inviting bids for rhinos under a plan to move 500 of the animals to safety to counter a wave of poaching for their horns, highly prized in some Asian countries as a sign of wealth. In newspaper ads on Sunday, South African National Parks invited potential buyers to "make a written offer to purchase white rhinos in batches of 20 or more". Private ranchers own around 5,000 of South Africa's 20,000 rhinos, part of a thriving game farming industry in Africa's most advanced economy that caters to eco-toursim and hunting. ...
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| Kenyan president to go to Hague court in personal capacity |
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 By Edmund Blair NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's president said on Monday he would attend a hearing at the International Criminal Court this week, the first sitting world leader to appear in The Hague-based court, although he said he would be going in a personal capacity. Uhuru Kenyatta told parliament he was appointing his deputy, William Ruto, as acting president in his absence to avoid putting the "sovereignty of more than 40 million Kenyans on trial" and would not attend in his position as head of state. Kenyatta faces charges of orchestrating ethnic killings after the contested 2007 election. ...
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| Friend of accused Boston bomber lied about dorm visit - prosecutor |
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 By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - A college friend of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect lied to the FBI about visiting the suspect's dorm room house before the accused bomber and his brother engaged in a gun battle with police, a U.S. prosecutors told a court on Monday. ...
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| McCann "troll" found dead after Sky News report |
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 LONDON (Reuters) - A woman accused of posting abusive messages on social media about the parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann was found dead two days after a Sky News reporter confronted her on camera about the matter. Brenda Leyland was questioned by the reporter last week outside her home in Leicestershire, central England, and was identified as one of the so-called "trolls" said to have posted comments about Kate and Gerry McCann, whose daughter vanished aged three while they were on holiday in Portugal in 2007. ...
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| Briton denies guilt in South African "honeymoon murder" trial |
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 CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - British businessman Shrien Dewani denied arranging the murder of his bride during their honeymoon in South Africa at the start of his trial on Monday, four years after she was found shot dead in an abandoned car on the outskirts of Cape Town. Dewani is accused of conspiring with a taxi-driver to stage a car-jacking as the couple were driven through Gugulethu township in November 2010. ...
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