Bomb set off by wire, police say
A bomb thought to have been thrown at a police patrol in west Belfast on Friday night was in fact detonated by a command wire, the PSNI has said. BBC News – UK
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Russia isolated in UN Crimea vote
Moscow is isolated as it vetoes a UN draft resolution criticising Sunday’s secession referendum in Crimea, as Kiev claims a new Russian incursion. BBC News – Europe
US accuses 16 banks of Libor fraud
A US regulator sues 16 banks – including some of the world’s largest – for allegedly manipulating the London interbank offered rate (Libor). BBC News – US & Canada
Six soldiers shot dead in Cairo
Six Egyptian soldiers are shot dead at a checkpoint in the Cairo suburb of Shubra al-Khaymah, state media report. BBC News – Africa
Kerry attacks Venezuela’s ‘terror’
US Secretary of State John Kerry says Venezuela’s government must end its “terror campaign against its own citizens”, as protests continue. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Time to honour Syria ‘promises’
The head of Syria’s main opposition coalition tells the BBC international allies must honour what he says were promises to supply heavy weapons to the Free Syrian Army. BBC News – Middle East