The June peace conference, being called "Geneva 2," would be aimed at ending Syria's civil war, which has killed more than 90,000 people in the past two years.
A Russian court has rejected a parole request by hunger-striking Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina, despite pleas for leniency from former Beatle Paul McCartney, Patti Smith and Peter Gabriel.
What's Kim Jong Un's boy doing in Beijing? Also: security experts say internet warfare is all but imminent, and - gasp - garden gnomes have been allowed back at the Chelsea Flower Show. Just this once.
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