Bomb Suspect Wakes Up: He Is Conscious And Answering FBI Questions In Writing After 'Shooting Himself Through Mouth On Boat' -- Daily Mail
* Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is responding sporadically in writing to questions from investigators regarding other cell members and other unexploded bombs
* Teenager may have had no intention of being taken alive
* Dzhokhar and his older brother Tamerlan may have had suicide pact to prevent them from being put on trial, police sources tell MailOnline
* Condition downgraded to 'critical but stable' from initial reports that he was 'serious'
* Tsarnaev had lost large amounts of blood by the time he was captured
* Suffered a gunshot to the throat and a wound to his leg
* Massachusetts Governor reveals video shows Tsarnaev planting second bomb at marathon
* Police commissioner says suspects were planning another bomb attack when they were caught
Alleged Boston Marathon bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, is awake and responding to questions in his hospital bed.
The 19-year-old is responding sporadically in writing to questions from investigators regarding other cell members and other unexploded bombs, law enforcement officials said.
Agents are quizzing Tsarnaev about whether he had any accomplices who helped him carry out his attacks.
The news comes as it is revealed Tsarnaev, who is badly wounded in the throat, meekly pulled up his shirt to show officers that he was not wearing a vest strapped with explosives on Friday night as he emerged from the boat he had been cowering in.
'At the end they were just making demands of him: Show your hands, lift your shirt. And eventually that's what he did,' Watertown Police Chief Edward Deveau told ABC News.
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MIDDLE EAST
Up to 500 feared dead in Damascus suburb: activists.
Syria crisis: new 'massacre' in Damascus suburb - live updates.
Britain and France renew efforts to lift arms embargo on Syrian rebels -- The Telegraph
Russia warns against lifting embargo on military supplies to Syrian opposition -- RT
Syria: opposition anger over US refusal to fund arms.
In Jordan, tensions rise between Syrian refugees and host community.
Israel, Turkey discuss flotilla compensation.
Iran to meet U.N. nuclear watchdog in May: Iranian media.
Kuwaiti court frees opposition leader on bail.
ASIA
Afghan, Pakistan, U.S. to meet for talks in Brussels: Afghan official.
Pakistan's government refuses to try Pervez Musharraf.
Rights group blames Myanmar authorities for Muslim killings.
Burmese security forces filled mass graves with Muslims.
EU lifts sanctions against Burma.
India vows to protect border amid alleged Chinese incursion. No incursion by our troops, no rules broken, China on border row.
Taiwan says time not ripe for China political talks: report.
Bangladesh faces shutdown as part of protest over opposition arrests.
Japanese Ministers war shrine visit upsets neighbors.
AFRICA
Clashes reported in north Mali town near Timbuktu.
Sudan: U.S. condemns attack on UN peacekeepers in Darfur.
Sudanese police mutiny as security deteriorates in Darfur.
Egypt reinforces military presence in northern Sinai.
Egypt’s growing black market a sign of economic woes.
Journalist shot dead in Somalia's capital, 5th journalist to be killed this year.
Ivory Coast local polls begin amid boycott.
EUROPE
Warning to UK on its 'open door to fanatics': Russian government says MI5 should watch 'extremist Islamic' exiles from the country in wake of Boston bombing.
Russia ‘fears Arab Spring could spread across its borders’.
Russia's Islamist rebels say not at war with Washington.
Kosovo PM seeks parliament backing for Serbia deal. Serbian government approves deal with Kosovo.
Italy’s new president to lay out strategy.
Belgorod: Six dead in western Russia shooting.
Green Belt corridor serves as a memorial to once-divided Europe.
Most Lufthansa flights grounded in wake of staff strike.
AMERICAS
Boston Marathon bombs: Prosecutors prepare charges.
Hospitalized suspect in Boston bombings awaits charges.
Feds want to speak to older Boston bombings suspect's wife, lawyer says.
Urban warfare comes to America.
Paraguayans elect tobacco magnate as president.
Trinidad's national security minister quits.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
North Caucasus rebels deny link to Boston attack: website.
Russia asked FBI to investigate bomber just 6 MONTHS ago after being spotted with 'a militant' on trip to Dagestan: Was it this known terrorist who Boston killer liked on YouTube?. Russia sought FBI's help in 2011 to probe Boston suspect.
Guantánamo hunger strikers make up half of inmate population, officials say.
Former FBI agent predicts more attacks in Muslim jihad.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
World Bank aims to end extreme poverty by 2030.
IMF Chief: Global financial threat easing.
News Corp settles phone hacking claim.
Germany fines Google over data collection.