- Pope Benedict XVI announced his聽resignation聽
- Nearly 1,000 people were injured by a meteorite which crashed in central聽Russia
- Margaret Thatcher聽died
- Two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon killed three people and left hundreds聽injured
- South Africa鈥檚 first black president Nelson Mandela died aged聽95
- Details revealed by Edward Snowden of spying by America鈥檚 National Security聽Agency