In other news, stuff that caught my eye

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard writing at TelegraphUK:
...Crimea referendum: EU loads the gun for 'additional  and far-reaching' measures against Russia. This is the crucial clause 4 from the EU’s draft conclusions on Russia sanctions, courtesy of our Brussels Correspondent Bruno Waterfield:........

 From ArabTimesOnline:
Ban Employment Of Women In ‘Snooker Halls’,  Says MP
KUWAIT CITY, March 16: Head of the Negative Phenomena Committee MP Hamdan Al-Azmi has demanded to ban the employment of women in snooker halls, as it could lead to debauchery, reports Al-Rai daily.
He also criticized the dance parties organized by some companies because such events are not in line with the moral values upheld by the Kuwaiti society.........

From Reuters:
.....Syrian forces backed by Hezbollah  militants took full control of the town of Yabroud on Sunday after driving out rebels, helping President Bashar al-Assad secure the land route connecting the capital Damascus with Aleppo and the Mediterranean coast.
The fall of Yabroud, the last rebel bastion near the Lebanese border, could sever a vital insurgent supply line from Lebanon and consolidate government control over a swathe of territory from Damascus to the central city of Homs.........

From TelegraphUK:
...Evidence of a plot    by Malaysian Islamists to hijack a passenger jet in a 9/11-style attack is being investigated in connection with the disappearance of Flight MH370
An al-Qaeda supergrass told a court last week that four to five Malaysian men had been planning to take control of a plane, using a bomb hidden in a shoe to blow open the cockpit door.
Security experts said the evidence from a convicted British terrorist was “credible”. The supergrass said that he had met the Malaysian jihadists – one of whom was a pilot – in Afghanistan and given them a shoe bomb to use to take control of an aircraft.......