From NPR news in Washington, I’m Lakshmi Singh.

The former neighborhood watch volunteer, charged in the death of in the death of an unarmed black teenager in Florida is being released on 150,000 dollars fund while he awaits trial. George Zimmerman, testified during his bond hearing today, which included an apology to Trayvon Martin’s parents. The prosecution swiftly questioned the timing of Zimmerman’s apology and the Martin family’s attorney rejected the apology as self-serving. But the defendant maintains he shot the teen in self-defense. NPR’s Greg Allen reports Zimmerman’s family also appealed to the court today to grant bail.

George Zimmerman’s wife, Shelly said that he is not a flight risk; he is not a violent person. His father has said as much the same thing. His mother testified is be having saying that he worked as a mentor for a young Africa American teenager and that he also had worked organizing aid for a homeless man who have been beaten in the Town Sanford. NPR’s Greg Allen.

Norway’s confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has been telling at court exactly how he murdered some of his victims. 77 people died in last year’s attack, most of them youth. NPR’s Philip Reeves says survivors listen to Breivik’s account in horror.

Breivik’s testimony was relayed(转播) to nearby courtrooms where survivors and relatives of the victims gathered. They sobbed and hugged as the Norwegian described how he mowed(扫射) down panic stricken teenagers at a youth summer camp on the small island outside Oslo(奥斯陆). Breivik said some of them were so paralyzed with fear they stood perfectly still and couldn’t run. Breivik said he couldn’t recall parts of the rampage, but he described some killings in gruesome(可怕的) detail. He remembered shooting young people as they begged him for their lives. He also spoke of his emotions after arriving on the island disguised as peace man before opening fire. My whole body tried to revolt when I took for weapon in my hand, he said. There were 100 voices in my head, saying don’t do it. Philip Reeves, NPR news.

The World Health Organization is urging couples to seek HIV testing together. And if one partner is infected, NPR’s Richard Knox says, the WHO recommends antiviral treatment to protect the uninfected partner.

Up to now, the WHO has emphasized the HIV testing for individuals. Now it says couple should get tested together, so both partners know the result. When one partner is infected, that person should start taking HIV drugs, even there is not yet medical necessary. That’s because recent research shows treatment usually prevents transmitting to the uninfected partner. The WHO says many new infections around the world are occurring in couples where one partner is infected. But most people don’t know their HIV status. The new recommendation expands to number of people allegeable for treatment with HIV drugs, which cost about a hundred dollar a year in developing countries. Right now nearly 7 million are on treatment, about half the allegeables. Richard Knox, NPR news.

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Skepticism is growing within the international community that any measure of Syrian ceasefire will hold. Some said that if anything, the truth never had a chance to take hold. As result to proposal by Russia and European Union to send up to 300 additional UN monitors to Syria, is running into resistance on the Security Council, currently is about 30 monitors on the ground, further fueling doubts about the ceasefire moral importance today that Syrian troops had fire on thousands of protestors who rallied after Friday’s prayers and Saudi media say a roadside explosion has killed ten soldiers.

Recently Independent South Sudan is ordering the immediate withdraw of its troops from its strategic oil field to cross the border in the north. But NPR’s Ofeibea Quist-Arcton reports Sudan claims its forces have liberated the disputed region.

Sudan says its army has driven South soldiers out to Heglig after heavy fighting. South Sudan occupied Heglig oil field which the south “* last week”. The * international cause to pull out, saying it wanted to UN baffle force deployed. Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has been * the regime changing Juba, the south capital. He says he should never have conceded independents in July to his *. Bashir * comments, describing South Sudan’s leaders as insects from who the South must be liberated pumped up the pressure between the two neighbors, pumping fears of return to war, Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, NPR news, Dakar.

US stocks mix with the Dow up 74 points; Nasdaq off 1; S&P 500 gaining 3 points at last glance.

I’m Lakshmi Singh, NPR news.