10 things you need to know today: May 12, 2013

Prince Harry helps light the cauldron as he attends the Opening Ceremony of the Warrior Games in Colorado Springs.

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last updated 8 January 2015

1. KIDNAP SUSPECT'S BROTHERS CLAIM NO KNOWLEDGE OF CRIMES

In an interview to be aired Monday, the brothers of Ariel Castro, the Ohio kidnapping and rape suspect, tell CNN they were unaware of what police say was happening in their brother's home. "If I knew, I would have reported it, brother or no brother," Pedro Castro told CNN's Michael Savage. Castro's two brothers, Pedro and Onil Castro, were detained last week, but police released the pair a few days later, saying there was no evidence that either brother were involved in any crimes. [USA Today]

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Nawaz Sharif, a former Pakistani prime minister ousted in a 1999 military coup, headed toward leading the nation for the third time after Saturday's election, according to nearly complete results on Sunday morning. The election would mark the first time in Pakistan's coup-ridden history that a civilian government served a full five-year term and transferred power to another elected administration. Turnout was close to 60 percent, much higher than the 44 percent in the previous vote, despite Taliban threats and scattered violence that killed at least 19 people. [Wall Street Journal]

After a cooling leak caused the International Space Station to discharge, two astronauts wrapped up a repair job on Saturday to replace the suspect pump needed to keep the ISS at full power. NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn took four hours to install a spare pump and check for signs of escaping ammonia ice crystals when the system was turned back on. "No flakes," Cassidy reported to flight controllers at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. [Reuters]

Thomas Pickering, a former ambassador and co-chair of the Benghazi Accountability Review Board, said on CNN's State of the Union Sunday morning that criticism of his report was unfounded and did not accurately reflect how his review was carried out. He added that critics at last week's congressional hearing into the attack were wrong in their assertions that his board failed to interview key witnesses. [CNN]

The French Health Ministry says a second case of a deadly SARS-like virus has been confirmed. A ministry statement issued Sunday said a hospital roommate of the 65-year-old man who initially contracted the virus tested positive. The two shared a room for a few days in late April at a hospital in northern France, putting them in “prolonged and close contact.” This coronavirus has killed 18 people since being identified last year in the Middle East. [Washington Post]

During a leg of his U.S. trip, Prince Harry, along with Olympic swimming champion Missy Franklin, joined an American naval officer who had been blinded in Afghanistan to launch the Warrior Games for wounded service members in Colorado Springs Saturday night. The Paralympic-style games run through Thursday. Harry served as a combat helicopter in pilot in Afghanistan, and the British veterans said that makes him easy to talk to. [Yahoo! News]

Terri is a freelance writer at TheWeek.com. She's a graduate of Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism and has worked at TIME and Brides. You can follow her on Twitter.

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