However, Inter will argue they deserved their slice of luck, and the match-up of Mourinho against Bayern boss Louis van Gaal, one of the men under whom he served his apprenticeship at Barca, provides a fascinating back-drop to what will be an hotly-contested final next month.

BBC: Barcelona 1-0 Inter (agg 2-3)

How years of simmering tensions between California's Latinos and African Americans will play out in the presidential race is a hotly contested matter.

NPR: Uneasy Black-Latino Ties a Factor in Calif. Primary

The White House hopes that its willingness to address a problem that is close to the hearts of most Latinos will help the Republicans handsomely in such hotly contested states as Florida, New Mexico and Nevada.

ECONOMIST: At last, sense about illegal workers