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PRETORIA – A forensics expert on Wednesday staged a dramatic re-enactment of how Paralympian Oscar Pistorius broke down the door of the toilet where he shot dead his girlfriend.
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MOSCOW – Washington’s decision to provide financial aid to the coup-appointed government of Ukraine goes against the US laws, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said, urging American politicians to think about the consequences of supporting the radicals in Kiev.
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ADDIS ABABA. — Addis Ababa’s concrete skyline, cranes tower high amid blasts from nearby drills and diggers. At the feet of buildings shrouded in bamboo scaffolding, excavators dig up dirt tracks, to be replaced by paved roads and a modern railway.
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TRIPOLI. — The Libyan parliament ousted Prime Minister Ali Zeidan yesterday and named the defence minister as caretaker premier until a permanent replacement has been approved, MPs said.
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LUSAKA. — Africa needs a paradigm shift in its development plans if it is to catch up with the rest of the world, the head of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (Uneca) Southern African region said yesterday.
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KUALA LUMPUR. — Malaysia’s military believes a jet-liner missing for almost four days turned and flew hundreds of kilometres to the west after it last made contact with civilian air traffic control off the country’s east coast, a senior officer told Reuters yesterday.
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WASHINGTON. — The Central Intelligence Agency secretly removed classified documents from a computer system used by Congress, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) said yesterday, and may have violated the United States Constitution as a result.
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CARACAS — Venezuela’s human rights representative German Saltron said Monday the political opposition’s accusations that the government had violated human rights were baseless.
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KUALA LUMPUR – The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has left investigators, aviation experts and the authorities in several countries at a loss to explain what happened. As the search and inquiry continue, Matthew L. Wald, a correspondent for The New York Times,
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JOHANNESBURG – South Africa said Monday it will ask Mozambican authorities to investigate reports of sexual abuse of its female nationals held in the neighbouring country’s jails. A local newspaper reported at the weekend that 15 South African female prisoners in Mozambique were suffering sexual exploitation by prison warders in exchange for food, sanitary pads, […]
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PRETORIA – Oscar Pistorius’ defence lawyers on Tuesday probed a pathologist’s explosive testimony that Reeva Steenkamp ate hours before she was killed, a claim that again put the Paralympian’s version of events in doubt.
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PRETORIA – Oscar Pistorius was passionate about guns, a friend testified Tuesday, telling the court how the Paralympian had fired a gun through a sunroof and again inside a crowded restaurant. “We had been to the shooting range before and I knew he had a big love of weapons,” said Darren Fresco in his […]
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LOS ANGELES – Marijuana sales in Colorado brought in US$3.5 million in tax revenues and fees in the first month retail pot outlets were allowed, the western US state said Monday. The figure included US$2.9 million in taxes for recreational and medical marijuana in the month of January, and nearly US$600,000 in fees, said Colorado’s […]
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KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysian police said Tuesday afternoon that one of two passengers using a stolen passport on board a missing Malaysian Airline flight last Saturday has been identified as an Iranian with no link to terrorism.
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KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia said Tuesday “no ill feelings” were meant by a transport official’s reference to black Italian footballer Mario Balotelli when discussing two suspicious passengers on a missing jet, a comment that triggered social media scorn. “No ill feelings were meant to the personality concerned. We hope this clarifies the issue,” said a […]