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Pistorius pleads not guilty as witness describes 'screams'
AFP, Published on 03/03/2014
» South African Paralympian star Oscar Pistorius pleaded not guilty Monday to murdering his girlfriend as his trial opened with a neighbour's account of "bloodcurdling" screams before shots rang out on the night of the killing.
Pistorius arrives at court for murder trial
AFP, Published on 03/03/2014
» Olympian sprinter Oscar Pistorius arrived at a Pretoria court for the opening day of his murder trial Monday, coming face-to-face for the first time with the mother of the girlfriend he shot dead.
Pistorius trial: Live Report
AFP, Published on 03/03/2014
» 14:12 GMT - AFP IS CLOSING THIS LIVE REPORT ON THE opening day of the murder trial of South African Paralympian star Oscar Pistorius, accused of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on February 14, 2013.
Pistorius trial to begin amid blaze of publicity
AFP, Published on 03/03/2014
» Star Olympian Oscar Pistorius faces a possible life sentence when he goes on trial Monday accused of murdering his girlfriend in a Valentine's Day shooting that shocked the world.
Monk urges rice probe progress
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/03/2014
» Luang Pu Buddha Issara will rally today at the Office of the Auditor-General demanding faster progress in the agency’s probe into the rice-pledging scheme.
Hundreds protest dropped charges over Fukushima crisis
AFP, Published on 02/03/2014
» Hundreds rallied in Tokyo Saturday to protest Japanese prosecutors' decision to drop charges over the Fukushima nuclear crisis, with no one yet punished nearly three years after the "man-made" disaster.
Turkey passes law to shut schools run by Erdogan arch-rival
AFP, Published on 01/03/2014
» Turkey's parliament has passed a bill to close down thousands of private schools, many of which are run by an influential Muslim cleric locked in a bitter feud with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Hundreds protest dropped charges over Fukushima crisis
AFP, Published on 01/03/2014
» Hundreds rallied in Tokyo Saturday to protest Japanese prosecutors' decision to drop charges over the Fukushima nuclear crisis, with no one yet punished nearly three years after the "man-made" disaster.
Rally attack weapons 'not from the army'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/02/2014
» The army has denied that grenades and firearms used in attacks on anti-government protest sites came from its stockpiles.
Japan: bitcoin 'collapse' expected
Associated Press, Published on 28/02/2014
» TOKYO — Japan's finance minister scoffed at bitcoin woes, dismissing them as inevitable on Friday, and Vietnam banned the virtual currency, but enthusiasm was undimmed among its supporters in the aftermath of the apparent collapse of a major exchange.