As prosecutors today outlined their case against South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius, providing details that they say indicates a premeditated act of murder against his girlfriend, his lawyers swatted at each bit of evidence on the dramatic second day of a bail hearing that will likely foreshadow the upcoming trial.The Johannesburg courtroom sat riveted as police investigators...
Bulgarian government resigns amid growing protests
Label: WorldSOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's government resigned on Wednesday after mass protests against high power prices and falling living standards, joining a long list of European administrations felled by austerity during four years of debt crisis. Prime Minister Boiko Borisov, an ex-bodyguard who took power in 2009 on pledges to root out graft and raise incomes in the European Union's poorest...
Gbagbo lawyer slams "political trial" at ICC
Label: Technology THE HAGUE: Laurent Gbagbo's lawyer hit out at a "political trial" at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday, where judges are to decide if the Ivorian ex-president should face charges of crimes against humanity.Gbagbo, 67, is the first former head of state brought before the ICC, where he is accused of masterminding a campaign of violence during a bloody 2010-2011 presidential election...
Railways needs high speed freight corridor to compete with road transport: IFTRT
Label: LifestyleCHENNAI: The Railways need to introduce mass level exclusive parcel goods trains across the country to provide fast, safe, time bound service, said a latest report by the Indian Foundation of Transport Research & Training (IFTRT).The Railways should set up retail cargo booking and delivery outlets in collaboration with private entrepreneurs in commercial centres, markets and industrial areas...
Drug overdose deaths up for 11th consecutive year
Label: HealthCHICAGO (AP) — Drug overdose deaths rose for the 11th straight year, federal data show, and most of them were accidents involving addictive painkillers despite growing attention to risks from these medicines."The big picture is that this is a big problem that has gotten much worse quickly," said Dr. Thomas Frieden, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which gathered and analyzed...
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Oscar Pistorius Describes 'Sense of Terror'
Label: Business Olympian Oscar Pistorius today denied that he willfully killed his girlfriend, telling a South African court that he shot the woman through his bathroom door because he believed she was an intruder.Pistorius, 26 and a double-amputee Olympian, was charged today with premeditated murder, or a Schedule 6 offense, which under South African law limits his chances for parole if convicted."I...
Venezuela's Maduro would win vote if Chavez goes: poll
Label: WorldCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro would win a presidential vote should his boss Hugo Chavez's cancer force him out, according to the first survey this year on such a scenario in the South American OPEC nation. Local pollster Hinterlaces gave Maduro 50 percent of potential votes, compared to 36 percent for opposition leader Henrique Capriles. Chavez...
Yemen military aircraft crashes in Sanaa, kills 12
Label: Technology SANAA: A Yemeni military aircraft ploughed into a building in a residential neighbourhood of Sanaa on Tuesday, killing the pilot and at least 11 civilians, medics and witnesses said.Medics said the toll, which included two children and three women and left another 22 injured, was expected to riseSeveral hours after the crash rescue teams were still sifting through the rubble in search...
Trade unions' two-day nationwide strike to hit transport, banking
Label: LifestyleNEW DELHI: Commuters, particularly school children and office-goers, in the national capital may face inconvenience on Wednesday and day after as a number of taxi and auto unions have decided to support the two-day nationwide strike called by 11 trade unions. Some bus unions have also extended support to the strike which is likely to affect banking sector as well. The Delhi government has cancelled...
UK patient dies from SARS-like coronavirus
Label: HealthLONDON (AP) — A patient being treated for a mysterious SARS-like virus has died, a British hospital said Tuesday.Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, central England, said the coronavirus victim was also being treated for "a long-term, complex unrelated health problem" and already had a compromised immune system.A total of 12 people worldwide have been diagnosed with the disease, six of whom have...
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