In Affidavit at Bail Hearing, Track Star Denies He Intended to Kill Girlfriend
http://www.smh.com.au/world/extracts-from-pistorius-statement-20130220-2eqmy.html
PRETORIA, South Africa - Early on Feb. 14, Oscar Pistorius says, he heard a strange noise coming from inside his bathroom, climbed out of bed, grabbed his 9-millimeter pistol, hobbled on his stumps to the door and fired four shots.
Tunisia in turmoil after prime minister's resignation
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/20/tunisia-prime-minister-turmoil
Tunisia's political uncertainty continued on Tuesday after the moderate Islamist prime minister resigned following his failure to appoint a technocrat, caretaker government to end the long-running political crisis.
In Syria, more than two dozen dead in latest attack on Aleppo
http://www.skynews.com.au/world/article.aspx?id=847354
BEIRUT - More than two dozen people, many of them children, have been killed in the bombardment of a neighborhood in the embattled northern Syrian city of Aleppo, opposition activists said Tuesday.
Computer security firm blames cyber spying on Chinese military
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/it-pro/security-it/us-cyber-attacks-traced-to-chinese-army-unit-20130219-2epk4.html
WASHINGTON - A clandestine Chinese military unit has conducted sophisticated cyber espionage operations against dozens of American and Canadian companies, according to a private report that provides unusual new details about China's involvement ...
Airport diamond heist a 'professional job'
http://abcnews.go.com/International/diamond-heist-nets-50-million-worth-gems/story?id=18537116
HEAVILY armed robbers disguised as police made off with $US50 million worth of diamonds in a spectacular heist on the tarmac at Brussels airport.
French Soldier Killed in Mali Clash With Radicals
http://www.euronews.com/2013/02/19/french-family-kidnapped-in-cameroon/
A French soldier was killed on Tuesday in a clash with jihadists in northern Mali where the French are in the midst of a critical operation, President Francois Hollande announced.
David Cameron to pay respects to victims of Amritsar massacre
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/feb/20/david-cameron-pay-respects-amritsar-massacre
David Cameron is to offer his condolences to the victims of the 1919 Amritsar massacre when he visits the site in north-west India on Wednesday.
Protests against Hazaras killing cripple life
http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/national/17-Feb-2013/quetta-shuts-to-mourn-hazara-town-blast
On the second consecutive day on Tuesday, the life in twin cites of Rawalpindi and Islamabad remained paralysed as protesters blocked all roads to record their protest against the killing of 85 members of the Hazara community thus forcing the residents to ...
Israel denies Zygier had contact with ASIO
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/israel-denies-prisoner-x-zygier-was-in-contact-with-asio-20130220-2eq3z.html
Israel has denied that a man identified by the ABC as an Australian-Israeli Mossad agent who committed suicide in jail had any contact with Australia's security services, as a court backed its government's claims that he hanged himself.
Court halts Tuesday execution
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/20/warren-hill-stay-of-execution
[Updated at 7:21 p.m. ET] A federal appeals court has granted a stay of execution to convicted killer Warren Lee Hill, who was to have been put to death at 7 p.m.
Palestinians, Israelis Clash at Solidarity Strike
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/palestinian-prisoners-announce-solidarity-strike-18534518
Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli soldiers at a pair of rallies in the West Bank on Tuesday in support of four imprisoned countrymen on hunger strike, as hundreds of inmates said they were refusing food for the day in a show of solidarity.
Italy: Silvio Berlusconi buoyed by polls
http://www.scotsman.com/news/international/italy-silvio-berlusconi-buoyed-by-polls-1-2799976
Former premier Silvio Berlusconi received a rapturous welcome in Turin, but remained behind in the polls. Below: His favourite target, Angela Merkel.
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