[World] Oscar Pistorius murder charge: bloodied cricket bat 'central piece of evidence ...

Oscar Pistorius murder charge: bloodied cricket bat 'central piece of evidence ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/southafrica/9876309/Oscar-Pistorius-murder-charge-bloodied-cricket-bat-central-piece-of-evidence-against-him.html
The bat, which had “lots of blood” on it, is being tested by forensic scientists, according to reports in South Africa. If the blood is that of Miss Steenkamp, it would strengthen the prosecution case for premeditated murder, sources said.

Pope Benedict faces crowds; Vatican faces confusion
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/LuPtFwXoyVimR4e8K6m5xN/Pope-near-abdication-says-pray-for-me-and-next-Pope.html
As the Vatican tries to determine whether it can legally speed up the process for choosing Pope Benedict's successor, at least one Vatican expert says that's a bad idea.

Prisoner X: Israel inquiry into Ben Zygier's death
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21495073
Israeli parliamentarians are to hold an intensive inquiry into the death of an Australian-Israeli believed to have had links to the security service Mossad.

23 killed in series of blasts, say Iraqi officials
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/blasts-hit-shiite-districts-in-baghdad-killing-28/373484-2.html
As Pakistan's embattled Shia community vented their fury at a deadly bomb attack in Quetta by Sunni militants, eight car bombs were exploding in Shia neighbourhoods in Iraq, killing 28 people.

In Libya, justice elusive on uprising's anniversary
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57569818/in-libya-justice-elusive-on-uprisings-anniversary/
BENGHAZI, Libya Col. Faraj el-Dersi, who defected to the rebel side from Muammar Qaddafi's police force, was gunned down late last year on the streets of Benghazi, and he bled to death in the arms of his teenage daughter.

Shias called on the military on Sunday to take control of Quetta after a bombing ...
http://www.brecorder.com/top-news/108-pakistan-top-news/106529-quetta-mourns-after-bomb-kills-81-.html
Pakistani leaders have done little to contain hardline Sunni Muslim groups, which have stepped up a campaign of bombings and assassinations of minority Shias in a bid to destabilise the nuclear-armed country and install a Sunni theocracy.

Xenophon ejection widely denounced
http://www.skynews.com.au/topstories/article.aspx?id=846426
THE government of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been subjected to withering criticism from MPs both there and in Australia following its expulsion of independent senator Nick Xenophon on Saturday.