[World] Oscar Pistorius: Spellbinding court drama

Oscar Pistorius: Spellbinding court drama
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21517291
It was another early morning scramble to get accreditation at the bail hearing for South African athlete Oscar Pistorius and - in case you were wondering - no, journalists cannot queue.

Bulgarian government resigns amid growing protests
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iJLuOL-tZQMScTpO9izyDFXUqCmg?docId=CNG.f991a1f3a147a245a348c79f39d42449.01
By Sam Cage and Tsvetelia Tsolova. SOFIA | Wed Feb 20, 2013 7:26am EST. SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's government resigned on Wednesday after violent nationwide protests against high power prices, joining a long list of European administrations felled ...

Mortars Hit Damascus Stadium, Kill Soccer Player
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/syrian-regime-aleppo-airport-army-hands-18544110
Two mortars exploded next to a soccer stadium in central Damascus Wednesday, killing one player and injuring several, Syria's state-run news agency said.

US and China accuse each other of cyber warfare
http://rt.com/usa/cyber-china-war-unit-604/
US security experts claim a 12-story office building outside of Shanghai is the headquarters of a hacking unit in China established to attack international computer networks.

Tunisia seeks new prime minister to escape political crisis
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/02/19/tunisia-pm-resigns.html
By Tarek Amara. TUNIS | Wed Feb 20, 2013 7:19am EST. TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian leaders began the search for a new prime minister on Wednesday to try to lead the North African nation out of its gravest political crisis since an uprising that inspired a wave ...

Prabhakaran's son's killing 'war crime', says Jayalalithaa
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Prabhakarans-sons-killing-war-crime-says-Jayalalithaa/articleshow/18589199.cms
CHENNAI: Strongly denouncing the killing of slain LTTE chief Velupillai Prabakaran's son Balachandran as totally inhuman, Tamil Nadu chief minister and AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday reiterated her government's demand that the Centre, ...

Time to end the war in Syria â€" Lavrov
http://www.voanews.com/content/russia-calls-for-end-to-syrian-crisis/1607053.html
Russia's Foreign Minister, on calling for the cessation of violence in the Arab Republic, has warned against the use of force as a means of resolving the two-year conflict.

Syria footballer killed as mortars hit stadium
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jWBhmHwr8tUWQwI38dnighp4Zuzg?docId=CNG.de51b59a1e3ed3c4a8f38876e161c3ef.3a1
DAMASCUS - A Syrian footballer was killed and four others wounded on Wednesday when two mortars smashed into a stadium in central Damascus, a sports official told AFP.

Kidnapped French tourists taken into Nigeria
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/02/19/french_family_of_seven_kidnapped_in_cameroon.html
YAOUNDE: Kidnappers in Cameroon have taken seven French tourists across the border into neighbouring Nigeria after seizing them on Tuesday.

Should British Politicians Apologize for Colonialism?
http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/should-british-politicians-apologize-for-colonialism/
On Wednesday, Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain appeared in Amritsar, in the Indian state of Punjab, where he laid a commemorative wreath at Jallianwala Bagh, the site of a 1919 massacre of Indian protesters by British forces that killed about 1,000, ...

Pakistan's Shi'ite Protesters Bury their Dead
http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/16164/when-the-victims-are-buried-in-mass-graves-its-genocide/
Pakistani Shi'ites in the southwestern city of Quetta began burying the 89 victims of a bombing claimed by Sunni militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.

North Korea claims 'tourism is booming'. From one Iranian nuclear scientist a ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/19/north-korea-threatens-destroy-south-korea
North Korea's news agency has announced that “The global popularity of tourism to (North Korea) is booming.” This could mean that the number of Iranian nuclear scientists visiting the country has doubled from one to two in the last decade, but we can't tell ...

General Selected for NATO Post Will Retire, Citing Wife's Health
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57570090/marine-corps-gen-john-allen-to-retire/
WASHINGTON - Gen. John R. Allen, the four-star Marine Corps officer who served until earlier this month as the top commander in Afghanistan, will retire from the military to focus on “health issues within his family,” President Obama said on Tuesday.

Missing Vancouverite Elisa Lam found in hotel rooftop water tank: LAPD
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/missing-vancouverite-elisa-lam-found-in-hotel-rooftop-water-tank-lapd-1.1163870
The search for a Vancouver woman who went missing while travelling in California has come to a tragic conclusion. Police in Los Angeles have confirmed that a body of a woman found in a water tank on the roof of a downtown hotel is that of missing ...