[World] Pistorius' prior police run-ins

Pistorius' prior police run-ins
http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2013/02/19/i-did-not-plan-to-murder-my-girlfriend-pistorius
During the bail hearing for Oscar Pistorius in Pretoria on Wednesday, a South African police investigator testified about previous run-ins that the double amputee Olympian has had with police.

On Trial, Man Says Hezbollah Scouted Israeli Targets in EU
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/man-tells-cyprus-court-he-scouted-targets-for-hezbollah/article8905551/
LIMASSOL, Cyprus - In a little-watched trial in a small courtroom here on Wednesday, a 24-year-old man provided a rare look inside a covert global war between Israel and Iran, admitting that he is an operative of the militant group Hezbollah, for which he ...

Major powers to make "substantial and serious offer" to Iran
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/diplomats-iran-starts-upgrade-nuclear-site-18549783
By Myra MacDonald. LONDON | Wed Feb 20, 2013 4:44pm EST. LONDON (Reuters) - Major powers are ready to make "a substantial and serious offer" to Iran during talks next week in return for concessions on its nuclear program, a Western diplomat said on ...

Italian Election Can't Produce Both Stability and Reform
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21524079
Next week's parliamentary election in Italy is a make-or-break vote for the country, which for several years has been teetering on the brink of a fiscal crisis.

Syrian soccer player killed as mortars hit stadium
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/mortar-attack-kills-syrian-soccer-player-injures-several-others/article8878784/
A Syrian soccer player has been killed and four others wounded when two mortars smashed into a stadium in central Damascus. An official named the dead footballer as 23-year-old Yussef Sleiman, and said he played for the Homs-based Al-Wathba team.

Rajoy pledges fresh round of reforms
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jn-jNk8UJEyY4aWLXATQDws4q3-A?docId=CNG.2b5e24684e494be364a2aca803de4160.521
Mariano Rajoy has sought to revive the Spanish public's faltering faith in his leadership with a landmark speech that promised a “second wave” of reforms to stimulate the moribund economy and measures aimed at calming widespread anger with the recent ...

Russian Lawmaker Quits After Real Estate Disclosure
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/20/russia-mp-resigns-florida-property
MOSCOW - A senior lawmaker from Russia's governing party, who was also the chairman of Parliament's ethics committee, resigned from the legislature on Wednesday over revelations that he owned more than $1.3 million worth of luxury real estate in ...

Corpse found in LA hotel's water tank
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/tourists-report-sickness-after-drinking-water-from-tank-holding-body-of-missing-bc-woman/article8901586/?cmpid=rss1
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Tourists staying at a Los Angeles hotel bathed, brushed teeth and drank with water from a tank in which a young woman's body was likely decomposing for more than two weeks, police said.

French general urges EU to equip "impoverished" Mali army
http://www.euronews.com/newswires/1830538-french-general-urges-eu-to-equip-impoverished-mali-army/
By Pascal Fletcher. BAMAKO, Mali | Wed Feb 20, 2013 4:58pm EST. BAMAKO, Mali (Reuters) - The European Union should complement a mission to train Mali's army, routed by rebels last year, by providing equipment from uniforms to vehicles and ...

Venezuela's invisible president
http://www.euronews.com/newswires/1830552-bolivias-morales-says-was-unable-to-see-chavez-in-venezuela/
Hugo Chávez's stealth return to Venezuela this week, which was carried out with the same signature secrecy that surrounds all aspects of his health status, makes it clearer than ever that Venezuela is leaderless and in need of someone else to take over.

Rubio, Netanyahu poke fun at "water bottle" incident
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57570390/rubio-netanyahu-poke-fun-at-water-bottle-incident/
Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio met today with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli President Shimon Peres during the course of a trip to the Middle East that includes stops in Israel and Jordan.