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Friday, 14 February 2014

Oscar Pistorius Mourns Reeva Steenkamp One Year After He Killed His Girlfriend

Oscar Pistorius, the beloved South African athlete who became a murder suspect in February 2013, has issued a statement on the one-year anniversary of his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp's death. "No...

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Homs ceasefire in Syria not ‘progress’, says UN official The Irish Times

The hard-won humanitarian ceasefire in the Syrian city of Homs - the sole success that occurred during the peace talks in Geneva - cannot be considered “progress,” the United Nations’ top official for emergency operations yesterday evening as she urged the Security Council to ensure that aid reaches...

PM Enrico Letta steps down: Plagued by uncertainty, Italy set for its third government in ... The Independent

The Italian Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, has said he will tender his resignation, opening the way for centre-left leader Matteo Renzi to take the helm of Italy’s third government in less than a year. His decision to resign, which will be formally announced on Friday, came after the Democratic Party...

Snow wallops a second punch for US East Coast Newstrack India

Tweet Washington, Feb 14 (IANS) Walloping a second punch, snow returned to the American capital even as Washingtonians were digging out of the worst storm in four years that spread heavy snow and sleet along America's East Coast. About 1.2 million homes and businesses across America lost power as...

Tupac Shakur biopic to be helmed by John Singleton Newstrack India

Tweet Washington, Feb 14 (ANI): 'Boyz N the Hood' director John Singleton will be helming an as-of-yet untitled biopic based on late American rapper and actor...

Thai police retake protest camps in Bangkok Al Jazeera

Hundreds of riot police have moved through parts of the Thai capital to retake areas occupied by protesters who have been demanding the resignation of the government for the past three months. The operation in Bangkok started on Friday with police reclaiming besieged government headquarters without...

Syria crisis: UN 'must stop flagrant violation of humanitarian law' BBC News

UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos has urged the Security Council to act immediately to ensure more humanitarian access in war-torn Syria. Calling for a resolution, she said it was "unacceptable" that both Damascus and rebels continued to "flagrantly" violate humanitarian law....

A Christian-Muslim crisis of faith in Africa The Christian Science Monitor

The last time the world watched Christians...

Nigerian Senate Orders Audit of Unaccounted $20 Billion in Oil Revenue Voa News

Reuters ABUJA, NIGERIA — Nigerian lawmakers investigating a claim that the state oil company has failed to remit $20 billion in oil revenues ordered a forensic audit of fuel-subsidy payments on Thursday to find out where the money has gone. Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi wrote a letter last...