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Pistorius’s Murder Trial Set For March
BBC, REUTERS Worldcrunch PRETORIA – South African “blade runner” Oscar Pistorius was officially indicted Monday on charges of murdering his girlfriend, with the trial set to begin in March 2014. The March 3 start date has been agreed by all parties during the hearing at Pretoria magistrates’ court Monday, the BBC reports. The 26-year-old star […]
Former South African President Nelson Mandela is now in critical condition two weeks after being admitted to a Pretoria hospital with a lung infection, South African President Jacob Zuma told reporters during a Monday press conference. “Mandela can leave us in peace, his work is done,” the Globe and Mail wrote, as South Africans were […]
CNN (USA), AL JAZEERA (Qatar), BBC NEWS (UK) Worldcrunch KABUL – Up to 12 people are reported to have been killed in a suicide bomb attack, which struck a bus near the Afghan capital, report BBC News. A 22-year-woman is believed to have driven a car filled with 300 kg of explosives into a mini […]