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Oscar Pistorius trial: ‘You armed yourself to kill Reeva’
The prosecutor in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius ends his five-day cross-examination of the double amputee, with a summary of how he shot Reeva Steenkamp, insisting he killed her deliberately.
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Controversial MP trip to Sri Lanka cancelled at 11th hour
An all-expenses-paid trip by five UK MPs and their partners, including business-class travel to and from Sri Lanka, is cancelled amid cross-party recriminations – hours before departure.
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Pistorius cries in court: ‘she wasn’t breathing’
Oscar Pistorius, South Africa’s “blade runner”, breaks down in court as he describes the moments he beat through his toilet door with a cricket bat and saw Reeva Steenkamp’s body.
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Pistorius: ‘Before I knew it, I had fired four shots’
Oscar Pistorius breaks down in court, sobbing uncontrollably, as he recalls “the moment everything changed” – when he fired four shots through the toilet door, killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
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What’s the big idea? TED and the ‘ideas festival’ industry
With the “ideas festival” season in full swing, Matthew Moore speaks to TED co-founder Richard Saul Wurman, whose first conference, in 1984, paved the way for all others.
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How it happened, according to Oscar – clickable graphic
Oscar Pistorius does not deny killing Reeva Steenkamp, but says it was a terrible mistake. Check out our clickable graphic to see his account of what happened on Valentine’s day 2013.
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World Cup T20 2014: England fight in a post-Pietersen era
The Twenty20 World Cup starts in Bangladesh today, and England officially start an international tournament without their mercurial genius, Kevin Pietersen. How will they fare?
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Oscar Pistorius trial: five key questions for the judge
Does Oscar Pistorius scream like a girl? Was he arguing with Reeva Steenkamp before the shooting? And can a cricket bat sound like a gun? Just some of the key questions for Judge Thokozile Masipa.
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Pistorius trial: photos show ‘trail of blood’
The first officer at the scene describes finding splatters of blood at Oscar Pistorius’s home on the night he killed Reeva Steenkamp, as the first photos from the scene provoke gasps in court.
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Oscar Pistorius ‘on stumps’ when smashing down door
The door and bat from the scene of the killing are brought to court, as police argue Pistorius was not wearing his prosthetic legs when he broke down the door to reach his girlfriend, as he claims.
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Pistorius trial: ‘Oscar cheated on me with Reeva’
Ex-girlfriend Samantha Taylor breaks down in court while giving evidence about Oscar Pistorius, saying he was rarely without a gun and that he had screamed at her and others in anger.
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Pistorius ‘asked friend to take blame for shooting’
“Please say it was you”: on day three of the Oscar Pistorius murder trial, boxer Kevin Lerena says the athlete asked a friend to take the blame for accidentally firing a gun in a restaurant.
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Pistorius trial: witness heard argument before gunshots
A witness tells court she heard a couple having a fight for an hour before gunshots rang out on the night Reeva Steenkamp was killed, and Oscar Pistorius sheds a tear on hearing about her injuries.
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Pistorius, the adored superstar, goes on trial for murder
Oscar Pistorius had transcended disability to become a sporting superstar. Now he stands trial for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp. Debora Patta sets the scene for South Africa’s trial of the century.
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Piers Morgan: cock of the walk or feather duster?
“One day you’re cock of the walk, the next you’re a feather duster” is Piers Morgan’s catchline on Twitter and “family motto” – but on Monday he was axed by CNN.