PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- Here are excerpts from the prosecution’s affidavit against Oscar Pistorius, whom they have charged with premeditated murder over the Feb. 14 shooting death of his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp:
Vancouver to host Canada-Italy Davis Cup tie in early April
TORONTO – Canada will play its Davis Cup quarter-final tie against Italy in Vancouver.
Nigeria hostage crisis differs from Algerian drama
LONDON (AP) -- The kidnapping of seven foreign workers in Nigeria claimed by an Islamic extremist group has touched a nerve in Europe, coming just weeks after the tragic end of a hostage drama in Algeria in which 37 gas plant workers and 29 al Qaida-linked militants died. But analysts say the similarities probably end there and it's too early to know how this latest crisis will play itself out. 7 French kidnapped in Cameroon, including 4 children, official says
PARIS – A French official close to the president says seven French citizens have been kidnapped in Cameroon, including four children
UN: Drones killed more Afghan civilians in 2012
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The number of U.S. drone strikes in Afghanistan jumped 72 percent in 2012, killing at least 16 civilians in a sharp increase from the previous year, the U.N. said Tuesday in a sign of the changing mission as international forces prepare to withdraw combat forces in less than two years. US firm says evidence points to China's military in hacking attacks; China denies allegation
BEIJING, China – Cyberattacks that stole massive amounts of information from military contractors, energy companies and other key industries in the U.S. and elsewhere have been traced to the doorstep of a Chinese military unit, a U.S. security firm alleged Tuesday.
Israel releases judge's report into Australian's suicide
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel released details on Tuesday about the 2010 jailhouse suicide of an Australian immigrant reported to have been a disgraced Mossad spy, saying he hanged himself in his cell and no foul pl ay was involved. The affair was kept under wraps until it emerged last week with an Australian television expose that identified the dead man as 34-year-old Ben Zygier, a likely Israeli foreign intelligence recruit held for suspected security offences. … Pakistani Shi'ites call off protests after Quetta bombing arrests
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani Shi'ites agreed to bury those killed in the most recent sectarian bombing, ending four days of protests, after the government said on Tuesday it had arrested 170 suspects linked to the attack. Saturday's bombing in the northwestern city of Quetta killed 85 people. In an echo of a protest last month after a similar attack left nearly 100 dead, grieving relatives refused to bury their kin in a powerful rebuke to a government they say has repeatedly failed to protect them. … Zimbabwe police raid election support group
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- An alliance of rights organizations says police in Zimbabwe have raided the offices of an independent election support group searching for alleged subversive materials.
Tony Sheridan, early Beatles associate, dies at 72
BERLIN (AP) -- Tony Sheridan, a British singer who performed with the Beatles during their early years in Hamburg, has died in Germany. He was 72.
Israeli investigation: Prisoner X hung himself
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel has partially lifted a gag order over the investigation into the death of an Australian-Israeli man in an Israeli prison two years ago. The probe rules that the man known as “Prisoner X” hung himself.
Turkey frees Kurdish ex-mayors, Ocalan warns on peace process
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkey freed a group of Kurdish former mayors accused of links to militan ts on Tuesday in a further small step towards halting a Kurdish insurgency, but the rebels' jailed leader was reported as saying he could not stem the violence single-handedly. After more than three years in prison, 10 Kurdish defendants including six former mayors hugged family members as they emerged from jail at dawn in Diyarbakir, the largest city in the mainly Kurdish southeast, and were greeted by the city's mayor. … Former Ivory Coast president faces charges at ICC
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- Defense lawyers for Laurent Gbagbo urged International Criminal Court judges Tuesday to rule that they have no authority to put the former Ivory Coast president on trial on charges including murder, rape and persecution. 1,200-room hotel planned hear McCormick Place to accommodate Chicago convention business
CHICAGO – A 1,200-room hotel will be built near McCormick Place to accommodate the crowds that come to Chicago for conventions and trade shows.
Mortars land near Syrian presidential palace
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- A Syrian official says two mortars have exploded near one of President Bashar Assad's palaces in the capital Damascus. National Gallery of Art opens 1st survey of Pre-Raphaelites, Britain's 1st modern art movement
WASHINGTON – The National Gallery of Art is presenting the first major U.S. survey of Britain’s first avant-garde art movement.
Rugby-Humble France ready to dig deep against 'euphoric' England
MARCOUSSIS, France, Feb 19 (Reuters) – France look nothing like the team who beat Australia in November but England are the same side who humbled world champions New Zealand ahead of Saturday’s Six Nations clash at Twickenham, according to Les Bleus. France, pre-tournament favourites with England following wins over the Wallabies, Argentina and Samoa, were stunned by Italy in their opening game and lost 16-6 to Wales at the Stade de France. “They won two games in the championship playing very well. We lost our first two games. …
Ivory Coast's Gbagbo in court to hear if trial to proceed
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – A relaxed-looking former Ivory Coast pre sident Laurent Gbagbo appeared in the International Criminal Court on Tuesday to hear whether accusations of crimes against humanity against him are strong enough for a full trial. Gbagbo, accused of plunging his country into civil war after 2010 elections rather than relinquishing his grip on power, would be the first ex-head of state to be tried by the Court, whose credibility is at stake after a string of collapsed cases. … 
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