Sunday, February 24, 2013

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African leaders sign U.N.-mediated Congo peace deal
United Nations Secretary General Ban speaks during a ceremony in SanaaADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – A U.N.-mediated peace deal aimed at ending two decades of conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo was signed on Sunday by leaders of Africa's Great Lakes region in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. African leaders failed to sign the pact last month due to concerns over who would command a new regional force that will deploy in eastern Congo and take on armed groups operating in the region. Leaders from Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo Republic and South Sudan were present at the signing, alongside U.N. …


Lawyer says brother of Oscar Pistorius faces culpable homicide charge in 2010 road death
JOHANNESBURG – The family lawyer of Oscar Pistorius says the brother of the Olympic paraplegic athlete is facing culpable homicide charge in a 2010 road death.


Pistorius' brother facing culpable homicide charge
Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius' father Henke Pistorius, right, with his son Carl watch as Oscar Pistorius walks in during his bail hearing at the magistrate court in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- The family lawyer of Oscar Pistorius says the brother of the Olympic paraplegic athlete is facing culpable homicide charge in a 2010 road death.


Palestinian prisoners strike after inmate death
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Thousands of Palestinian prisoners launched a one-day fast to commemorate an inmate who died in Israeli custody Sunday after days of protests in support of four hunger-strikers.


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