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| Pistorius found guilty of culpable homicide | |  By Stella Mapenzauswa PRETORIA (Reuters) - Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius was convicted of culpable homicide on Friday, escaping the more serious charge of murder for the killing of his girlfriend, and will now battle to avoid going to prison. The 27-year-old double amputee, who became one of the biggest names in world athletics, stood impassively in the dock, his hands folded in front of him, as Judge Thokozila Masipa delivered her verdict. ...
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| India allows sick Italian marine home for treatment | |  NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Friday granted permission for an ailing Italian marine facing murder charges to return home for four months for medical treatment. Massimiliano Lattore, who suffered a stroke in August, is one of two Italian marines being held over the 2012 shooting of two fishermen mistakenly believed to be pirates in a case that has soured ties between New Delhi and Rome. "We are allowing the plea of the accused (Lattore) to visit Italy for four months for his brain stroke treatment," a Supreme Court bench said in an order. ...
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| Dutch hope metal shards will lead them to missile that hit MH17 | |  By Anthony Deutsch ROTTERDAM (Reuters) - Investigators trying to find out who shot down Malaysia Airlines MH17 over eastern Ukraine have recovered 25 pieces of metal from baggage and bodies, which could lead them to the missile believed to have torn apart the airliner. Dutch prosecution service chief Fred Westerbeke, who is leading the international inquiry into the July 17 disaster, said the investigation was focusing on the theory that a surface-to-air missile had been used to shoot the plane down. ...
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| Pistorius to be sentenced for culpable homicide on Oct. 13 | |  PRETORIA (Reuters) - South African Olympic and Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius will be sentenced on Oct. 13 after being found guilty of culpable homicide for the killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, the judge said on Friday. Judge Thokozile Masipa granted a bail extension for Pistorius, who avoided more serious murder charges after Masipa found he was negligent in shooting Steenkamp through a locked toilet door, but ruled that he did not intend to kill her. ...
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| Pistorius's next battle to avoid notorious C-Max jail | |  By Ed Cropley JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - After his conviction on Friday for the negligent killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day last year, Olympic track star Oscar Pistorius's next battle will be to stay outside the walls of the notorious Pretoria Central Prison, or C-Max. The prison, a forbidding brick and steel edifice with a reputation as the toughest in South Africa, is just a stone's throw from the High Court where Pistorius's six-month trial ended with not guilty verdicts on murder charges that carried certain jail terms. ...
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| Singapore police probe death of Nicole Kidman's father | |  SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The father of Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman has died in Singapore and police said on Friday they were investigating his "unnatural death". Tony Kidman, a clinic psychologist at the University of Technology, Sydney, was visiting the movie star's sister, Antonia, who lives in Singapore, media said. Police said they were informed that a man in his 80s had died in hospital. "Police are investigating the unnatural death," a spokesman said. He declined to give details, but the term "unnatural death" in Singapore often refers to falls or other accidents. ...
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| Three get death for China train station attack | |  BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court sentenced three people to death and one to life in prison on Friday for an attack at a train station in southwestern China that triggered a sweeping crackdown on what Beijing calls militant violence. The government said knife-wielding militants from the unruly western region of Xinjiang launched a premeditated attack in March at the Kunming station in Yunnan province, in which 31 people were killed and 141 injured. Police shot dead four of the attackers. ...
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| Erdogan approves law tightening Turkey's Internet controls | |  ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan approved a law tightening government control of the Internet and expanding the powers of the telecoms authority late on Thursday, part of the first legislative package he has effected as head of state. Parliament passed the law late on Monday. The new law comes on top of legislation passed in February that made it easier for the authorities to block access to web pages without a prior court order, prompting public anger and raising concern about freedom of speech. ...
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| Wiretaps against Palestinians are wrong, Israeli ex-spies tell Netanyahu | |  By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Dozens of reserve soldiers from Israel's top electronic surveillance unit say they will no longer spy on Palestinians living under occupation, an unprecedented rebuke to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security policies. The protest letter signed by 43 veterans of Unit 8200, sent to Netanyahu and armed forces chiefs and excerpted by Israel's biggest-selling newspaper on Friday, was dismissed by the military as a publicity stunt by a small minority. ...
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| Huawei Technologies uncovers corruption in internal probe | |  By Gerry Shih BEIJING (Reuters) - Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, China's largest telecom equipment maker, found four employees in violation of the company's policies on corruption as part of an internal inspection, a source familiar with the matter said. In response to the findings, Huawei has held discussions with employees on what constitutes graft and affirmed the company's zero-tolerance on bribery, the source said, declining to be identified because he was not authorised to speak about the matter to the media. ...
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