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The revelation, made in documents obtained by a South African television station, undermines the prosecution’s argument that Pistorius’ fatal shooting of Steencamp at their Pretoria home on Valentine’s Day last year was a premeditated act. According to the document, the state’s ballistics expert believes Pistorius was “on his stumps” when he fired the shots that […]

However, their plea has been met with a stark refusal with authorities standing by the statement last week that any TV interview may be a breach of Corby’s parole conditions and result in her going back to jail. The letter was handed to parole board chief Ketut Artha earlier this week by Wayan Widyartha. “The […]

Australia Post was given the go ahead for the price rise yesterday by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). Consumers with a concession card will still be able to buy stamps for 60 cents until 2017. Australia Post blamed the price rise on the rapid decline in the number of people sending letters, telling […]

For the first time in Saudi Arabia, a woman will hold the position of editor at a major newspaper. Somayya Jabarti has been appointed the editor-in-chief of the national English-language daily paper, the Saudi Gazette. Although other women have headed magazines, this is the first time a national daily newspaper has put a woman at the […]

Jee Heon A was in a North Korean detention centre where babies usually did not survive pregnancy and birth due to the extraordinarily harsh conditions. In this case, the baby was born alive. “The baby was crying as it was born; we were so curious, this was the first time we saw a baby being […]

The aerial skier has won a silver medal at Sochi – Australia’s first Olympic medal in the event. Australia regularly sees lesser known figures produce breakthrough results and surpass media darlings and medal hopefuls and Sochi is no different. Morris, a 29-year-old former gymnast from Melbourne, is the country’s only male aerial skier. He was […]

Magistrate Charlie Rozencwajg ruled Thomson, 49, had dishonestly used his union credit card to pay for prostitutes on several occasions between 2002 and 2008 when he was the HSU’s national secretary. Thomson – who remained emotionless as the verdict was handed down – was also found guilty of making cash withdrawals from his union credit […]

The father of the two boys, aged 11 and 14 years old, asked a UK family court to allow the boys to live with him, saying their mother was more like a “best friend” than a parent and lets her sons “do what they like”. He said that he was worried that his sons’ dental […]

The 21-year-old snowboarder has revealed that she has been the subject of an online gay hate campaign while in Sochi. Brockhoff, who is openly gay and has publicly condemned Russian president Vladimir Putin and his anti-gay propaganda laws, says messages via Twitter have called her a “dyke” and told her to “break a leg and […]

The night’s losers might head out of the Kodak theatre sans gold statue but the will certainly not feel cheated for tuning up with wine, chocolates, jewellery and even holidays included in the Oscar swag bag. The March 2 broadcast’s party favours are set to be quite the package with a Swiss made Slow Watch, […]