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Gadhafi’s forces adapt to airstrikes, pound rebels

Moammar Gadhafi’s ground forces recaptured a strategic oil town Wednesday and moved within striking distance of another major eastern city, nearly reversing the gains rebels made since international airstrikes began. Rebels pleaded for more help, while a U.S. official said … read more »

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Obama confident Kadhafi will step down

US President Barack Obama said he was confident that Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi would “ultimately” step down and warned he had not ruled out supplying arms to rebels seeking to oust him. Obama said the “noose is tightening” around the … read more »

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Intelligence on Libya rebels shows “flickers” of Qaeda

Intelligence on the rebels battling Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi has shown “flickers” of al Qaeda or Hezbollah presence, NATO’s operations commander said, but U.S. officials said there were no indications militant groups are playing a significant role in Libya. “We are … read more »

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Gaddafi must face a war crime trial not exile, insists Britian PM

David Cameron will tell world leaders they must put Colonel Gaddafi on trial and back Libyan rebels at a crisis conference in London today. The Prime Minister will reject a plan by Italy and Germany to let the tyrant go … read more »

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Dewani suspect wants bail

One of the co-accused in the Anni Dewani murder case was expected to apply for bail in a Cape Town court on Wednesday, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said. “The courts were approached by the legal representative for Mr [Mziwamadoda] … read more »

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Family’s fear for ‘fragile’ Shrien Dewani over extradition to South Africa

Anni Dewani murder Shrien Dewani leaves Southmead police station in Bristol after reporting for bail. He could not attend an extradition hearing in London last week due to ill health. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA The family of the British businessman accused … read more »

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South Africa: Top Cape lawyer to help Dewani

Top Cape Town lawyer Taswell Papier has been engaged to assist the legal team of honeymoon murder accused Shrien Dewani. Papier has previously been honoured as a Western Cape “hero” by then-premier Ebrahim Rasool and has been named the global … read more »

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know why Shrien Dewani ‘killed his bride,’ claims South African police chief

South Africa’s chief of police has claimed that his detectives have uncovered a motive which explains why British businessman Shrien Dewani allegedly killed his bride while on honeymoon in Cape Town. General Bheki Cele told the country’s e.tv news channel … read more »

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Dewani ‘wants to clear his name’

Shrien Dewani, the English millionaire accused of ordering his wife Anni’s “honeymoon murder” in Cape Town last November, may return to South Africa voluntarily if he is granted bail “up to the date of his final appeal”. In an interview … read more »

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‘Shrien was acting so strangely, not like the other honeymooners’, says holidaymaker

A holidaymaker who befriended murder victim Anni Dewani in the final days of her life has claimed that her husband Shrien acted strangely on the couple’s honeymoon. Chloe Spelling met Mrs Dewani and her husband Shrien while staying at the … read more »

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South Africa: Anni’s uncle lashes out at Dewani

On Sunday, the UK-based Mail Online reported Ashok Hindocha could not understand why millionaire Shrien Dewani had not “put up a fight” after the couple’s taxi was ambushed by two gunmen in Cape Town. “I would not even have allowed … read more »

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School in memory of murdered bride Anni Dewani attacked as ‘publicity stunt’

An uncle of Anni Dewani, the woman murdered on honeymoon in South Africa, has accused her husband’s relations of using a fund set up in her memory for a “heartless” public relations stunt. Anni Dewani (left) and Shrien Dewani. Photo: GEOFF … read more »

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South Africa: John Hlophe may not hear Dewani case

Cape judge president John Hlophe may not serve as the presiding judge in the Dewani murder case. “A judge is only allocated to hear a trial close to the beginning (of when the trial is expected to start),” said Cape … read more »

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Shrien Dewani ‘won’t get fair trial in South Africa’

Johannesburg – The family of Shrien Dewani fear he will not receive a fair trial in South Africa because the presiding judge has been dogged by misconduct allegations, the Telegraph in the UK reported. Akta Raja, the cousin of the … read more »

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Anni Dewani murder: friends of bride urge husband to return to South Africa

Friends of Anni Dewani, the newly-wed shot dead in South Africa, have written an open letter urging her husband to return to the country to answer questions about her death. Police allege that Shrien Dewani arranged a fake carjacking to … read more »

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Dewani link in South African doctor murder dismissed

A private detective investigating the death of South African doctor Pox Raghavjee has dismissed claims of a possible link between his murder and that of honeymooning tourist Anni Dewani. Dr Raghavjee, 60, was carjacked and shot dead for no apparent … read more »

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In Israel, No Welcome Mat For African Migrants

Israeli officials have stepped up efforts to stem the flow of African asylum seekers and migrant workers into Israel. With numbers reaching into the tens of thousands, Israeli officials are pressed to find a policy to combat the ever-increasing flow … read more »

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Bride of millionaire Shrien Dewani ‘executed’ on honeymoon: paramedic

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – A paramedic who examined the body of Anni Dewani, the murdered Cape Town honeymooner, shortly after it was found in the back of an abandoned taxi has told how he believed she had been “executed.” The … read more »

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Dewani extradition papers ready

Papers to apply for the extradition from the UK of murder-accused Shrien Dewani have been submitted to the justice department, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said on Thursday. “We submitted the extradition papers to the department of justice, which is … read more »

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Dewani ‘gutted’ by wife’s killing

Relatives say murder allegations are flawed Relatives of Shrien Dewani have revealed how he has been robbed of the love of his life by the murder of his wife Anni while in SA on honeymoon. RELATIVES and close friends of … read more »

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The honeymoon murder groom, his PR guru and a very public fightback – Video

At Max Clifford Associates in ­Mayfair, the lights are burning late this Christmas. The PR man is busy defending the reputation of a highly controversial new client, the British bridegroom accused of arranging the murder of his bride on honeymoon … read more »

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Honeymoon murder: Anni Dewani was ‘shot dead accidentally’ by her abductor

Anni Dewani, the bride murdered on her honeymoon, was shot dead accidentally by her abductor as he tried to rape her, according to expert evidence commissioned by her husband’s legal team. Lawyers will argue that the analysis helps to disprove … read more »

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110 illegal immigrants from Ethiopia detained in kenya

Police have smashed another human trafficking syndicate and arrested 110 illegal immigrants from Ethiopia. The foreigners, who were on their way to Tanzania, were being driven from Nairobi when their lorry was intercepted in Vigurugani area by Administration Police officers … read more »

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Honeymoon murder husband Shrien Dewani paid him for kinky sex

THIS is the gay escort who claims honeymoon murder husband Shrien Dewani paid him for kinky sex. The burly shaven-headed man, posing in leather gear and puffing a cigar, calls himself The German Master. He called cops alleging he recognised … read more »

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Three Nigerians in UK jail over college visa scam

Three Nigerians were yesterday jailed for a total of 18-and-a-half years for setting up a fake educational institution, called Bogus Colleges, to help illegal immigrants remain in the United Kingdom. The UK Border Agency’s London Immigration Crime Team, told the … read more »

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Honeymoon Husband Taxi Family Speak Out

The family of the man jailed for his part in the murder of honeymooner Anni Dewani have told Sky News they believe her husband was behind the crime. Zola Tongo was jailed over the death of honeymooner Anni Dewani Primrose … read more »

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South Africa honeymoon murder: Workmate denies affair with Shrien Dewani

A manager at Shrien Dewani’s family firm ­yesterday denied she had an affair with the honeymoon murder suspect. Mum-of-two Michelle Jones, 39, hit back at rumours and declared: “I have never had a relationship with Shrien other than a friendship.” … read more »

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South Africa: Where ‘Corrective Rape’ Is Not a Hate Crime

South Africa. Nelson Mandela’s “Rainbow Nation.” Home to one of the most vibrant, active and creative activist movements of the 20th century. The first nation on earth to outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation in the constitution. The first African … read more »

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Honeymoon husband ‘met driver three days after wife’s murder’ – Video

The millionaire whose wife was murdered on their honeymoon secretly met three days later the taxi driver who arranged the killing, a court heard yesterday. Shrien Dewani broke off from a meeting with his wife Anni’s grieving father and ‘surreptitiously’ … read more »

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South Africa honeymoon murder husband freed from British jail

LONDON — A British businessman wanted in South Africa over the murder of his bride on their honeymoon left prison on bail Friday, which his spokesman said would allow him to continue “bereavement counselling”. Shrien Dewani was driven away from … read more »

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