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Oscar Pistorius Trial: Defence In Critical Phase – The next two weeks are expected to be crucial for athlete Oscar Pistorius as his team of lawyers battles to shore up his defence in the murder trial. [sky]
Jeremy Clarkson’s Wife ‘Went On Holiday To Toast Divorce’ – Jeremy Clarkson is being divorced by his wife Frances after more than 20 years of marriage, reports have claimed. [telegraph]
Sinn Fein’s Gerry Adams Urges Calm After Release – Northern Ireland police released Gerry Adams from custody on Sunday and the Sinn Fein leader sought to calm fears that his four-day detention could destabilize the British province by pledging his support to the peace process. [reuters]
South Korea Ferry Was Routinely Overloaded – The doomed ferry Sewol exceeded its cargo limit on 246 trips — nearly every voyage it made in which it reported cargo. And it may have been more overloaded than ever on its final journey. [time]
Afghanistan Landslide – 2,000 Feared Dead – A day after landslides buried much of a village in northeastern Afghanistan, local officials said they feared that more than 2,000 people were dead, entombed in a blanket of earth nearly 30 feet deep. [nyt]
Mick Jagger Sings ‘Just Like A Woman’ At Scott Memorial – Mick Jagger sang Bob Dylan’s “Just Like a Woman” at a celebrity-filled memorial service Friday for his longtime companion, fashion designer L’Wren Scott, who committed suicide in March. [fox]
Twitter Is Experimenting With A Mute Feature In Its Mobile Apps – One of the most-requested features for Twitter’s mobile apps may be on the cusp of arriving. Some users of the company’s iOS and Android clients are now seeing an option to mute accounts that they follow, preventing another user’s tweets and retweets from appearing in their timeline. [verge]
An Apple-Samsung Patent Battle Ends With A Whimper – The latest news in the Apple-Samsung patent saga came down Friday afternoon in a California court, when a jury ruled that Samsung had violated two of five software Apple patents. Additionally, it ruled that Apple had violated one of two Samsung patents, but not willfully. [time]
Floyd Mayweather Outpoints Maidana To Remain Unbeaten – Floyd Mayweather outpointed a game Marcos Maidana in Las Vegas to unify the welterweight division and remain unbeaten in 46 professional fights. [bbc]
Ben Affleck Banned For Life From Las Vegas Casino – Ben Affleck’s hot streak is over, at least as far as Las Vegas’ Hard Rock Casino is concerned. The Casino slapped the Oscar winner with a lifetime ban from its blackjack tables after its security officials confronted him with accusations he was counting cards earlier this week. [usat]
X-Men Director Faces New Teen Sex Assault Lawsuit – Already fighting a lawsuit claiming he sexually assaulted a teenage boy in California and Hawaii, a new lawsuit alleges ‘X-Men’ director Bryan Singer, and Broadway producer Gary Goddard, sexually assaulted a British teenager. [beast]
New Idea Might Reduce Infant And Maternal Deaths In SA – A baby box that can double as a cot and contains basic baby products may help to reduce infant and maternal deaths in South Africa. [w24]
Former British No.1 Tennis Player Dies Of Cancer, Aged 30 – Former British number one Elena Baltacha has died of liver cancer at the age of 30, it was announced on Sunday. [smh]
Half-Naked ‘Witch’ Runs Out Of Power, Crashes Into Stranger’s House – According to myzimbabwe.co.zw, 52-year-old Ellen Khayiya Mpofu, from Bulawayo, was picked up by police after she invaded Patricia Tshabalala’s house just before 2am and claimed that her friends “dumped her”. [tlive]
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Selfie Your Way To Brazil – Win A Trip To The 2014 FIFA World Cup™ FINAL! – That’s right, friends. You can LITERALLY selfie yourself (and a friend) all the way to the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ final. This is what you need to do. Are you listening closely? Good. [clickhere]
Chris Brown Spending His Birthday In Jail – His Plans Revealed – Chris Brown is going to have to spend his 25th birthday in jail. Here are the details about how he is handling the heart-wrenching news. [hollylif]
Prince Harry ‘Twerks’ As Prince William Sings In ‘Crazy Night’ At Guy Pelly’s Wedding – Prince Harry is surrounded by Southern belles on dance floor as the Duke of Cambridge invades the stage in “wild” wedding celebration in Memphis. [telegraph]
A Bishop’s Decision to Divorce – All of us sincerely intend, when we take our wedding vows, to live up to the ideal of ‘til death do us part.’ But not all of us are able to see it through. [beast]
One Direction Boyband Set To Sue Over One Erection Condom Branding – One Direction are currently touring South America but the boys are having to deal with the latest news of their image being ripped off to promote condoms they have not consented to. [tz]
Reese Witherspoon And Jim Toth – have ‘stabilised their out-of-control home life’ a year on from their arrest for drinking. [dm]
Diane Keaton: ‘I Love Woody. And I Believe My Friend’ – Diane Keaton was dragged into the feud between Dylan Farrow and her father earlier this year. Is she resentful? Not at all. [guardian]
Kym Marsh’s New Boyfriend ‘Caught Having Skype Sex’ With Glamour Model – Kym Marsh has been left ‘furious’ after her new boyfriend Dan Hooper was caught having online sex with a glamour model, it has been reported. [closer]
Tamara Ecclestone In A Bikini Seven Weeks After Giving Birth – As the heiress to a £2.4bn fortune, she’s got an outfit for every occasion. But Tamara Ecclestone’s latest choice of clothing – or lack of it to be more precise – was perhaps her most daring fashion statement yet. [dm]
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT – Louis The King lands Triple Crown – Louis The King was given a rapturous reception when he became the first South African Triple Crown winner since Horse Chestnut 15 years ago. [racpos]
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