Flying Home First Class, Dewani The Free Man – Shrien Dewani flew out of South Africa on a £3 000 first-class ticket on Tuesday after a judge acquitted him of his wife’s honeymoon murder. [iol]
Court To Decide On Pistorius Appeal Today – Oscar Pistorius will find out tomorrow whether the state will be granted its application for leave to appeal his culpable homicide conviction and five-year prison sentence. [tlive]
Nel Has No Right To Question Masipa’s Findings – Roux – Oscar Pistorius’ defence lawyer Barry Roux has argued that state prosecutor Gerrie Nel has no right to question the factual findings made by Judge Thokozile Masipa in his client’s murder trial and that no higher court would find different anyway. [citypr]
Maimane: Eskom Must Declare National Energy Crisis – The DA’s parliamentary leader also said that government should follow a “World Cup approach” to completing the Medupi and Kusile power stations. [m&g]
Graça Owns Whole World In Mozambique – Winnie – Winnie Madikizela-Mandela believes that former president Nelson Mandela’s widow Graça Machel should not inherit a property in Qunu because she owns “a whole world in Mozambique”, Sowetan reported on Tuesday. [n24]
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Sacks Vice-President Joice Mujuru Over ‘Plot’ – President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has sacked his vice-president, Joice Mujuru, after accusing her of corruption and plotting to kill him. [bbc]
Senate Report On CIA Torture Claims Spy Agency Lied About ‘Ineffective’ Program – Report released by Senate after four-year, $40m investigation concludes CIA repeatedly lied about brutal techniques in years after 9/11. [guardian]
Pregnant Duchess Dazzles In Formal Gown – as royal couple complete New York tour with glitzy Manhattan fundraiser for Scottish university where they fell in love. [dm]
Angelina Jolie: Brad Pitt Doesn’t Want Our Children To Get Tattoos – “It’s especially hard for dads and girls,” the Unbroken director tells Radio Times. “For some reason men get a little more sensitive when the daughter gets a tattoo” [rtimes]
McDonald’s Accidentally Showed Porn All Evening And None Of The Staff Noticed – McDonald’s is proud of its family-friendly image. But a branch of the fast food restaurant treated its customers to something that was anything but when it broadcast porn all evening on a large video screen… and none of the staff noticed. [metro]
Bob Dylan Will ‘Uncover’ Frank Sinatra Classics On New Album – “I’ve wanted to do something like this for a long time but was never brave enough,” said the singer of ‘Shadows in the Night’ [rollingstone]
Billy Corgan Says Smashing Pumpkins Fanbase ‘Is Gone’ – It feels surreal to interview Billy Corgan in a Chicago bar where a handful of ‘90s groups like Nirvana, Weezer and, yes, his own Smashing Pumpkins, are sprinkled into the mix of current indie rock playing on the jukebox. [wsj]
Big, Beautiful Photos Of The World’s First Underground Park – The world’s first underground park is coming, and it’s scheduled to open in 2018. [busins]
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