[Watch moment of sentencing above] PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to five years in prison for killing… http://www.aol.com/article/2014/10/21/oscar-pistorius-to-finally-learn-his-sentence/20981532/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D549162
If you’re one of the thousands of people who drink half a bottle of wine in an evening, you could be eligible to receive a new pill that helps reduce alcohol consumption. The life-saving pill, nalmefene, will help keep cravings at bay for mild al… http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/10/03/pill-alcohol-dependence-mild-alcoholism_n_5925412.html?utm_hp_ref=uk
A dossier of appalling online abuse directed at the parents of Madeleine McCann is being examined by police. Members of the public have handed a file stretching to more than 80 pages of Tweets, Facebook posts and forum messages aimed at Kate and G… http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/10/02/mccann-trolls_n_5918378.html?utm_hp_ref=uk
It was conceived by Aristotle and dismissed as superstition in the late 19th century. – New Zealand Herald http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11335620
Buenos Aires (AFP) – Argentina’s President Cristina Kirchner charged in an emotional address that domestic and US interests were pushing to topple her government, and could even kill her. http://news.yahoo.com/us-could-topple-government-kill-argentinas-kirchner-095518100.html
Sometimes geography gets in the way of power politics. Just when you thought that Ukraine was miles away from Syria, bang — you find out that they’re actually bordering each other. http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/18/opinion/isis-obama-putin-nekrassov/index.html?hpt=imi_t4
LONDON (AP) — How do you divorce after a 300-year union? It’s complicated, and there is a deadline. http://news.yahoo.com/scottish-independence-could-mean-messy-divorce-084556829–finance.html