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IN JUST over a week's time the trial of Oscar Pistorius for the alleged murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, will begin at the high court in Pretoria. It is a trial that is set to grip not only the nation but international audiences as well, given the high profile of ...

BEIRUT — Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri has urged Kuwait to keep trying to build bridges between Iran and Saudi Arabia so as to encourage a rapprochement between two regional heavyweights backing opposite sides in Syria's civil war.

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