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Defense: Prosecution Moved Pistorius Evidence South African police photos of the bloodspattered scene where Oscar Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend show that eviPistorius dence was moved in violation of procedure during the investigation, the athlete’s chief defense lawyer said Tuesday. (AP) CAIRO
Four Egyptian Officers Convicted of 37 Killings An Egyptian court convicted four police officers on Tuesday for the killings last summer of 37 Islamist detainees, most of them supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, and sentenced one of the officers to 10 years in prison; three others got one-year suspended sentences. The lawyer and families of the victims denounced the sentences as too light. (AP) WASHINGTON
Crimea Added to Russian Maps As Putin redraws borders, Ukraine calls him a world threat
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Ukraine: Serviceman Killed at Crimean Facility
Moscow With a sweep of his pen, President Vladimir Putin added Crimea to the map of Russia on Tuesday, describing the move as correcting a past injustice and responding to what he called Western encroachment upon Russia’s vital interests. While his actions were met with cheers in Crimea and Russia, Ukraine’s new government called Putin a threat to the whole world and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden warned that the U.S. and Europe will impose further sanctions against Moscow. In an emotional 40-minute speech televised live from the Kremlin, the Russian leader said he was merely restoring order to
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Russians cheer Tuesday in Moscow’s Red Square in support of Crimea’s addition.
history by incorporating Crimea. “In people’s hearts and minds, Crimea has always been an integral part of Russia,” he declared. Often interrupted by applause, Putin said the rights of ethnic Russians in Ukraine had been abused by the new Ukrainian government and insisted that Crimea’s vote to join Russia was in line with inter-
Rushed to Safety
The Obama administration ordered the Syrian government on Tuesday to suspend its diplomatic and consular missions in the United States, requiring all personnel who are not legal U.S. residents to leave the country. (AP) KHALED KHATIB (AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
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“Get ready, Chuckies. We’re coming for you.” A SYRIAN MAN EVACUATES A CHILD found in the rubble of a
building that was hit by an explosives-filled barrel Tuesday in Aleppo, Syria. The explosives were reportedly dropped by a government-forces helicopter.
Biden, Leaders Lash Out U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and European leaders unleashed their anger Tuesday against Russia’s “dark path” as Western allies scheduled an emergency meeting in the Netherlands next week to figure out how to punish President Vladimir Putin for taking Crimea — and stop him from expanding his reach even farther. “The world has seen through Russia’s actions and has rejected the flawed logic,” Biden said Tuesday in Poland. (AP)
Thailand Saw Radar Sign Of Missing Jet Days Ago
U.S. Suspends Syrian Embassy in Washington
— Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s president, saying Tuesday that his forces will continue “liberating” areas occupied by protesters whom Maduro has started calling “Chuckies,” a reference to the campy slasher films starring the red-haired homicidal doll. Troops swept into a Caracas square Monday to tamp down a monthlong protest.
national law. In response, Ukraine’s new government called Putin dangerous. “Today’s statement by Putin showed in high relief what a real threat Russia is for the civilized world and international security,” Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Evhen Perebinis said on Twitter. VL ADIMIR ISACHENKOV (AP)
A Ukrainian military spokesman said one of its servicemen was killed and another injured when a military facility in Crimea was stormed Tuesday by armed men. A brand-new news agency for Crimea’s pro-Russian authorities, Crimea Inform, disputed that account, quoting an unnamed official who called the incident a provocation on the day of the Crimean signing.
Ten days after a Malaysian jet disappeared, Thailand’s military said Tuesday that it saw radar blips that might have been from the missing plane but didn’t report it “because we did not pay attention to it.” Search crews from 26 countries, including Thailand, are looking for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which vanished March 8 with 239 people aboard. Aircraft and ships are scouring two giant arcs of territory amounting to the size of Australia — half of it in the remote seas of the southern Indian Ocean. Early in the search, Malay-
sian officials said they suspected the plane backtracked toward the Strait of Malacca, but it took a week for them to confirm military radar data suggesting that route. Thai officials said Tuesday their own radar showed an unidentified plane, possibly Flight 370, flying toward the strait minutes after the Malaysian jet’s transponder signal was lost. Thailand’s failure to quickly share that information may not substantially change what Malaysian officials now know, but it raises questions about the degree to which some countries are sharing defense data. CHRIS BRUMMITT AND THANYAR AT DOKSONE (AP)
Stank and Cheese Footlong: A sandwich artist at Subway in Worcestershire, England, got in trouble recently after a customer spotted a picture of the employee’s socks drying in a bread oven on Instagram, The Daily Mail reports. The employee, Alice Sykes, 25, was forced to apologize for her unhygienic practices, but the customer, Jessica Hinton, 29, did not accept it. She said she will not eat at the shop again. Sykes did not get fired. (E XPRESS)