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PRETORIA Ondrej Kase Salute to Service Jersey , South Africa, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Cross examination of murder-accused Oscar Pistorius entered its final day at the Pretoria High Court in South Africa on Tuesday with Pistorius insisting that he is innocent.

Prosecutor Gerrie Nel spent the last hours of his cross examination trying to prove that Pistorius intentionally killed his girl friend Reeva Steenkamp.

Pistorius is being tried for killing Steenkamp when he shot her through a locked bathroom door on February 14, last year. Pistorius insists that he mistook Steenkamp for an intruder.

"She was locked into the bathroom and you armed yourself with the sole purpose of shooting and killing her. That is what you did, " Nel put this to the accused.

Pistorius replied that he only fired when he heard movement in the toilet. "I thought it was the door opening. In retrospect it could only have been the magazine rack Chris Wagner Salute to Service Jersey ," Pistorius said.

However, Nel accused him of tailoring his evidence to match the state case. He also asked Pistorius to explain how he reacted when he discovered he had killed Reeva in the toilet.

He responded saying, "I was crying out. I was screaming 'Reeva, Reeva'... crying and screaming... I was overcome with terror and despair. At times I was screaming Cheap Rickard Rakell Jersey , at times I was crying out."

Pistorius said this after explaining how he tried breaking down the toilet door by hitting it with a cricket bat. Pistorius continued, "I pulled her around onto me and then I heard her breathing, and then I tried to get her up."

He added that he did not scream when he saw Reeva lying in a pool of blood because he saw no reason for screaming.

Nel insisted that Reeva had run and locked herself in the toilet after which Pistorius armed himself and killed her.

When Pistorius refuted this, Nel asked Cheap Antoine Vermette Jersey , "Once again, we should not blame you for the fact that you shot her... Should we blame Reeva? She never told you she was going to the toilet... should we blame her?

"Should we blame the government? Who should we blame for the black talon round that ripped through her body?"

Pistorius responded: "I don't know my lady, I was scared... I believed that there was a threat on my life."

Nel then ended the cross examination.

The defence then called its third witness, forensic expert Roger Dixon who said a lot of force was needed in breaking Pistorius's wooden toilet door using a cricket bat.

Dixon also testified that Pistorius's bedroom is so dark that when lights are off and curtains drawn he could not even see his hands.

The Court adjourned to Wednesday

Nel launched an application for Pistorius's trial to be postponed sometime this week till May 5. He cited other court engagements and personal arrangements for the Easter holiday as the reasons for requesting postponement.

Judge Thokozile Masipa is expected to rule on the postponement application on Wednesday.

SKOPJE Cheap Josh Manson Jersey , July 29 (Xinhua) -- Matthew Nimetz, the United Nations (U.N.) envoy for the name dispute between Macedonia and Greece, said on Tuesday that now is a good time for putting the talks forward and for settling the long-running name dispute.

"We have been at this for a long time and I do think this is an issue that needs to get resolved. With some of the problems that have developed throughout the world it is really important to try to resolve issues between countries rather than let them fester on and on," Nimetz said after meeting with Macedonian Prime Minister Cheap Derek Grant Jersey , Nikola Gruevski in Skopje.

He did not bring any new proposal for a solution, neither he was presented a substantial new position by the government, but Nimetz said that the talks with the Macedonian government were substantial. He said that he expects the same from Greek side where he will go on Wednesday and after the visit he will inform about the further steps.

He made it clear that the identity of the Macedonian people is not to be negotiated, saying that his mandate is only to find an acceptable solution for the name of the state.

"The identity is something that I'm not negotiating. Peoples have identities and the UN does not negotiate the identities. People create their own identities through their actions and culture Cheap John Gibson Jersey ," Nimetz said.

The use of the name Macedonia remains a contentious issue since Macedonia declared independence from former Yugoslavia in 1991.

Greece is opposed to the use of the name Macedonia by its northern neighbor, saying that it implies territorial claims to Greece's northern province of the same name.

As a result, Greece is blocking Macedonia's bid to join NATO, as well as the European Union Cheap Jakob Silfverberg Jersey , saying that Macedonia can be a member only if a solution to the name dispute is reached.

In November 2008, Macedonia brought Greece to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) accusing Athens of violating the 1995 agreement by thwarting Macedonia's efforts to join the NATO at a summit of the alliance in April 2008.

Three years later, ICJ ruled that Greece breached the 1995 Interim Agreement signed by two sides, under which Athens agreed not to block Macedonia's membership in international institutions under the name of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

But the court did not order Greece not to repeat its conduct in the future and the ruling did not address the actual name dispute as it has continued until now.

ANKARA Cheap Ryan Miller Jersey , Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim warned on Saturday that Turkey's steps in response to a planned independence referendum in northern Iraq's Kurdish region will have security, diplomatic, political and economic dimensions.

Speaking to reporters in the central province of Kirsehir, he said the planned independence referendum was wrong and an "adventurist" move that put Turkey at risk Cheap Brandon Montour Jersey , and Turkey will be in close cooperation with Iran and Iraq to response.

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