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'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius weeps as he faces murder charge

Oscar Pistorius

Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee revered in South Africa for overcoming his disability to compete in the London Games last year, wept in court Friday as he faced a murder charge in connection with the fatal shooting of his girlfriend.

 

Missing athletes may have defected

The seven missing in London. That's what the headlines in the West African nation of Cameroon call the athletes who walked away from the Olympic village at the London Games.

 

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