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Tue, 4 Mar 2014 14:49 PM

Members of the media photograph Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius (2nd L) as he leaves after his trial at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria March 4, 2014. Pistorius is on trial for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at his suburban Pretoria home on Valentine's Day last year. He says he mistook her for an intruder. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: SPORT ATHLETICS CRIME LAW)

Tue, 4 Mar 2014 14:41 PM

Soldiers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad stand with members of the media at Al-Sahl town, about 2km (a mile) to Yabroud's north, after the soldiers took control of it from the rebel fighters, in this March 3, 2014 handout photograph distributed by Syria's national news agency SANA. Syria's military fought on Tuesday to take a town that would help Assad seal a link between his coastal bastions and Damascus. Government fighters backed by the Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim militant movement Hezbollah and local paramilitaries bombarded the areas around Yabroud, the last major town held by mostly Sunni Muslim rebels near the Lebanese border. Journalists were given a state-led tour of government-held areas around Yabroud on Tuesday including Al-Sahl, a town which the army took this week. Picture taken March 3, 2014. REUTERS/SANA/Handout via Reuters (SYRIA - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST MEDIA) ATTENTION EDITORS � THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Tue, 4 Mar 2014 13:59 PM

Thousands of people fled the town of Yabroud and the surrounding areas after it was bombed and shelled last month ahead of the assault

Tue, 4 Mar 2014 12:22 PM

Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche newly elected chairman Christoph Franz speaks to media after the annual general meeting in Basel March 4, 2014. Franz, the 53-year-old outgoing Lufthansa boss, promised to keep Roche on its current course after shareholders overwhelmingly elected him as new chairman of the Swiss drugmaker. "One thing has become clear today. This company is on track and therefore continuity (...) is the order of the day," Franz said on Tuesday, after 99.82 percent of shareholders approved his election as new chairman. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich (SWITZERLAND - Tags: BUSINESS HEALTH HEADSHOT)