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• PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- Oscar Pistorius appeared briefly in a South African court Tuesday for a hearing ahead of the double-amputee Olympian's murder trial for the shooting death of his girlfriend.
• Wearing a dark suit and black and white tie, Pistorius arrived through the front entrance of the Pretoria Magistrate's Court and stood in the dock for the entire hearing, which lasted just over 15 minutes before his case was postponed until Aug 19. on the request of the prosecution.
• Magistrate Daniel Thulare granted the extension, which was agreed to by Pistorius' defense, so that police can complete their investigation into the Feb. 14 killing that shook South Africa and much of the world and left the runner facing a life sentence if convicted of premeditated murder in Reeva Steenkamp's death.
• Pistorius, staring straight ahead and with his hands clasped together in front of him, spoke just once during the short appearance.
• "Yes, your honor," he said after Magistrate Thulare asked him if he understood that he was released on the same bail conditions and he had to reappear in court on Aug. 19.
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• FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) -- Sitting almost motionless, Pfc. Bradley Manning listened to his attorney argue that the soldier was young and naive and only wanted to enlighten the public about the bitter reality of America's wars when he gave a massive amount of classified material to WikiLeaks.
• Prosecutors, though, contend the 25-year-old Army intelligence analyst effectively put U.S. military secrets into the hands of the enemy, including Osama bin Laden, and they want to send Manning to prison for the rest of his life.
• Manning's military trial at Fort Meade outside Baltimore resumes Tuesday with prosecutors expected to call an expert to testify about evidence found on computers Manning used in Iraq. During opening statements Monday, defense attorney David Coombs said Manning's struggle to fit in as a gay man in the military made him feel

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