Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 13 Desember 2014 | 18.46
A Palestinian has thrown acid at an Israeli family, including children, after being given a lift in their car in the West Bank, the army has said.
The man attacked them near a checkpoint outside Bethlehem and close to the Gush Etzion settlement, the military said in a statement to AFP news agency.
A man and four children were hurt, Israeli police and the military told Reuters.
The suspect was shot in the leg by a civilian after getting out of the car and he has since been arrested, AFP reported.
The family was attacked near the Gush Etzion settlement
"A vehicle carrying a family with four girls picked up a hitchhiker," the statement from the army said.
"The hitchhiker threw acid on the passengers, injuring them lightly."
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The attack comes after Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ein died in a confrontation with Israeli troops in the West Bank on Wednesday.
He was taking part in a tree-planting demonstration in Turmus Aya when he was confronted by Israeli soldiers and tear gas was fired.
Witnesses also said the cabinet member was involved in a scuffle with an Israeli soldier and there were claims he was hit on the chest by an Israeli soldier's helmet and a rifle butt.
He then began to experience breathing problems, and died while he was being taken to hospital by ambulance.
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The Palestinian leadership blamed Israel for Ziad Abu Ein's death and threatened to retaliate.
"We are open to taking up any option against the other side," Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said.
Israeli ministers called for calm and US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday as part of attempts to defuse tensions.
Mexico's drug trade is worth between $19 and $29bn (£12.1 and £18.5bn) a year in cash - but takes an immeasurably greater toll in human lives and misery.
Some 90% of the cocaine bound for the US goes through the country, which shares a long border with its northern neighbour.
The narcotics industry makes up between 3-4% of the country's GDP, and employs half a million people.
Murder - even mass murder - is relatively commonplace. On average, someone dies a drugs-related death every half an hour.
There have been more than 132,000 kidnappings since 2006, and the government lists a total of 22,322 people as missing.
Video:Where The Gangs Get Their Guns
There are 10 firearms deaths per 100,000 people - more than twice the rate of the US - despite the fact there is just one legal firearms dealer in the entire country.
Even amid this carnage, the recent abduction of 43 college students made headlines not just nationwide but around the world.
The victims were attacked by officers in the southern city of Iguala after demonstrations there.
Prosecutors say they were handed over by corrupt police officers to a drugs gang that killed them and burnt their bodies.
By Stuart Ramsay, Chief Correspondent, in Mexico City
A Mexican hitman, who claims to have killed as many as 900 people, has told Sky News how the police and the military are often involved in the planning and execution of his murders.
"Carlos" has been a paid killer for more than 25 years - working for drug cartels, politicians and the military.
We met the hitman in Tepito market - one of the most dangerous places in the whole of Mexico City, despite being at the heart of its smartest district.
The assassin said the network of cartel power is so entrenched in society and powered by so much money that it is unstoppable.
"On some occasions, we have to go to places where weapons are not allowed and then they (police) meet us.
Video:Narco State: Mexico's Drugs War
"They take us to a hotel and they provide all the weapons that we may need, money and everything so that one can do the job one has to do."
The abduction of 43 students last September has forced Mexico into confronting its crime problems.
Carlos believes that the students are already dead, and uses a chilling example from his own experience to explain why he is so certain.
Video:Sky News Talks To A Mexican Hitman
"Let me tell you a story. Some protestors came. We let them in and then we closed the road, we closed the entrance, we closed the exit. When they were stuck in the middle we killed them all," he recounted.
"Then a (rubbish) truck from the army came and collected them all. Then street sweeper machines went past. They opened the road again, as if nothing had happened.
"The students are dead, it is more convenient. For kidnapping you get 160 years, for killing its 35. It's a huge difference, don't you think?"
Video:Where The Cartels Get Their Guns
Mexico is described by many as a "Narco State", where government and civil society appear powerless against drug money, cartels, corruption and terrible violence - committed on an almost daily basis.
This country bordering the United States and Central America has become a transit point for drugs across the world.
The revenues are mind-blowing - tens of billions of dollars a year.
Video:Mexico City's Tepito Market
The demand for what it can deliver to affluent societies is insatiable.
It is the root of the problem of course, and widespread poverty, combined with the need to make a living, are the crumbling foundations of a state teetering on the edge of disaster.
Mexico is in trouble. It is failing. A black market culture where anything can be bought is all-pervading. Nobody is above this. Absolutely nobody.
Written By Unknown on Jumat, 12 Desember 2014 | 18.46
Mexico's drug trade is worth between $19 and $29bn (£12.1 and £18.5bn) a year in cash - but takes an immeasurably greater toll in human lives and misery.
Some 90% of the cocaine bound for the US goes through the country, which shares a long border with its northern neighbour.
The narcotics industry makes up between 3-4% of the country's GDP, and employs half a million people.
Murder - even mass murder - is relatively commonplace. On average, someone dies a drugs-related death every half an hour.
There have been more than 132,000 kidnappings since 2006, and the government lists a total of 22,322 people as missing.
Video:Where The Gangs Get Their Guns
There are 10 firearms deaths per 100,000 people - more than twice the rate of the US - despite the fact there is just one legal firearms dealer in the entire country.
Even amid this carnage, the recent abduction of 43 college students made headlines not just nationwide but around the world.
The victims were attacked by officers in the southern city of Iguala after demonstrations there.
Prosecutors say they were handed over by corrupt police officers to a drugs gang that killed them and burnt their bodies.
The CIA's spymaster has disavowed abusive techniques used by his agency in interrogating suspects after 9/11, while staunchly defending his officers.
During a rare news conference at the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, John Brennan said: "In a limited number of cases, agency officers used interrogation techniques that had not been authorised, were abhorrent and rightly should be repudiated by all.
"And we fell short when it came to holding some officers accountable for their mistakes."
But he said the "overwhelming majority" of his interrogators acted appropriately and "did what they were asked to do in the service of our nation".
Mr Brennan was addressing a Senate report that detailed the US intelligence agency's "brutal" treatment of al Qaeda suspects in a network of secret prisons around the world.
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He told Thursday's news conference the programme was ordered at a time when the US feared more terrorist attacks.
"There were no easy answers," he said.
"And whatever your views are on EITs (enhanced interrogation techniques)… the agency did a lot of things right during this difficult time to keep this country safe and secure."
Sky News' Dominic Waghorn in Washington says the spymaster chose his words carefully, but they will sound mealy-mouthed and disingenuous to CIA critics.
For instance, Mr Brennan said it was "unknowable" whether EITs managed to extract useful intelligence from terrorism suspects.
But he also said the interrogations did help locate Osama bin Laden, while arguing it was unclear if such intelligence could have been gleaned without such methods.
Mr Brennan said that as far as he was aware only three detainees were waterboarded, though the Senate report asserted the number could have been higher.
As he spoke, Senator Dianne Feinstein went online to issue a point-by-point rebuttal of his arguments.
Video:Torture Produces Bad Intelligence
"No evidence that terror attacks were stopped, terrorists captured or lives saved through use of EITs. #ReadTheReport," she tweeted.
Under the programme, detainees were beaten, repeatedly waterboarded and subjected to medically unnecessary "rectal feeding" and "rectal rehydration". One detainee froze to death.
President Barack Obama, who halted his predecessor George W Bush's programme when he came to office, has said the practices were contrary to US values.
But Mr Bush's Vice President Dick Cheney robustly defended the programme on Wednesday night.
"The report's full of crap," he told Fox News, while conceding he had not read it.
The Senate intelligence committee concluded in Tuesday's report that the CIA deliberately misled Congress and the White House about the value of the information its interrogators were gathering.
China and Iran, whose own human rights records have often been criticised by Washington, denounced the abuses, but so did some close US friends like Germany.
By Stuart Ramsay, Chief Correspondent, in Mexico City
A Mexican hitman, who claims to have killed as many as 900 people, has told Sky News how the police and the military are often involved in the planning and execution of his murders.
"Carlos" has been a paid killer for more than 25 years - working for drug cartels, politicians and the military.
We met the hitman in Tepito market - one of the most dangerous places in the whole of Mexico City, despite being at the heart of its smartest district.
The assassin said the network of cartel power is so entrenched in society and powered by so much money that it is unstoppable.
"On some occasions, we have to go to places where weapons are not allowed and then they (police) meet us.
Video:Sky News Talks To A Mexican Hitman
"They take us to a hotel and they provide all the weapons that we may need, money and everything so that one can do the job one has to do."
The abduction of 43 students last September has forced Mexico into confronting its crime problems.
Carlos believes that the students are already dead, and uses a chilling example from his own experience to explain why he is so certain.
Video:Where The Cartels Get Their Guns
"Let me tell you a story. Some protestors came. We let them in and then we closed the road, we closed the entrance, we closed the exit. When they were stuck in the middle we killed them all," he recounted.
"Then a (rubbish) truck from the army came and collected them all. Then street sweeper machines went past. They opened the road again, as if nothing had happened.
"The students are dead, it is more convenient. For kidnapping you get 160 years, for killing its 35. It's a huge difference, don't you think?"
Video:Mexico City's Tepito Market
Mexico is described by many as a "Narco State", where government and civil society appear powerless against drug money, cartels, corruption and terrible violence - committed on an almost daily basis.
This country bordering the United States and Central America has become a transit point for drugs across the world.
The revenues are mind-blowing - tens of billions of dollars a year.
Written By Unknown on Kamis, 11 Desember 2014 | 18.46
Mexico's drug trade is worth between $19 and $29bn (£12.1 and £18.5bn) a year in cash - but takes an immeasurably greater toll in human lives and misery.
Some 90% of the cocaine bound for the US goes through the country, which shares a long border with its northern neighbour.
The narcotics industry makes up between 3-4% of the country's GDP, and employs half a million people.
Murder - even mass murder - is relatively commonplace. On average, someone dies a drugs-related death every half an hour.
There have been more than 132,000 kidnappings since 2006, and the government lists a total of 22,322 people as missing.
Video:Where The Gangs Get Their Guns
There are 10 firearms deaths per 100,000 people - more than twice the rate of the US - despite the fact there is just one legal firearms dealer in the entire country.
Even amid this carnage, the recent abduction of 43 college students made headlines not just nationwide but around the world.
The victims were attacked by officers in the southern city of Iguala after demonstrations there.
Prosecutors say they were handed over by corrupt police officers to a drugs gang that killed them and burnt their bodies.
In the hills above the town of Iguala, a group of families gather to start a search for new mass graves. They have already found three.
Above them, vultures swoop and turn in the deep blue skies.
Dogs had started turning up in nearby villages with human body parts.
Mexico has been in the grip of a staggering crime wave that saw, by some estimates, 120,000 people killed in the six years to 2012.
Another 27,000 people are missing. Rounded up by local police, they were handed to one of the country's notorious cartel gangs and "disappeared": a common expression succinct in its accurate brevity.
Video:'My Family Have Never Appeared'
The families of the local "disappeared" know they are in the right place.
After about 20 minutes, another grave is identified. The searchers madly hack at the earth before a local forensics officer asks them to stop.
In the tearful exchange that follows the family members give a sense of their anger and outrage.
They berate the officer for the failings of the government, for the rampant corruption and the overarching power of the drug gangs.
"Young man, you get to finish your shift then you get to go. We can't, we have to stay here, we can't move from here," a woman shouts through her tears, pointing at the grave.
Video:Mexico's Mass Grave Sites
"We demand that the government come and take them out (of the ground). That they stop treating us like idiots, because that is what they have treated us like.
"People's family members are here, whether it be a brother or sister or child, they have to come and get them out."
It is heartbreaking stuff to witness. The testimonies of "disappeared" family members are uniformly upsetting and almost endless. So many people are affected it's remarkable.
The enormous illegal drug industry is to varying degrees at the root of everything.
The fate of the "disappeared" has exploded onto the national psyche once again after the abduction and probable murder of 43 students in September.
Video:'He Gave His Life For His Family'
The problem for the government is the growing evidence of police and military collusion in this apparently unstoppable cycle of death.
In Iguala, for example, local villagers say that trucks bringing the latest victims of the violence passed their houses along roads closed by the police.
In their desperate attempt to recover their lost relatives, hundreds queue to give blood for DNA tests that may prove a link to bodies recovered from the hills.
They do not trust the government so an independent charity is on hand to guarantee the process.
A total of 170 families have come forward in the first couple of days of the testing process. That equates to between 400 and 500 "disappeared" people.
Video:'This Could Add Up To Thousands'
But this is a tiny town. State-wide and nationwide it runs into tens of thousands of dead people. Killed, often for no reason whatsoever.
The stories of the disappeared are all different; but they are linked by the involvement of crime gangs, law enforcement and the government often working hand in hand.
Susane is the wife of a senior police officer. He disappeared after a meeting with a cartel lieutenant. He was told his entire extended family would die if he failed to turn up.
She and he knew they would never see each other again.
"We knew it was either him or the family. He warned us he might not be coming back alive, that this was probably the last time we would see each other," she told me in the calm surroundings of a church.
Video:Police Pressure On Kidnappers
"He thought he was the one who had to say goodbye to the family. He only asked for a blessing. We gave it to him. We kept pleading with him, but he didn't listen."
He has not been seen since.
:: You can watch an extended special report on the drugs cartels that are tearing Mexico apart, Narco State: Mexico's Drugs War, at 7.30pm on Friday, 5.30am and 4.30pm on Saturday, and 3.30am, 2.30pm and 8.30pm on Sunday.
Watch the report on on Sky channel 501, Virgin Media channel 602, Freeview channel 132 and Freesat channel 202.
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Hong Kong police have moved in on the main pro-democracy protest camp and started clearing tents.
A number of arrests have been made, with one protester reportedly shouting "We want democracy. We'll be back," as he was carried away.
Protesters were warned to disperse from the site or face arrest, in what is likely to be a final showdown after more than two months of demonstrations by the Occupy Central movement.
"Police will lock down the occupied area and set up a police cordon area ... If anyone refuses to leave police will take action to disperse or arrest," said senior officer Kwok Pak-chung.
Bailiffs started dismantling barricades at the Admiralty site
Protesters were allowed to leave the site - made up of tents, art installations and supply stalls and stretching for a kilometre along the highway - during the 30-minute lockdown.
Bailiffs armed with cutters and pliers moved in first to remove barricades around the camp in the heart of the business district, but despite the police ultimatum a hardcore of a few hundred refused to leave.
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Gallery: Officials Begin Clearing Student Protest Site In Admiralty Area
A demonstrator kneels down after she was blocked out by police cordon outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong
Singer and actress Denise Ho is taken away by policewomen from an area previously blocked by pro-democracy supporters
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There are fears that radical splinter groups will dig in for a last stand, after violent demonstrations outside a government building at the end of November.
The remaining crowds shouted their demands for free leadership elections, and vowed the clearance would not end the campaign, which has left relations with Beijing on a knife-edge.
Protesters were joined by more than 20 pro-democracy lawmakers and other prominent figures ahead of the police action.
Video:23 Oct: The Umbrellas Explained
Media mogul Jimmy Lai, a fierce critic of Beijing, said he would stay at the site "until I am arrested".
He said: "Definitely you will miss the people you have spent over two months with, other than that we're looking forward to the next one."
Pro-demovcracy lawmaker Claudia Mo said: "This is not the end of the movement. The political awakening amongst the young is irreversible and we will fight on."
Video:Young Lead Hong Kong Democracy Call
The Admiralty site has been the focal point of protests since September, after China's Communist authorities insisted that candidates in Hong Kong's 2017 leadership election would have to be vetted by a loyalist committee.
Hong Kong's leadership had warned they would take "resolute action" against any protesters who resisted the clearance, which they said was being carried out to restore public order and reopen roads.
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Hong Kong Police Clear Democracy Protest Camp
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Hong Kong police have moved in on the main pro-democracy protest camp and started clearing tents.
A number of arrests have been made, with one protester reportedly shouting "We want democracy. We'll be back," as he was carried away.
Protesters were warned to disperse from the site or face arrest, in what is likely to be a final showdown after more than two months of demonstrations by the Occupy Central movement.
"Police will lock down the occupied area and set up a police cordon area ... If anyone refuses to leave police will take action to disperse or arrest," said senior officer Kwok Pak-chung.
Bailiffs started dismantling barricades at the Admiralty site
Protesters were allowed to leave the site - made up of tents, art installations and supply stalls and stretching for a kilometre along the highway - during the 30-minute lockdown.
Bailiffs armed with cutters and pliers moved in first to remove barricades around the camp in the heart of the business district, but despite the police ultimatum a hardcore of a few hundred refused to leave.
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Gallery: Officials Begin Clearing Student Protest Site In Admiralty Area
A demonstrator kneels down after she was blocked out by police cordon outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong
Singer and actress Denise Ho is taken away by policewomen from an area previously blocked by pro-democracy supporters
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A policeman overturns a table as part of the clear up
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A demonstrator is taken away
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There are fears that radical splinter groups will dig in for a last stand, after violent demonstrations outside a government building at the end of November.
The remaining crowds shouted their demands for free leadership elections, and vowed the clearance would not end the campaign, which has left relations with Beijing on a knife-edge.
Protesters were joined by more than 20 pro-democracy lawmakers and other prominent figures ahead of the police action.
Video:23 Oct: The Umbrellas Explained
Media mogul Jimmy Lai, a fierce critic of Beijing, said he would stay at the site "until I am arrested".
He said: "Definitely you will miss the people you have spent over two months with, other than that we're looking forward to the next one."
Pro-demovcracy lawmaker Claudia Mo said: "This is not the end of the movement. The political awakening amongst the young is irreversible and we will fight on."
Video:Young Lead Hong Kong Democracy Call
The Admiralty site has been the focal point of protests since September, after China's Communist authorities insisted that candidates in Hong Kong's 2017 leadership election would have to be vetted by a loyalist committee.
Hong Kong's leadership had warned they would take "resolute action" against any protesters who resisted the clearance, which they said was being carried out to restore public order and reopen roads.
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Written By Unknown on Selasa, 09 Desember 2014 | 18.46
South African prosecutors have argued that Oscar Pistorius' five-year jail term for manslaughter is "shockingly inappropriate" as they try to secure a longer sentence for the athlete.
The Olympian was not in court to hear prosecutor Gerrie Nel argue that Judge Thokozile Masipa misinterpreted the law when she ruled he did not intentionally shoot Steenkamp.
Mr Nel said: "The precedent set by this court is shockingly low."
Defence counsel Barry Roux said the state had failed to show that the court had made a legal rather than factual error, so the conviction and sentence handed to Pistorius should stand.
Pistorius killed Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day in 2013
The judge listened to arguments from both lawyers for almost three hours and said she would consider the legal issues before making a judgement on Wednesday.
Ahead of the hearing, Reeva Steenkamp's mother told Sky News she hopes the appeal process will help her get the truth about her daughter's death.
Video:Pistorius Trial: The Sentence
June Steenkamp said an increase in the athlete's sentence will not make much difference to her family, but she hoped further court hearings might help bring together "missing pieces of the puzzle" surrounding the night he shot and killed her daughter.
She told Sky's Special Correspondent Alex Crawford: "Anything that can get the truth is fine by me, but it won't actually have anything to do with me.
"I have no influence about it, they're going to be discussing the judge's decision, which I just didn't feel... was suitable."
She said the long murder trial had not provided the answers she had hoped for.
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Gallery: Reeva Steenkamp's Life In Pictures
Reeva Steenkamp, 29, was born in Cape Town and grew up in Port Elizabeth. She went to a convent school and studied law. She was a keen horse rider until she broke her back
She moved to Johannesburg from Cape Town to model for Avon cosmetics. In 2012, Reeva was voted number 45 in the South African FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World poll
Moments after Shrien Dewani was ruled not guilty of murder, his wife Anni's family told Sky News: "The justice system has failed us."
Ms Dewani's sister Ami Denborg was in tears as she spoke to Sky News Special Correspondent Alex Crawford outside the court in Cape Town.
And later, in an interview with Sky News Tonight, Ms Denborg and her brother Anish Hindocha explained why the family was so distraught that a judge had decided to throw out the case against Mr Dewani without him even being called to give evidence.
"We don't care if he's innocent or guilty, we just want to know what happened to Anni," said Ms Denborg.
Shrien Dewani appeared to breathe a sigh of relief after the verdict
"The only way to find out was to hear Shrien under cross-examination under oath telling his version of events. That right has just been taken away from us.
"We've been patient because we had hoped we'd get to the truth but today we just don't know what to think - we were so disappointed and so sad because this means we'll never, ever get to find out."
Video:Reaction From Anni's Sister Ami
Asked how the family had coped since Anni was murdered in 2010, her brother added: "It's been very tough for our family. We've had four years of hell, literally.
"To see my parents wake up at 3am or 4am every day is a nightmare. What we're trying to do is be strong in front of them but it's been very difficult to cope with."
After the trial collapsed, Ms Denborg struggled to contain her emotions as she read a family statement.
Video:Shrien Dewani's Family 'Very Happy'
Her brother collapsed in tears as she said: "The knowledge of not knowing is going to haunt us for the rest of our lives.
"We had four years of sleepless nights and we will never be able to sleep."
Mr Dewani had declared himself a bisexual on the first day of his trial - something Anni and her family had not known.
Video:Anger Outside Court After Verdict
Her uncle Ashok Hindocha said Ms Dewani would never have agreed to the marriage if she had known about her husband's "secret sex life" and confirmed the family would speak to lawyers about bringing a civil case against Mr Dewani in the UK.
Mr Hindocha added: "As far as Anni's grief-stricken parents are concerned, they would not wish the torture they have endured onto any other mother of father.
"They will live forever with the warm and magical memories of Anni, but these memories will always be tinged with the pain of the fact that closure has not been afforded them."
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Mr Dewani's family hugged and cried tears of joy after the verdict was announced.
A relative who spoke through the intercom at the family's home in Bristol told Sky News: "We are very happy."
Nathi Mncube, a spokesman for South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority, said he believed the authorities were right to pursue the case, despite anger at the amount of taxpayers' money spent to bring Mr Dewani before the court.
Video:Judge Dismisses Dewani Charge
He said: "Obviously, we are very disappointed with the outcome today. When we started with the trial this is not what we set out to achieve.
"We believed there was evidence, otherwise we would not have taken the case to court."
Emotions were also running high on the steps of the courthouse, where a lobby group chanted: "Justice for Anni."
Shrien Dewani has boarded a flight out of South Africa after being cleared of plotting his wife's death on their honeymoon.
The case against the 34-year-old was thrown out by Judge Jeanette Traverso, who ruled that prosecution arguments fell "far below" the level needed for a conviction for the murder of Anni Dewani.
Mr Dewani arrived at Cape Town airport with members of his family and they boarded an Emirates flight to Dubai.
It is believed they will take a connecting flight from there to Britain.
The businessman could face a civil case from Anni Dewani's family
Sky's Special Correspondent Alex Crawford said the businessman, who made no comment, looked "very well" and "very relaxed" despite the chaotic scenes as he was surrounded by dozens of photographers.
He "looked very different to the man who appeared in the dock" on Monday, Crawford added.
Video:Dewani Expected To Return To UK
"He had a full police escort, with at least half a dozen police officers around him. He refused to answer any questions. He looked extremely well," she said.
Mr Dewani, of Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, had denied any involvement in the murder of his 28-year-old wife.
He said she was killed during a botched carjacking during their Cape Town honeymoon in November 2010.
The dismissal of the case led to angry scenes outside court as Mrs Dewani's family criticised the South African justice system.
In a statement read outside the court, the Hindocha family said: "The knowledge of not knowing is going to haunt us for the rest of our lives."
Mrs Dewani's sister Ami Denborg told Sky's Alex Crawford: "The justice system has failed us."
Video:Family 'So Sad And Disappointed'
The family say they will review the case with their lawyers to see if they can file a civil lawsuit against Mr Dewani in the UK.
Three men - Zola Tongo, Mziwamadoda Qwabe and gunman Xolile Mngeni - have already been convicted over Mrs Dewani's murder.
Qwabe is currently serving a 25-year sentence. Mngeni was serving life for firing the shot that killed Mrs Dewani, but died from a brain tumour in October.
But Judge Traverso said chief prosecution witness cab driver Tongo's claims about the murder were "riddled with contradictions" and "highly debatable".
Prosecutors claimed Dewani, who is bisexual, wanted to leave the relationship and arranged the carjacking during the couple's trip to South Africa.
But Dewani's defence team argued the case against him was weak.
Written By Unknown on Senin, 08 Desember 2014 | 18.46
It took the South African authorities four years to get the Anni Dewani case to trial, only for a judge to throw it out after two months.
Shrien Dewani has always denied any involvement in the murder of his wife in Cape Town in 2010.
Judge Jeanette Traverso ruled that the case should be dismissed, saying there was no reasonable evidence that a court could convict the accused.
Here are some of the contributing factors behind her decision.
The credibility of Zola Tongo's and other witnesses' evidence:
Zola Tongo's evidence was not deemed reliable
Zola Tongo was the state's star witness and agreed to testify against Mr Dewani as part of a plea bargain.
The taxi driver was jailed for 18 years in 2010 for his part in the murder of Anni Dewani and claimed he was paid just over £1,000 to arrange the murder.
CCTV revealed in court showed Mr Dewani and Tongo locked in conversation at the hotel a few days before the murder.
Tongo claims Mr Dewani asked him if he knew anyone that could "have a client of his taken off the scene".
However, Judge Traverso said Tongo's evidence was "riddled with contradictions".
She said he had changed his version of events frequently when under cross-examination.
He admitted he made mistakes in relaying to police how the new bride was murdered.
Judge Traverso said his "evidence was of such a poor quality, one does not know when the lies end and when the truth begins".
She also said it soon emerged under cross-examination that witness Mziwamadoda Qwabe, who has also pleaded guilty to the murder, was a self-confessed liar.
The evidence of Monde Mblolombo, a hotel worker granted immunity from prosecution, was also discredited.
Evidence about Shrien Dewani's private life ruled inadmissible:
Evidence from Mr Dewani's private life could not be used
In a sensational admission at the beginning of the trial, Mr Dewani admitted having physical relationships with male prostitutes.
He also admitted surfing gay dating websites the day after his bride's body was found.
Veteran South African lawyer, Mannie Witz, who followed the trial, said: "The defence seized on that immediately and said 'you can't attack his character and his sexuality'. And the judge said 'I think the defence are right, I don't want to hear anything more'."
The prosecution had been relying very heavily on this evidence and it was a big blow to them when the judge told them this type of 'character evidence' was inadmissible.
In court the care home owner from Bristol claimed he was in love with the 28-year-old - despite being bisexual.
But in an interview before the trial, Anni's sister Ami Denborg said the relationship was up and down.
CCTV recorded on the night she was killed does seem to show a young couple in love.
Their picture is taken by hotel staff and later they sit with their arms draped around each other.
Shrien Dewani's side of the story:
Anish Hindocha gave a news conference last week
Mr Dewani, 34, maintained his innocence throughout the case and said he had been suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder since the murder.
The South African authorities spent a lot of time and money arranging his extradition ahead of the trial.
Anni's family claimed Mr Dewani had insisted throughout the case that he would clear his name and that his legal team had promised the court dozens of times he would give his own version of events.
The family have waited years for answers, but Mr Dewani has never been cross-examined.
Last week Anni's brother, Anish Hindocha, called a news conference on behalf of his family and begged Mr Dewani to "tell the world what happened the night she died".
Mr Hindocha said: "My message is simple: Don't let Shrien Dewani walk away without giving us, South Africa and people all over the world the full story."
Now that the case has collapsed they may never know the full facts.
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Video:Thousands Flee Homes As Winds Hit
By Ian Woods, Senior Correspondent, in Batangas
More communities in the Philippines are being evacuated as Typhoon Hagupit moves across the country, causing flooding and power cuts, but relatively minor casualties.
At least 21 people have been killed and around a million people fled their homes fearing another disaster on the scale of Typhoon Haiyan the year before.
More than 7,000 died in the biggest typhoon ever recorded on land, but the latest storm weakened as it closed in on the Philippines.
The driving wind and rain will cause problems for several days as the slow moving storm makes its way across the country, now travelling at only 6mph (10kph).
In Batangas City, a normally busy port south of the capital Manila, hundreds of trucks are parked up at the side of the road because it is too dangerous for ferries to operate.
The authorities in the city have opened 14 shelters to look after some of its poorest residents who live in shanty towns close to the sea.
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Gallery: Deadly Typhoon Batters Philippines
A house destroyed by Typhoon Hagupit in Can-avid, Samar, in central Philippines. The powerful storm killed at least 21 people dead and forced more than a million people into shelters
Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos have been able to return to their homes, but many others still remain in shelters. Continue through for more images
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Hagupit has been moving across a string of island provinces and is set to be near the capital, Manila by early Tuesday, forecasters say
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Evacuees at a school turned into an evacuation centre in Manila
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Residents look at debris from destroyed houses in Tacloban
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The chief emergency coordinator, Superintendent Romel Tradio, told Sky News: "These families were situated in the so-called high-risk areas - low-lying areas.
"We have to evacuate them in anticipation of storm surge and flash floods. We are very happy that these people were very cooperative."
People are used to emergency evacuations during typhoons but are ever more willing to comply this year after seeing what happened in last year's catastrophe.
The current forecast path means Batangas may take the full force of storm, but the estimated wind speeds have now been scaled down to 105kph (65mph).
Video:Typhoon Forces Families To Flee
City engineer Adela Hernandez monitored CCTV images from around the city, and kept track of the storm on satellite images.
She said: "Because of the storm last year, the people of Batangas City are very much aware."
More than 2,500 people are currently being looked after.
At one such shelter in a school, 120 families have taken refuge.
Video:Nov 2013: Man's Search For Family
Some have brought their own food to cook on open fires in the playground, while others are reliant on handouts from the council.
Local councillor Nerma Bustos said: "We are very much prepared because we are always doing this every time there is a typhoon.
"People living in the coastal areas are always coming here in our elementary school so we can cater for them and give them shelter and food.
"They come here for safety reasons. They don't have their own homes, they are living in shanties. Here they are safe."
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Video:Thousands Flee Homes As Winds Hit
By Ian Woods, Senior Correspondent, in Batangas
More communities in the Philippines are being evacuated as Typhoon Hagupit moves across the country, causing flooding and power cuts, but relatively minor casualties.
At least 21 people have been killed and around a million people fled their homes fearing another disaster on the scale of Typhoon Haiyan the year before.
More than 7,000 died in the biggest typhoon ever recorded on land, but the latest storm weakened as it closed in on the Philippines.
The driving wind and rain will cause problems for several days as the slow moving storm makes its way across the country, now travelling at only 6mph (10kph).
In Batangas City, a normally busy port south of the capital Manila, hundreds of trucks are parked up at the side of the road because it is too dangerous for ferries to operate.
The authorities in the city have opened 14 shelters to look after some of its poorest residents who live in shanty towns close to the sea.
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Gallery: Deadly Typhoon Batters Philippines
A house destroyed by Typhoon Hagupit in Can-avid, Samar, in central Philippines. The powerful storm killed at least 21 people dead and forced more than a million people into shelters
Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos have been able to return to their homes, but many others still remain in shelters. Continue through for more images
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Hagupit has been moving across a string of island provinces and is set to be near the capital, Manila by early Tuesday, forecasters say
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Evacuees at a school turned into an evacuation centre in Manila
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Residents look at debris from destroyed houses in Tacloban
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The chief emergency coordinator, Superintendent Romel Tradio, told Sky News: "These families were situated in the so-called high-risk areas - low-lying areas.
"We have to evacuate them in anticipation of storm surge and flash floods. We are very happy that these people were very cooperative."
People are used to emergency evacuations during typhoons but are ever more willing to comply this year after seeing what happened in last year's catastrophe.
The current forecast path means Batangas may take the full force of storm, but the estimated wind speeds have now been scaled down to 105kph (65mph).
Video:Typhoon Forces Families To Flee
City engineer Adela Hernandez monitored CCTV images from around the city, and kept track of the storm on satellite images.
She said: "Because of the storm last year, the people of Batangas City are very much aware."
More than 2,500 people are currently being looked after.
At one such shelter in a school, 120 families have taken refuge.
Video:Nov 2013: Man's Search For Family
Some have brought their own food to cook on open fires in the playground, while others are reliant on handouts from the council.
Local councillor Nerma Bustos said: "We are very much prepared because we are always doing this every time there is a typhoon.
"People living in the coastal areas are always coming here in our elementary school so we can cater for them and give them shelter and food.
"They come here for safety reasons. They don't have their own homes, they are living in shanties. Here they are safe."
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There have been angry scenes outside court after the case against Shrien Dewani, who was accused of plotting to murder his wife Anni on their honeymoon, was dismissed.
Judge Jeanette Traverso said prosecution arguments had "fallen far below" the level needed to secure a conviction, paving the way for Mr Dewani's acquittal.
Mr Dewani, of Westbury-on-Trym near Bristol, denied arranging the murder, and said his 28-year-old bride, whose maiden name was Hindocha, was killed during a botched carjacking in Cape Town in November 2010.
The Hindocha family claimed after the ruling that the South African justice system has failed them.
In a statement outside court, they said: "We feel really, really sad because we have not heard the full story. Shrien lived a double life."
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Mr Dewani, who is now free to return to the UK, breathed a large sigh of relief as the judge cleared him.
Members of the 34-year-old's family wept and embraced as he quickly left the dock.
Anni's family bowed their heads as shouting was heard from the public gallery.
The state's key witness, cab driver Zola Tongo said Mr Dewani paid him to hire two men to carry out the murder.
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Gallery: Dewani: Angry Scenes Outside Court
The family of Anni Dewani leave the court in Cape Town after a judge threw out the case against Shrien Dewani
Siblings of Anni Dewani - Ami Denborg and Anish Hindocha - leave the court
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At least one of the 43 college students abducted in Mexico has been identified among charred remains found near a landfill site, an official has confirmed.
Forensic specialists from Argentina and Austria have been examining body parts found in mass graves and a rubbish dump in southwestern Mexico.
The disappearance of the 43 students has sparked fury in Mexico
The remains are reported to be those of Alexander Mora.
Fellow student Omar Garcia, who was with Mr Mora's father when he learned the fate of his son, said: "He will never give up.
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"He will never get over his pain, but what he wants to tell all of you, and what we all want to say is this: We want justice."
The trainee teachers went missing on September 26 after clashes with police in the southern city of Iguala, that claimed the lives of six people.
The attorney general has said they were attacked by officers on the orders of the city's mayor Jose Luis Abarca, who has since been arrested.
Prosecutors say the 43 students were then handed over by corrupt police to a drug gang, that killed them and burnt their bodies.
Three suspected gang members have confessed to carrying out the massacre.
Investigators have recovered only small fragments of bones to identify the victims.
The disappearance of the students at the hands of a corrupt public official, and the slow response of the federal authorities to the outrage has sparked a furious backlash cross Mexico.
Tens of thousands have taken to the streets in protest, with some calling for President Enrique Pena Nieto to resign.
The case has come to signify the abuse of authority and corruption which is rife in Mexican society.
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Video:Typhoon Hagupit Reaches Philippines
A powerful typhoon has slammed into eastern Philippines, where 650,000 people have fled to safety in one of the largest peacetime evacuations in the nation's history.
Gusts of 130mph have been recorded alongside sustained winds of 109mph.
The typhoon made landfall on Saturday night in central Eastern Samar province - but the centre of the storm remains several hours away.
The winds, as well as pounding rain, has knocked out power lines and toppled trees in the town of Dolores.
The military is on full alert as the centre of the storm sweeps in
Senior Inspector Alex Robin said: "We are totally in the dark here. The only light comes from flashlights."
The Philippines' 120,000-strong military is on alert to respond to a possible catastrophe.
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Gallery: Philippines Braces For Huge Typhoon
People take shelter inside a church after evacuating their homes due to super-typhoon Hagupit in Tacloban city, central Philippines
Ports are shut, leaving thousands of travelers stranded, and some local authorities ordered forced evacuations as super-typhoon Hagupit swept towards eastern coasts of the island nation
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Meteorologists from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) monitor and plot the direction of super typhoon Hagupit
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Known locally as Ruby, the storm will bear down on the Philipinnes this weekend
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Residents with their belongings wait for a government vehicle to bring them to the evacuation center in Tacloban city
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General Gregorio Pio Catapang said: "We're on red alert, so the entire armed forces is being mobilised for this typhoon."
Meanwhile, Interior Secretary Mar Roxas tried to calm anxious families, and urged for as much preventative action to be taken as possible. The winds are strong enough to trigger deadly storm surges and landslides.
In a televised address, he said: "This is it. I know you are tired, not enough sleep, not enough food, too much coffee. But this is our last push. Every person we can save now is one less we have to look for after the typhoon passes."
Troops have been deployed to supermarkets and major roads to prevent looting and clear debris.
The UN says the evacuation is one of the largest in Philippine history.
Nearly 100 domestic flights have been cancelled and inter-island ferry services suspended, leaving thousands of people stranded.
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Gallery: Before And After Images
View of the entrance to San Roque Elementary School in Leyte, Philippines
The same view one year on
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The region is still haunted by the destruction wrought by Typhoon Haiyan, which left 7,300 people dead or missing last November.
Eastern Samar province representative Ben Evardone said: "Everybody is in fear because of what happened during Haiyan. We can already feel the wrath of the typhoon. Everybody is praying."
Forecasters had been predicting that the typhoon would follow a more southern route, and have warned that its path is unpredictable.
Blanche Gobenciong, a regional disaster-response director, said: "We have a zero-casualty target. Just one loss of life will really sadden us all and make us wonder what went wrong."
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Typhoon Hagupit Slams Into Philippines
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Video:Typhoon Hagupit Reaches Philippines
A powerful typhoon has slammed into eastern Philippines, where 650,000 people have fled to safety in one of the largest peacetime evacuations in the nation's history.
Gusts of 130mph have been recorded alongside sustained winds of 109mph.
The typhoon made landfall on Saturday night in central Eastern Samar province - but the centre of the storm remains several hours away.
The winds, as well as pounding rain, has knocked out power lines and toppled trees in the town of Dolores.
The military is on full alert as the centre of the storm sweeps in
Senior Inspector Alex Robin said: "We are totally in the dark here. The only light comes from flashlights."
The Philippines' 120,000-strong military is on alert to respond to a possible catastrophe.
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Gallery: Philippines Braces For Huge Typhoon
People take shelter inside a church after evacuating their homes due to super-typhoon Hagupit in Tacloban city, central Philippines
Ports are shut, leaving thousands of travelers stranded, and some local authorities ordered forced evacuations as super-typhoon Hagupit swept towards eastern coasts of the island nation
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Meteorologists from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) monitor and plot the direction of super typhoon Hagupit
]]>
Known locally as Ruby, the storm will bear down on the Philipinnes this weekend
]]>
Residents with their belongings wait for a government vehicle to bring them to the evacuation center in Tacloban city
]]>
General Gregorio Pio Catapang said: "We're on red alert, so the entire armed forces is being mobilised for this typhoon."
Meanwhile, Interior Secretary Mar Roxas tried to calm anxious families, and urged for as much preventative action to be taken as possible. The winds are strong enough to trigger deadly storm surges and landslides.
In a televised address, he said: "This is it. I know you are tired, not enough sleep, not enough food, too much coffee. But this is our last push. Every person we can save now is one less we have to look for after the typhoon passes."
Troops have been deployed to supermarkets and major roads to prevent looting and clear debris.
The UN says the evacuation is one of the largest in Philippine history.
Nearly 100 domestic flights have been cancelled and inter-island ferry services suspended, leaving thousands of people stranded.
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Gallery: Before And After Images
View of the entrance to San Roque Elementary School in Leyte, Philippines
The same view one year on
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The region is still haunted by the destruction wrought by Typhoon Haiyan, which left 7,300 people dead or missing last November.
Eastern Samar province representative Ben Evardone said: "Everybody is in fear because of what happened during Haiyan. We can already feel the wrath of the typhoon. Everybody is praying."
Forecasters had been predicting that the typhoon would follow a more southern route, and have warned that its path is unpredictable.
Blanche Gobenciong, a regional disaster-response director, said: "We have a zero-casualty target. Just one loss of life will really sadden us all and make us wonder what went wrong."
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North Korea has denied involvement in a cyber attack on Sony Pictures, but hailed it as a "righteous deed", possibly carried out by its supporters in protest at an upcoming film about Kim Jong-Un.
The interview, a comedy involving a fictional CIA plot to assassinate the leader of the isolated communist state, has infuriated Pyongyang, which has previously declared it an "act of war", and warned of "merciless retaliation".
The attack, by a group calling itself the Guardians Of Peace, crippled key systems at Sony Pictures, led to the disclosure of personal information about 47,000 employees, and saw blockbuster movies, including Second World War drama Fury starring Brad Pitt, being leaked online.
There has been speculation that the attack was Pyongyang's retaliation for the Sony movie.
North Korea's top military body, the National Defence Commission, rejected reports of its involvement as "false rumour", but criticised Sony for "abetting a terrorist act while hurting the dignity of the supreme leadership of the (North)".
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It told the state-run news agency: "The hacking into the Sony Pictures might be a righteous deed of the supporters and sympathisers with the (North) in response to its appeal."
Meanwhile, forensics experts hired by Sony to investigate the massive cyber attack at its Hollywood studio said the breach was unprecedented, well-planned and carried out by an "organised group".
However, no indication is given of who was behind the hacking campaign.
The company has faced accusations of poor security in the wake of the attack, underlined by the revelation that the media giant saved thousands of internal passwords in a folder called 'Passwords'.
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Gallery: Kim Jong-Un Inspecting Things
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un makes regular public appearances across the country
The state media follows him as he enjoys visits to factories, military installations and construction sites. Continue through for more pictures
