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Why convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius cannot admit he deliberately killed his girlfriend — even if that’s the truth. That admission would stop him being awarded a limited form of freedom on parole, says his parole lawyer.

30 March 2023 By Paul Martin

June Steenkamp, mother of the murdered Reeva, is demanding an admission by Oscar Pistorius that he knew it was Reeva he was shooting at. But Pistorius cannot accept June Steenkamp’s ‘s demand that he admit he killed her daughter in a rage, according to Pistorius’s parole lawyer. She is to confront him for the first time […]

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Going fast in the bazaars of post-invasion Iraq: rocket grenade launchers that can bring down a helicopter.

29 March 2023 By Paul Martin

The war in Iraq got rid of Saddam Hussein’s regime — but soon insurgents were able to cause instability and chaos. Our correspondent Paul Martin was shocked to discover he could buy rocket launchers and other weaponry at bazaars in Baghdad… and how easy it was to smuggle the weapons past checkpoints. Here is his […]

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Fired by NBC, hired by The Mirror. As Baghdad was falling 20 years ago, the legendary Peter Arnett thanks Correspondent.World’s editor Paul Martin and the ex-Mirror editor Piers Morgan.

21 March 2023 By Paul Martin

Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in the Vietnam War, legendary journalist Peter Arnett recalls witnessing theinvasion of Iraq from inside Baghdad, reveals the inside story of how he was fired then hired, and describes some of the US blunders, including the killing of three journalists. By Peter Arnett. Article and Photos Copyright Peter Arnett / Paul […]

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Mistake after mistake — by our Foreign Office chappies.

20 March 2023 By Paul Martin

British documentary film-maker and journalist Paul Martin, detained in Gaza in 2010, says the Foreign Office keeps making the same mistakes when dealing with academics or reporters locked up by tinpot dictatorships. He says the FCO’s incompetence or lack of care puts prisoners in danger. The wife of Matthew Hedges says the Foreign Office endangered the […]

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A very Russian coup that spelled the end for the USSR.

9 March 2023 By Paul Martin

“Soviet radio has announced that Mikhail Gorbachev has fallen ill and is remaining in his holiday dacha by the Black Sea.”

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Two Correspondent.World exclusives for The Mirror. Ten years since the Valentine’s Day murder of model Reeva Steenkamp by her ‘Blade Runner’ boyfriend, super-athlete Oscar Pistorius.

14 February 2023 By Paul Martin

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The great Pelé, dead at 82, had some great flaws. They involved dictators and racism.

3 January 2023 By Paul Martin

By Paul Martin, Exclusive. Pelé’s legacy has two very big shadows: his willingness to serve dictators and his astonishing silence on racism. Despite his humble origins and the racism of his society, Pelé often seemed willing to consort with hardline right-wingers — a stain on his otherwise demigod status. During the period of the military dictatorship […]

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The Vatican’s inquisitor battles child sex abuse by priests. It was a role headed by Benedict years before he became Pope. His ex-employee still has nightmares every day.

3 January 2023 By Paul Martin

By Paul Martin in Vatican City – World Exclusive. Whenever Monsignor John Kennedy leaves the office and steps onto the train home, it takes him about ten minutes to begin clearing his head.

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Pelé, dead at 82, was the world’s greatest footballing hero — ever. But the great Brazilian, known to many as ‘The King’, was not free from political controversy.

30 December 2022 By Paul Martin

Pele was fascinated when I asked for an interview. He must have given thousands before mine, but this was different. “You mean we’ll be talking directly on the Internet?” he gasped. In 1997 that was not just a novelty, it was historic. It was the first time any event had been internetted live.

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Panicked parents ‘add strain’ to Health Service.

6 December 2022 By Paul Martin

Hospitals and ambulance services are bracing themselves for a flood of unnecessary demands on their limited resources, now that the Government health authorities have sent out alerts about the alarming rise in the Group A Step disease.