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Everest climbing season in disarray after deaths
April 25, 2014 KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal's attempts to salvage the Mount Everest climbing season took another hit Friday as more Sherpa mountain guides packed and left the base camp for their village homes a... more »»
Families of ferry's lost confront SKorea officials
April 25, 2014 JINDO, South Korea (AP) — Frustrated relatives of the scores of people still missing from the sinking of the ferry Sewol staged a marathon confrontation with the fisheries minister and the coast... more »»
South Korea ferry disaster may cloud Obama visit
April 25, 2014 TOKYO (AP) — When President Barack Obama arrives in South Korea on Friday, he will be thrust anew into the role of consoler in chief in a time of crisis, a responsibility he has become all too... more »»
Gunman kills 3 Americans at Kabul hospital
April 24, 2014 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Three Americans — a pediatrician and a father and son — were killed by an Afghan government security officer at a hospital Thursday, the latest in a series of attacks on... more »»
Czech man faces fine after near miss with train
April 24, 2014 PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) — Czech police say a man faces a fine after having a near miss with a train while walking over a level crossing. more »»
Vatican: Pope's private calls don't reflect policy
April 24, 2014 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — What Pope Francis may tell Catholics in private telephone conversations doesn't reflect church policy, the Vatican's spokesman said Thursday. more »»
Ukraine moves against insurgents in the east
April 24, 2014 SLOVYANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russia began new military exercises near its border with Ukraine, the defense minister announced Thursday, after Ukrainian forces launched an operation to drive... more »»
Timbuktu's storied mausoleums to rise from ruins
April 24, 2014 TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — Roofs are torn off, mud bricks are strewn about and walls barely rise from the desert dunes where Timbuktu's storied mausoleums once stood and are now in ruins. more »»
Activists say Syrian airstrikes in north kill 30
April 24, 2014 BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government airstrikes struck a vegetable market in a northern rebel-held town Thursday, killing at least 30 people and wounding scores of others, an activist group said. more »»
London school says students abused by US teacher
April 24, 2014 LONDON (AP) — A British private school said Thursday that images of between 50 and 60 of its students were found on the computer drive of an American suspected child predator who killed himself... more »»
South Korea ferry disaster may cloud Obama visit
April 24, 2014 TOKYO (AP) — When President Barack Obama arrives in South Korea on Friday, he will be thrust anew into the role of consoler in chief in a time of crisis, a responsibility he has become all too... more »»
Russia's Putin calls the Internet a 'CIA project'
April 24, 2014 MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called the Internet a CIA project and made comments about Russia's biggest search engine Yandex, sending the company's shares plummeting. more »»
Rebels kill 7 after voting in Indian elections
April 24, 2014 SRINAGAR, India (AP) — A major day of voting in the world's biggest elections was marred by violence Thursday as suspected rebels killed four paramilitary soldiers and three polling officials who... more »»
Martyrs, miracles and the stuff of making saints
April 24, 2014 VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Catholic Church makes saints to give the faithful role models. more »»
Israel halts peace talks with Palestinians
April 24, 2014 JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel broke off Mideast peace talks and brought the U.S. more »»
Activists say Syrian airstrikes in north kill 27
April 24, 2014 BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government airstrikes struck a vegetable market in a northern rebel-held town Thursday, killing at least 27 people and wounding scores of others, an activist group said. more »»
'Horror,' UN Sec. Council says at S Sudan massacre
April 24, 2014 NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Thursday expressed "horror" at the recent massacre of several hundred civilians in South Sudan, while the U.S. more »»
Ukraine launches operation against insurgents
April 24, 2014 SLOVYANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces launched an operation Thursday to drive pro-Russia insurgents out of occupied buildings in the country's tumultuous east, prompting new threats from... more »»
Ukraine kills 2, Russia ramps up exercises
April 24, 2014 SLOVYANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces moved in and killed at least two pro-Russia insurgents in the country's tumultuous east Thursday, an escalation that prompted new threats from Russian... more »»
Army: Airstrikes in Pakistan tribal region kill 37
April 24, 2014 KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani warplanes attacked insurgent hideouts in the tribal region near the Afghan border, killing 37 suspected militants and wounding 18, army officials said Thursday,... more »» |
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