20-year US-Russian nonproliferation program ends
By VITNIJA SALDAVA Representatives of participating companies sign containers with uranium to be used as fuel for nuclear reactors, prior to loading them aboard Atlantic Navigator ship, on a port…
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Eurozone recovery grinds to a near halt
By PAN PYLAS Lisbon municipal street cleaner Carlos Rodrigues pulls a hose as he works at Comercio square in downtown Lisbon, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Rodrigues, who earns the minimum…
Should students learn cursive? Some states say yes
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Jaeden Alvarez practices cursive writing at Cleveland K-6 School, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, in Dayton, Ohio. In years gone by, penmanship helped distinguish the literate from…
French parish priest kidnapped in north Cameroon
By ELAINE GANLEY RECROPPED VERSION OF REB103 – This July 2011handout photo provided by the Sceaux city hall, north of Paris, shows French kidnapped priest Georges Vandenbeusch. A French priest…
US companies eye Middle East airshow for sales
By AYA BATRAWY and JOSHUA FREED FILE – In this Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007 handout file photo provided by the Red Arrows, a formation of nine Royal Air Force Red…
After Nokia, a mobile games boom in Finland
By MATTI HUUHTANEN CEO Duane Atkins of Ezyinsights company poses at the leading company startup conference “Slush” event in Helsinki, Finland, on Wednesday Nov. 13, 2013. Finland has found there’s…
Egypt’s ousted president in solitary confinement
By MAGGIE MICHAEL Supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi raise his poster and a hand with four raised fingers, which has become a symbol of the Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque,…
3 killed in gas pipeline blast in Poland
Flames and smoke are billowing above rooftops and houses burning after a gas pipeline exploded during renovation works in Jankow Przygodzki, western Poland, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013. Several people were…