Family of detained Briton asks Russia for release
LONDON (AP) — Relatives of a British freelance journalist jailed in Russia with a group of Greenpeace protesters have demonstrated outside Russia’s London embassy to call for the group’s release.…
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Germans: European spy agencies swap tech
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s foreign intelligence agency has confirmed a report that it regularly discusses technological developments with its European counterparts. But a spokesman denies a report in Britain’s Guardian…
Gay rights legislation gains bipartisan support
By DONNA CASSATA FILE – In this Oct. 12, 2013 file photo, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Proponents of a bill that would…
Colo. funeral set for astronaut Carpenter
By DAN ELLIOTTBOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Astronaut Scott Carpenter is being remembered by friends, family members and dignitaries at a funeral service in Colorado on Saturday. Carpenter, who grew up…
Who might succeed dead Pakistani Taliban leader
By The Associated Press FILE – In this Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009 file photo, Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, right, holds a rocket launcher with his comrades in Sararogha of…
French Foreign Ministry says 2 journalists for RFI radio kidnapped and killed in north Mali
Kidal is at the epicentre of a dispute between ethnic Tuareg nomads and most Malians, who are black Africans Continue reading the main story Related Stories Sahara kidnappings – big…
Brazilians demand information on Rio slum resident
Rocinha Pacifying Police Unit officers watch as demonstrators gather demanding to know the whereabouts of the mortal remains of Bricklayer Amarildo de Souza who disappeared while in police custody in…
Trial of Egypt’s Morsi fraught with risks
By SARAH EL DEEB A child of a supporter of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi wears a mask with the leader’s picture as people raise their hands with their four…