SEIZURE OF NUNS STOKES SYRIAN CHRISTIAN FEARS
By LEE KEATH A Syrian acolyte girl listens to the sermon, during prayers for nuns held by rebels, at the Greek Orthodox Mariamiya Church in Damascus, Syria, Sunday Dec. 8,…
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AP REPORTER’S QUEST TO FIND BODIES ENDS IN DESERT
By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI In this July 23, 2013 photo, Sidi Fassoukoy, searching for his missing brother, covers his nose against the smell as he unearths the remains of two men…
6 DETAINED IN MEXICO THEFT OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON A cameraman films the radiation head that was part of a radiation therapy machine, in the patio of the family who found…
NY JUDGE: GOLDMAN SACHS SILENT ABOUT ROGUE TRADER
By TOM HAYS FILE- In this April 3, 2013 file photo, former Goldman Sachs trader Matthew Taylor leaves Manhattan federal court in New York. Taylor was sentenced to nine months…
ISRAEL ENDS PROBE OF PALESTINIAN PROTESTER’S DEATH
By IAN DEITCH FILE – In this Friday, Dec. 9, 2011 file photo, Palestinian protester Mustafa Tamimi falls on the ground after being injured by a tear gas canister fired…
NELSON MANDELA, 20TH CENTURY COLOSSUS, DIES AT 95
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA and MARCUS ELIASON FILE – In this March 17, 1997 file photo, South African President Nelson Mandela, left, shows the way to Britain’s Princess Diana in Cape…
MEXICO PLANS HOW TO SAFELY BOX UP RECOVERED COBALT
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Police agents cordon off an area in the village of Hueypoxtla, Mexico, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. Mexican troops and federal police kept a nighttime vigil guarding…
TORONTO MAYOR DENIES OFFERING TO BUY CRACK VIDEO
In this Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013 photo, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford watches the Buffalo Bills play the Atlanta Falcons during the first half of an NFL football game, in Toronto.…