INDIAN POLICE ARREST 5 OVER SWISS TOURIST’S RAPE
By NIRMALA GEORGE Indian children participate in a protest against child abuse and rising crimes against women, in Bhubaneswar, India, Saturday, March 16, 2013. India has seen outrage and widespread…
Europe
JEWS IN GREECE MARK WWII NAZI DEPORTATION
By COSTAS KANTOURIS Survivors of the concentration camps, from left Moshe Haelion, Abraham Ashkenazi, Zana Santicario Saatsoglou, President of Thessalonikis Jewish community David Saltiel, and Israel Ambassador Arye Mekel hold…
MISSILE PLAN CHANGES MAY PROVIDE OPENING FOR TALKS
By DESMOND BUTLER Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, Friday, March 15, 2013, to announce that the Obama administration will add 14 interceptors to…
SLOW CHANGES: A STROLL THROUGH 4 PAPACIES
By VICTOR L. SIMPSON FILE – In this March 12, 1939 file photo, Pope Pius XII is being borne on his portable throne, the Sedia gestatoria, on his way to…
BAILOUT LENDERS GRANT PORTUGAL EASIER DEBT TARGETS
By BARRY HATTON Fernando Cruz, right, and Sandra Alves dismantle their clothes and accessories store after closing it down due to the lack of customers, in Lisbon, Monday, March 11,…
FRANCE READY TO ARM SYRIAN REBELS
By RAF CASERT French President Francois Hollande, right, speaks with the media as he arrives for an EU summit Brussels on Thursday, March 14, 2013. European Union heads of state…
PHYSICISTS SAY THEY HAVE FOUND A HIGGS BOSON
By JOHN HEILPRIN FILE – This 2011 image provided by CERN, shows a real CMS proton-proton collision in which four high energy electrons (green lines and red towers) are observed…
OBAMA SENDS PRAYERS, WARM WISHES TO NEW POPE
By JOSH LEDERMAN Pope Francis waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, who chose the…