POPE NAMES 19 NEW CARDINALS, FOCUSING ON THE POOR
By FRANCES D’EMILIO FILE – In this Nov. 30, 2013 file photo Vatican Secretary of State Archbishop Pietro Parolin waves to faithful prior to the start of Pope Francis’s Vespers…
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UKRAINE: OPPOSITION LEADER INJURED IN CLASHES
A riot police officer is blocked by pro-European Union activists near a Svyatoshin police station in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. Kiev has been the scene of massive pro-European…
CARGO SHIP WITH CARGO SHIP WITH GIFTS, ANTS HEADS TO SPACE STATIONGIFTS, ANTS HEADS TO SPACE STATION
By MARCIA DUNN This photo provided by NASA shows an Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket launches at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, Wallops Island, Va. Antares is…
SYRIAN OPPOSITION GROUP ON BRINK OF COLLAPSE
By RYAN LUCAS and ZEINA KARAM FILE – In this Oct. 22, 2013, file photo, Syrian National Coalition chief Ahmed Jarba, center, Heitham Al-Maleh, left, and Salem Al-Muslit speak to…
DANISH CINNAMON ROLLS TOO SPICY FOR EU RULES
FILE – In this Aug. 4, 2010 file photo, cinnamon rolls are sold at a bakery in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration recently found that Danish bakers…
88-YEAR-OLD CHARGED IN NAZI-ERA MASSACRE
FILE – In this Jan. 1, 1953 b/w file picture, an aerial view of the destroyed Oradour-sur-Glane, in France is visible . German authorities have charged an 88-year-old former member…
AUTHORITIES AT CRASH SITE WORK TO REMOVE 4 DEAD
By SYLVIA HUI and LOLITA BALDOR Undated image made available by the US Air Force Tuesday Jan. 7 2014 of a USAF HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter of the same type…
CZECHS HONOR ARMY DOG FOR AFGHANISTAN SERVICE
Four-year-old Czech military dog Athos who was seriously wounded in a Taliban rocket attack in Afghanistan in 2012 sits with dog handler Rostislav Bartoncik after being decorated by Czech Defence…