JAPAN, TURKEY PLAN TALKS ON ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP
By ELAINE KURTENBACH Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attend a welcome ceremony at Akasaka State Guest House in Tokyo, Tuesday, Jan. 7,…
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CAPTIVE GOODYEAR BOSSES FREED AT FRENCH SITE
By LORI HINNANT A worker at the Goodyear tire factory guards the human resources chief, Bernard Glesser, left, and the firm’s production manager Michel Dheilly, right, who have been blocked…
POPE TO TRAVEL TO HOLY LAND MAY 24-26
Pope Francis waves as he leaves Rome’s Jesus’ Church to celebrate a mass with the Jesuits, on the occasion of the order’s titular feast, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Riccardo…
‘GREAT TRAIN ROBBER’ RONNIE BIGGS LAID TO REST
By JILL LAWLESS A band leads the coffin of great train robber Ronnie Biggs into Golders Green Crematorium in London, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. The world renowned robber Biggs who…
PRAGUE LOCALS WANT TO OUST PALESTINIAN EMBASSY
By KAREL JANICEK Investigators observe the situation in the residence of Palestinian ambassador to the Czech Republic Jamal Al Jamal, who has died after an explosion in his diplomatic flat…
2 NEWSPAPERS CALL FOR CLEMENCY FOR EDWARD SNOWDEN
By RAPHAEL SATTER within a few hours of one another, but Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger said the papers’ appeals weren’t coordinated ahead of time. “Complete coincidence,” he said in an…
PASSENGERS RESCUED OFF SHIP STUCK IN ANTARCTIC ICE
By ROD McGUIRK In this photo provided China’s official Xinhnua News Agency, the first group of passengers of the trapped Russian ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy arrive at a safe surface…
POPE STRESSES STRENGTH, COURAGE, HOPE IN NEW YEAR
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Pope Francis arrives to celebrate a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Pope Francis Pope Francis arrives to…