POPE ASKS PEOPLE IF THEY — USED 2013 TO HELP OTHERS
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Pope Francis arrives in St. Peter’s square to visit a nativity scene after he celebrated a New Year’s Eve vespers service in St. Peter’s Basilica at the…
Europe
NEW EURO MEMBER LATVIA BRINGS DIRTY MONEY HEADACHE
Associated Press In this photo taken Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013, newly minted Latvian Euro coins in are laid out for display in Riga, Latvia. When Latvia adopts the euro on…
BACH EXPECTS ‘SAFE AND SECURE’ OLYMPICS IN SOCHI
Military vehicles surround a wreckage of a trolleybus, in Volgograd, Russia, Monday, Dec. 30, 2013. A bomb blast tore through a trolleybus in the city of Volgograd on Monday morning,…
SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS 14 IN RUSSIA’S SOUTH
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV In this photo made by a public camera and made available by the Associated Press Television News the flash of an explosion illuminates the entrance to Volgograd…
IMMIGRATION FEARS SPARK POLITICAL FIRESTORM IN UK
By SYLVIA HUI Recent editions of Britain’s Daily Express and Daily Mail newspapers, featuring headlines about immigration, are photographed in London, Friday, Dec. 27, 2013. For months, Britain’s tabloids have…
PUSSY RIOT STILL WANT TO TOPPLE PUTIN
By NATALIYA VASILYEVA Russian punk band Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova speaks during their news conference in Moscow, Russia, on Friday, Dec. 27, 2013. Two Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova…
TURKEY: COURT OVERTURNS MOVE BLOCKING PROBE
In this photo taken late Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013, Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference in Ankara, Turkey. After a decade of dominance over Turkey’s…
3 TURKISH CABINET MINISTERS RESIGN OVER PROBE
By SUZAN FRASER In this photo taken late Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013, Turkey’s Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan, right, Interior Minister Muammer Guler, center, and EU Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis speak…