POPE’S CHRISTMAS WISH: HOPE FOR A BETTER WORLD
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Pope Francis delivers his “Urbi et Orbi” (to the City and to the World) message from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday,…
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2 PUSSY RIOT MEMBERS RELEASED FROM PRISON
ALEXANDER ROSLYAKOV and NATALIYA VASILYEVA Maria Alekhina, center, a member of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot speaks to the media at the Committee against Torture after being released from…
POST-MORTEM DUE FOR UK DOCTOR WHO DIED IN SYRIA
Fatima Khan, left, mother of the deceased British doctor Abbas Khan, 32, who was seized by Syrian government troops in November 2012, cries while her son Afroze Khan consoles her…
KIEV ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTEST DRAWS 100,000
By YURAS KARMANAU Pro-European Union activists gather in Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013. Ukraine has been stricken with mass protests for over a month, as protesters…
POPE URGES ITALY TO FIND HO– USES FOR ALL FAMILIES
Pope Francis, framed by a Christmas tree, delivers his message to faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square during the Angelus prayer, at the Vatican, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio…
KHODORKOVSKY: I WON’T GET INVOLVED IN POLITICS
By FRANK JORDANS Mikhail Khodorkovsky, right, listens to Checkpoint Charlie Museum curator, Alexandra Hildebrandt, left, as he arrives for a press conference at the museum in Berlin, Sunday Dec. 22,…
IRAN: WORLD POWERS SHOULD AVOID ‘TROUBLEMAKING’
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, right, points at the beginning of a joint press conference with his Italian counterpart Emma Bonino in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013. Iran’s…
RUSSIAN OLIGARCH MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY A FREE MAN
FILE In this Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010 file photo Mikhail Khodorkovsky, left, looks from behind glass at a court room in Moscow, Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday…