International court summit debates Africa issues
By MIKE CORDER FILE – A Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013 photo from files showing Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto, right, awaiting the start of his trial in the courtroom of…
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Russian crash investigators find voice recorder
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV In this photo provided by Russian Emergency Situations Ministry, fire fighters and rescuers work at the crash site of a Russian passenger airliner near Kazan, the capital…
Ousted Bolshoi head testifies in acid attack trial
By NATALIYA VASILYEVA Former Bolshoi chief Anatoly Iksanov speaks to press outside a Moscow court Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013 where he arrived to testify in a case against the ballet…
Russia grants bail to 9 foreign activists
By VITNIJA SALDAVA Greenpeace International activist Miguel Hernan Perez Orsi of Argentina, left, reacts to a verdict and holds a photo of his daughter in a cage at a court…
IKEA execs detained over snooping allegations
By LORI HINNANT FILE – In this Sunday July 12, 2009, file photo, customers are seen at the entrance of an IKEA store in Plaisir, France. Officials say senior executives…
‘Apocalyptic’ storm floods Sardinia, 17 dead
By NICOLE WINFIELD Two tankers are battered by gale winds while at the roadstead in the rough waters of the Gulf of Cagliari, Sardinia, Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. A violent…
Nokia shareholders approve Microsoft deal
By MATTI HUUHTANEN Board members Elizabeth Nelson, left, Elizabeth Doherty, 2nd left, and Nokia Leadership Team members Stephen Elop and Michael Halbherr, right, have their picture taken with a Nokia…
UN chief says current climate pledges insufficient
By KARL RITTER United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, left, and Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski shake hands prior to their meeting , in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. Ban…