PRO-KREMLIN YOUTH HUNT DOWN ‘SPICE’ PUSHERS
By MANSUR MIROVALEV In this photo taken on Friday, March 15, 2013, members of a pro-Kremlin youth group douse with red paint two tied-up pushers of spice, a synthetic drug,…
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ARTIST DECORATES THE LOUVRE’S ICONIC PYRAMID
By THOMAS ADAMSON Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto’s art work decorates the Louvre museum’s iconic glass pyramid, in Paris, Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Michelangelo Pistoletto, one of the world’s leading conceptual…
UK IN DARK MOOD AS NEW RECESSION MAY BE CONFIRMED
By DANICA KIRKA In this photo taken Friday, April 5, 2013, volunteer Margaret Tobin checks items off a list of food to give out at a food bank in St…
LAWMAKERS ASK IF INTEL BLOCKED BEFORE BOSTON BOMBS
By KIMBERLY DOZIER Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., speaks with reporters following a closed-door briefing by intelligence agencies on the Boston Marathon bombing, on Capitol Hill in Washington,…
VATICAN OFFICIAL: ROMERO SAINT EFFORT ‘UNBLOCKED’
By NICOLE WINFIELD Pope Francis leaves at the end of a mass where he ordained ten new priests in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, April 21, 2013. (AP…
DIPLOMAT: EU DROPS SANCTIONS AGAINST MYANMAR
By JUERGEN BAETZ Germany’s foreign minister Guido Westerwelle, left, talks with Sweden’s foreign minister Carl Bildt, center, and European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response Kristalina Georgieva…
ISRAEL, TURKEY DISCUSS FLOTILLA COMPENSATION
By SUZAN FRASER In this photo provided by Turkish Presidency Press Service,Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul, left, and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, second right, seen during a meeting in Ankara, Turkey,…
ITALIAN PROTEST PARTY: PEOPLE FED UP WITH POLITICS
Comic-turned political agitator and leader of the anti-establishment 5 Star Movement Beppe Grillo arrives for a press conference in Rome, Sunday, April 21, 2013. Italy’s Parliament on Saturday re-elected Giorgio…