KHMER ROUGE’S IENG SARY DIES DURING GENOCIDE TRIAL
By SOPHENG CHEANG FILE – In this Nov. 23, 2011 file photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, former Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister Ieng Sary sits…
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LATIN AMERICA SEES CHANGE UNDER REGION’S 1ST POPE
By KATHERINE CORCORAN Faithful react after hearing on the speakers at the Metropolitan Cathedral that Buenos Aires’ Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected pope in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, March…
A SLOWLY UNFOLDING MYSTERY FOR MEDIA
By DAVID BAUDER A reader looks at the first edition of the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano after the election of Pope Francis, the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church,…
4 KILLED IN UPSTATE NY; POLICE SEARCH VILLAGE
By MICHAEL HILL and JOHN KEKIS Law enforcement officers run for cover along Main Street in Herkimer, N.Y., when shots were fired while they were searching for a suspect in…
VATICAN: VICTIM GROUP WRONG TO CRITICIZE CARDINALS
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican spokesman says a group representing church sex abuse victims is acting out of “negative prejudices” when criticizing cardinals. The Reverend Federico Lombardi was responding…
PANEL SAYS NO COVER-UP ATTEMPT BY JAPAN NUKE PLANT
By MARI YAMAGUCHI FILE – In this Dec. 29, 2012 file photo, the Unit 1 reactor building, left, and Unit 2 of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant are seen…
DEAD PIGS FOUND IN SHANGHAI RIVER RISE ABOVE 6,600
A worker hauls away dead pigs with a net in Zhonglian village of Jinshan district in Shanghai Wednesday, March 13, 2013. The number of dead pigs found floating in a…
FLA LT GOV QUITS; TIED TO FIRM UNDER INVESTIGATION
By GARY FINEOUT FILE – In this Jan. 11, 2012 file photo, Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll speaks during Florida Space Center day in Tallahassee, Fla. Carroll abruptly resigned Wednesday,…