2 NEWSPAPERS CALL FOR CLEMENCY FOR EDWARD SNOWDEN
By RAPHAEL SATTER within a few hours of one another, but Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger said the papers’ appeals weren’t coordinated ahead of time. “Complete coincidence,” he said in an…
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PASSENGERS RESCUED OFF SHIP STUCK IN ANTARCTIC ICE
By ROD McGUIRK In this photo provided China’s official Xinhnua News Agency, the first group of passengers of the trapped Russian ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy arrive at a safe surface…
CUBAN SANTERIA PRIESTS: DISEASE, CONFLICT IN 2014
By ANNE-MARIE GARCIA Hector Sala, an Babalawo Afro-Cuban Santeria priest, arrives for a press conference about the annual “Letter of the Year” that lists predictions made by Cuban Santeros for…
OPPOSITION: EX-RWANDAN INTELLIGENCE CHIEF KILLED
By RAY FAURE and MICHELLE FAUL JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Rwanda’s former spy chief has been found dead in a hotel in South Africa, and police said Thursday they have opened…
KERRY IN ISRAEL FOR NEW ROUND OF MIDEAST TALKS
By DEB RIECHMANN U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands before a meeting at the prime minister’s office in Jerusalem, Thursday, Jan.…
EGYPT AIRS WHAT IT CLAIMS IS TERROR CONFESSION
By MAGGIE MICHAEL FILE – In this July 13, 2012 file photo, then Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi speaks to reporters at the presidential palace in Cairo. An Egyptian judge says…
ISRAEL OFFICIAL: JORDAN VALLEY MUST REMAIN BORDER
By KARIN LAUB Israeli settlers gather during a visit of Israeli politicians at Gitit settlement in the West Bank’s Jordan Valley, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. A senior Israeli Cabinet minister…
CMG JANUARY BOOK #2 OF THE MONTH IS How It Feels to Be Free: Black Women Entertainers and the Civil Rights Movement
by Ruth Feldstein (Author) In 1964, Nina Simone sat at a piano in New York’s Carnegie Hall to play what she called a “show tune.” Then she began to sing:…