In midst of Syrian war, giant Jesus statue arises
By DIAA HADID This Oct. 14, 2013 photo provided by the St. Paul’s and St. George’s Foundation shows workers preparing to install a statue of Jesus on Mount Sednaya, Syria.…
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TURKEY UNVEILS REFORMS, SOME AIMED AT KURDS
By DESMOND BUTLER and SUZAN FRASER FILE – In this Sept. 19, 2013 file photo, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives for a ceremony in Ankara, Turkey. Erdogan is…
MCCAIN SLAMS PUTIN IN OPINION PIECE FOR PRAVDA
By DONNA CASSATA Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, and Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., right, members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, walk to a closed-door briefing on Syria with Secretary…
EGYPTIAN SECURITY FORCES STORM SOUTHERN TOWN
By HAMZA HENDAWI FILE — In this Sept. 3, 2013 file photo, Egyptian Christian villagers clean up the damaged ancient chapel inside the Virgin Mary and St. Abraam Monastery that…
ROMANIAN PRINCE WHO DIED IN JAIL IS BEATIFIED
ALISON MUTLER Catholic nuns attend a vigil at the Sth Joseph Catholic Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, Friday evening, Aug. 30, 2013. Catholic worshipers celebrate the upcoming Aug. 31, beatification of…
EGYPT’S CHRISTIAN POPE BLASTS ISLAMIST PRESIDENT
By HAMZA HENDAWI FILE – In this Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 file photo, Egypt’s Coptic Christian Pope, Tawadros II speaks to The Associated Press in the province of Assiut, Egypt.…