NEW VATICAN NO. 2 A NO-SHOW AT HANDOVER CEREMONY
By NICOLE WINFIELD FILE – In this Feb. 16, 2009 file photo Monsignor Pietro Parolin attends a meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam. Pope Francis bid farewell Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013, to…
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RELICS TRANSFORM SMALL CALIFORNIA BUDDHIST TEMPLE
By JOHN ROGERS In this Sept. 18, 2013, photo, Dharma Master YongHua displays a bottle containing aromatic shariras, part of the temple collection of Buddhist relics at the Lu Mountain…
EGYPT: ISLAMIST TO BE TRIED FOR INSULTING JUDGES
By MARIAM RIZK Supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans against army during a protest in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Oct. 11, 2013. Thousands of Morsi supporters took to…
AP INTERVIEW: ISLAMIST LEADER SAYS LIBYA PM FAILED
By MAGGIE MICHAEL FILE – In this Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013 file photo, Libyan’s Prime Minister Ali Zidan speaks to the media during a press conference in Rabat, Morocco. Zidan…
EGYPT DECRIES US AID FREEZE, SAYS IT’S “INCORRECT”
By HAMZA HENDAWI FILE – In this Wednesday, April 24, 2013, file photo, U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, second left, stands with an Egyptian army official before laying a…
ALBANIA: HUNDREDS OF LOOTED ICONS RECOVERED
By LLAZAR SEMINI Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama views stolen art objects seized by police in the biggest operation of the kind Tirana, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013. Albanian police have…
QUEBEC SEEKS CURB ON RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS
By BENJAMIN SHINGLER Demonstrators take part in a protest against Quebec’s proposed “charter of values” in Montreal on Saturday Sept. 14, 2013. The plan by the ruling party, the separatist…
TRIAL DATE FOR MORSI STOKES EGYPT POLITICAL DRAMA
By SARAH EL DEEB FILE – In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 file photo released by the Egyptian Presidency, then Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, center, speaks with Minister of Defense,…