OBAMA IN SOUTH AFRICA FOR MANDELA MEMORIAL SERVICE
By JULIE PACE President Barack Obama, left, and first lady Michelle Obama, right, arrive at Waterkloof Air Base for a memorial service in honor of former South African leader Nelson…
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RECALLING LIFE UNDER APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA
By MICHELLE FAUL This undated photo courtesy of Pillay Family, shows Ethel Pillay, with daughter left to right, Carole, Danette and Michelle. The family experienced racists incidences in the early…
ISRAELI LEADER BACKS OUT OF MANDELA FUNERAL
By JOSEF FEDERMAN FILE – In this file photo taken Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. Fresh off a series…
C. AFRICAN REPUBLIC MOBS LAUNCH ETHNIC ATTACKS
By KRISTA LARSON A French soldier screams at mobs of Christians attacking suspected Seleka members before firing warning shots near the airport in Bangui, Central African Republic, Monday Dec. 9,…
TECH GIANTS CALL FOR CONTROLS ON GOV’T SNOOPING
By DANICA KIRKA FILE – In this undated file photo made available by Google, hundreds of fans funnel hot air from the computer servers into a cooling unit to be…
SEIZURE OF NUNS STOKES SYRIAN CHRISTIAN FEARS
By LEE KEATH A Syrian acolyte girl listens to the sermon, during prayers for nuns held by rebels, at the Greek Orthodox Mariamiya Church in Damascus, Syria, Sunday Dec. 8,…
QUOTES FROM SOUTH AFRICAN SERMONS HONORING MANDELA
By The Associated Press A mourner is silhouetted in front of a stained-glass window of Nelson Mandela at a morning mass in his memory at the Regina Mundi church, which…
AP REPORTER’S QUEST TO FIND BODIES ENDS IN DESERT
By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI In this July 23, 2013 photo, Sidi Fassoukoy, searching for his missing brother, covers his nose against the smell as he unearths the remains of two men…