OBAMA, BUSH, CLINTON TO TRAVEL TO SOUTH AFRICA
By JULIE PACE FOR — USE AS DESIRED, YEAR END PHOTOS – FILE – From left, President Barack Obama, former president George W. Bush, former president William J. Clinton former…
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OFFICIALS: ENCOURAGING SIGN FOR 24 STRANDED WHALES
By CHRISTINE ARMARIO Vultures feed off the carcasses of an adult whale and and a calf ,Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, at Highland Beach in the Everglades National Park, Fla. Wildlife…
NELSON MANDELA, 20TH CENTURY COLOSSUS, DIES AT 95
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA and MARCUS ELIASON FILE – In this March 17, 1997 file photo, South African President Nelson Mandela, left, shows the way to Britain’s Princess Diana in Cape…
NEARLY 100 DEAD IN CAR BEFORE FRENCH TROOPS ARRIVE
By KRISTA LARSON Shrouded bodies lay in a mosque in Bangui, Central African Republic, Thursday Dec. 5 2013 following a day-long gun battle between Seleka soldiers and Christian militias. Over…
TORONTO MAYOR DENIES OFFERING TO BUY CRACK VIDEO
In this Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013 photo, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford watches the Buffalo Bills play the Atlanta Falcons during the first half of an NFL football game, in Toronto.…
UN OKS MILITARY ACTION IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
By EDITH M. LEDERER Christian children from the village of Bouebou, some 40 kms (30 miles) North of Bangui, Central African Republic, are packed in the trunk of a taxi…
DILIGENT ASIAN STUDENTS DOMINATE GLOBAL EXAM
By DIDI TANG FILE – In this Nov. 7, 2013 file photo, South Korean students cheer their seniors’ success in the Scholastic Aptitude Test in front of the main gate…
POPE PRAYS FOR 12 NUNS ABDUCTED IN SYRIA BY REBELS
By NICOLE WINFIELD Pope Francis attends his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Vatican Pope Pope Francis delivers his…