VATICAN, OXFORD PUT ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS ONLINE
By NICOLE WINFIELD Msgr. Cesare Pasini, prefect of the Vatican Apostolic Library, shows a 10th century digitalized Bible during an interview with The Associated Press , at the Apostolic Library,…
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OBAMA’S UNCLE TO APPEAR AT NEW IMMIGRATION HEARING
By DENISE LAVOIE FILE – In this Nov. 17, 2011 file photo, Onyango Obama, uncle of President Barack Obama, leaves Framingham, Mass., District Court, after a hearing on an August…
EUROPE RIGHTS COURT TO HEAR OF SECRET CIA PRISONS
Polish lawyer Joseph Margulies, right, one of the lawyers of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri and Abu Zubaydah, checks his files as he arrives at the forth section of the European Court…
FOR CRITICS OF COMMON CORE, EDUCATIONAL FOLLY By PHILIP ELLIOTT — Dec. 2, 2013 3:26 PM EST
FILE – In this Nov. 7, 2013 file photo, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, left, speaks to reporters at Malcolm X Elementary School in Washington. Critics are relentless in warning about…
EGYPT’S CONSTITUTIONAL PANEL HOLDS FINAL MEETING
By HAMZA HENDAWI Egyptian security forces detain one of the protesters demonstrating against the government in Talaat Harb Square in Cairo on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. Police on Sunday used…
ENVOY SAYS CHINA HAS RIGHT TO SET ANOTHER AIR ZONE
By JIM GOMEZ Philippine Red Cross Chairman Richard Gordon, right, welcomes Chinese Ambassador Ma Keqing, center, before turnover rites of payloaders donated by Chinese companies in Manila, Philippines on Monday,…
EGYPT: PRO-MORSI PROTESTERS ENTER TAHRIR SQUARE
By HAMZA HENDAWI Protesters gather near a burning police vehicle set afire during clashes with security forces, near Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. Several hundred students and…
A LOOK AT KEY ARTICLES IN EGYPTIAN DRAFT CHARTER
Members of Egypt’s panel tasked with amending Egypt’s Islamist-drafted constitution, read drafts of the constitution before they begin voting on a series of amendments, in the Shoura Council, Cairo, Egypt,…