THE WELL-GREASED VOTE MACHINE CHAVEZ LEFT
By FABIOLA SANCHEZ Children hold up posters of Venezuela’s late President Hugo Chavez and one of ruling party candidate Nicolas Maduro as a campaign convoy drives along in Caracas, Venezuela,…
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WORLD MOURNS THATCHER, ‘A GREAT BRITON’
FILE – This is a 1980 file photo showing British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Ex-spokesman Tim Bell says that Thatcher has died. She was 87. Bell said the woman known…
FRANCIS HONORS JOHN PAUL II BEFORE INSTALLATION
By FRANCES D’EMILIO FILE – In this Sunday, March 31, 2013 photo, Pope Francis greets the faithful at the end of the Easter Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the…
HIGH-PROFILE RAPES THREATEN INDIA TOURISM BUSINESS
By KAY JOHNSON In this Tuesday, April 2, 2013 photo, German tourist Carolina De Paola, 22, walks near the landmark Gateway of India in Mumbai, India. A fatal gang rape…
RAPE, KIDNAP OF TOURISTS FEED RIO SAFETY FEARS
By JENNY BARCHFIELD Suspects Wallace Aparecido Souza Silva, left, Carlos Armando Costa dos Santos, center, and Jonathan Foudakis de Souza are presented to the press at the Special Police Unit…
OBAMA GIVES SECRET SERVICE ITS 1ST FEMALE DIRECTOR
By JULIE PACE This undated handout photo provided by the US Secret Service shows Secret Service agent Julia Pierson. President Barack Obama will appoint the veteran Secret Service agent as…
KEY US DECISION ON CUBA TERROR-DESIGNATION COMING
By PAUL HAVEN Miniature flags representing Cuba and the U.S. are displayed on the dash of an American classic car in Havana, Cuba, Friday, March 22, 2013. U.S. Secretary of…
VENEZUELA HALTS COMMUNICATION WITH US DIPLOMAT
By CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Elias Jaua speaks during a ceremony to honor two Venezuelan diplomats expelled from Washington after Venezuela kicked out two U.S. military attaches, for allegedly…