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…
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MAN SURVIVES 3 DAYS AT BOTTOM OF ATLANTIC
By MICHELLE FAUL In this image made available Tuesday Dec. 3, 2013, Harrison Odjegba Okene looks in awe as a rescue diver surfaces into the air pocket which has kept…
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,…
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…
3 IN INTENSIVE CARE AFTER GLASGOW HELICOPTER CRASH
Scottish Fire and Rescue services look on at a section of the helicopter being lifted from the scene Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013, following the helicopter crash at the Clutha Bar…
US: AMERICAN FIGHTERS IN SYRIA A SECURITY RISK
By EMERY P. DALESIO FILE – This undated file photo provided by the Wake County Sheriff’s Office via The News & Observer, shows Basit Javed Sheikh. Sheikh, 29, of Cary,…
US OFFERS TO DESTROY SYRIAN CHEMICAL WEAPONS
By TOBY STERLING and ALBERT AJI FILE – In this Oct. 9, 2013, file photo, Ahmet Uzumcu, director-general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, gives an update…
1 DEAD IN POLICE HELICOPTER CRASH ONTO GLASGOW PUB
By CASSANDRA VINOGRAD and BEN McCONVILLE Firefighters and rescue workers inspect the damage on the roof of the building at the site of a helicopter crash, in Glasgow early Saturday…