German art hoard held unknown Chagall, Matisse
By DAVID McHUGH A painting of Marc Chagall is projected on a screen during a news conference in Augsburg, southern Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, on the art found in…
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Greek bailout creditors get an earful in Athens
By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Members of an international debt inspection team are escorted by riot police after exiting through an emergency door during a demonstration at the Finance Ministry in Athens…
Police: UK paper said in 02 it hacked girl’s phone
Rebekah Brooks arrives at The Old Bailey law court in London, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013. Former News of the World national newspaper editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson are due…
Norway: Bus hijacker was to be deported
A bus stands on a roadside after hijacking in Aardal, western Norway, early Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. A knife-wielding man hijacked the bus and killed the driver and two passengers…
Struggle for Syria talks comes as aid needs spike
By JOHN HEILPRIN US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman arrives for a meeting with the UN Joint Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi and the Russian…
Correction: Mali-Kidnapping story
By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI and ELAINE GANLEY This combination of undated photos provided by Radio France International shows journalists Ghislaine Dupont, left, and Claude Verlon. French and Malian officials said gunmen…
Mortar shell hits Vatican embassy in Damascus
By ALBERT AJI In this image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrians look at…
ZURICH SAYS NO ‘UNDUE PRESSURE’ IN CFO’S SUICIDE
By JOHN HEILPRIN FILE – In this May 2, 2013 file photo then chairman of the Zurich Insurance Group Josef Ackermann and colleague of CFO Pierre Wauthier who committed suicide…