LIBYA PM LASHES OUT AT MILITIAS AFTER ABDUCTION
By ESAM MOHAMED Security forces work at the site where a car bomb went off outside the building housing Swedish and Finnish consulates on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013 in Libya’s…
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CHEAPSIDE HOARD PUTS 17TH-CENTURY BLING ON DISPLAY
By JILL LAWLESS In this Monday, Oct. 7, 2013 photo, a gilt-brass and enamel clock-watch with alarm and calendar made by Gaultier Ferlite is seen on display in an exhibition…
EX-F1 DRIVER MARIA DE VILLOTA DIES AT 33
By JOSEPH WILSON FILE – In this May 11, 2013 file photo, Spanish former F1 driver Maria De Villota smiles in the paddock at the Catalunya racetrack in Montmelo, near…
CANADA’S ALICE MUNRO WINS NOBEL LITERATURE PRIZE
By HILLEL ITALIE and MALIN RISING FILE – This June 25, 2009 file photo shows Canadian Author Alice Munro at a press conference at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Munro has…
CHARLES TAYLOR TO SERVE SENTENCE IN BRITAIN
By MIKE CORDER Former Liberian President Charles Taylor waits for the start of his appeal judgement at the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) in Leidschendam, near The Hague, Netherlands,…
FRANCE IDENTIFIES 2 MORE REPORTERS HELD IN SYRIA
By GREG KELLER This undated photo provided by photographer Benoit Schaeffer shows French photo-reporter Nicolas Henin in Mogadishu, Somalia. France has revealed Wednesday, Oct.9, 2013 the existence of two more…
GREEK ADVISORY BODY: DEBT NEEDS TO BE WRITTEN DOWN
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Parliamentary advisory body says Greece will need to write down its public debt to make it manageable and attract direly-needed foreign investment. In a report…
CHEMICAL WATCHDOG CHIEF: 20 SYRIAN SITES TO CHECK
By MIKE CORDER Director General Ahmet Uzumcu of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, OPCW, gives an update on the the chemical watchdog’s verification and destruction mission in…