UN: ONE-THIRD OF FOOD WORLDWIDE GETS WASTED
FILE – This June 5, 2013 file photo shows discarded rotis, or Indian bread, along the river bank as an Indian man cleans clothes in the polluted Sabarmati River in…
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AUTOMAKERS BET ON ALTERNATIVE-FUEL CARS FOR FUTURE
By DAVID McHUGH BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer gets out of the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid sports car during its world premiere at the first press day of the 65th Frankfurt…
ROMANIANS CHARGED WITH ART THEFT TO PLEAD GUILTY
Eugen Darie, center, and Alexandru Bitu, right, two suspects charged with stealing paintings from a Dutch museum, enter a court building for a hearing in their trial in Bucharest, Romania,…
FINANCIAL CRISIS DRIVES UP GREEK SUICIDE RATE
By DEREK GATOPOULOS Art teachers protest against the government austerity measure that threaten their jobs, outside the Greek parliament in central Athens, on Friday, Sept, 6, 2013. The conservative-led government…
SYRIA ACCEPTS WEAPONS PLAN, STRIKE MOMENTUM EASES
By RYAN LUCAS and LORI HINNANT Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem speaks to the media in Moscow, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. Syria’s foreign minister said his country welcomes Russia’s proposal…
TRIAL STARTS FOR KENYA DEPUTY PRESIDENT RUTO
By MIKE CORDER Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto, right, awaits the start of his trial in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Sept.…
GREEK HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS TO STRIKE OVER JOB CUTS
By DEREK GATOPOULOS University administrative staff members chant slogans outside the Administrative Reform ministry in central Athens against austerity measures that threaten their jobs, on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. The…
LARGEST FERRIS WHEEL NEARS COMPLETION IN LAS VEGAS
By HANNAH DREIER FILE – In a Tuesday, July 30, 2013 file photo, the world’s tallest observation wheel, know as the High Roller is seen behind David Codiga, executive project…