SYRIAN OPPOSITION GROUP ON BRINK OF COLLAPSE
By RYAN LUCAS and ZEINA KARAM FILE – In this Oct. 22, 2013, file photo, Syrian National Coalition chief Ahmed Jarba, center, Heitham Al-Maleh, left, and Salem Al-Muslit speak to…
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DANISH CINNAMON ROLLS TOO SPICY FOR EU RULES
FILE – In this Aug. 4, 2010 file photo, cinnamon rolls are sold at a bakery in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration recently found that Danish bakers…
88-YEAR-OLD CHARGED IN NAZI-ERA MASSACRE
FILE – In this Jan. 1, 1953 b/w file picture, an aerial view of the destroyed Oradour-sur-Glane, in France is visible . German authorities have charged an 88-year-old former member…
AUTHORITIES AT CRASH SITE WORK TO REMOVE 4 DEAD
By SYLVIA HUI and LOLITA BALDOR Undated image made available by the US Air Force Tuesday Jan. 7 2014 of a USAF HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter of the same type…
CZECHS HONOR ARMY DOG FOR AFGHANISTAN SERVICE
Four-year-old Czech military dog Athos who was seriously wounded in a Taliban rocket attack in Afghanistan in 2012 sits with dog handler Rostislav Bartoncik after being decorated by Czech Defence…
JAPAN, TURKEY PLAN TALKS ON ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP
By ELAINE KURTENBACH Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attend a welcome ceremony at Akasaka State Guest House in Tokyo, Tuesday, Jan. 7,…
CAPTIVE GOODYEAR BOSSES FREED AT FRENCH SITE
By LORI HINNANT A worker at the Goodyear tire factory guards the human resources chief, Bernard Glesser, left, and the firm’s production manager Michel Dheilly, right, who have been blocked…
POPE TO TRAVEL TO HOLY LAND MAY 24-26
Pope Francis waves as he leaves Rome’s Jesus’ Church to celebrate a mass with the Jesuits, on the occasion of the order’s titular feast, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Riccardo…