‘GREAT TRAIN ROBBER’ RONNIE BIGGS LAID TO REST
By JILL LAWLESS A band leads the coffin of great train robber Ronnie Biggs into Golders Green Crematorium in London, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. The world renowned robber Biggs who…
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2 NEWSPAPERS CALL FOR CLEMENCY FOR EDWARD SNOWDEN
By RAPHAEL SATTER within a few hours of one another, but Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger said the papers’ appeals weren’t coordinated ahead of time. “Complete coincidence,” he said in an…
POPE STRESSES STRENGTH, COURAGE, HOPE IN NEW YEAR
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Pope Francis arrives to celebrate a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Pope Francis Pope Francis arrives to…
POPE ASKS PEOPLE IF THEY — USED 2013 TO HELP OTHERS
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Pope Francis arrives in St. Peter’s square to visit a nativity scene after he celebrated a New Year’s Eve vespers service in St. Peter’s Basilica at the…
BACH EXPECTS ‘SAFE AND SECURE’ OLYMPICS IN SOCHI
Military vehicles surround a wreckage of a trolleybus, in Volgograd, Russia, Monday, Dec. 30, 2013. A bomb blast tore through a trolleybus in the city of Volgograd on Monday morning,…
IMMIGRATION FEARS SPARK POLITICAL FIRESTORM IN UK
By SYLVIA HUI Recent editions of Britain’s Daily Express and Daily Mail newspapers, featuring headlines about immigration, are photographed in London, Friday, Dec. 27, 2013. For months, Britain’s tabloids have…
TURKEY: COURT OVERTURNS MOVE BLOCKING PROBE
In this photo taken late Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013, Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference in Ankara, Turkey. After a decade of dominance over Turkey’s…
3 TURKISH CABINET MINISTERS RESIGN OVER PROBE
By SUZAN FRASER In this photo taken late Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013, Turkey’s Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan, right, Interior Minister Muammer Guler, center, and EU Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis speak…