Tag: World

Religion builds bridges in ethnically split Cyprus

Menelaos Hadjicostis · April 19, 2014 10:36 am

FILE - This file photo provided on Monday, June 10, 2013 by Prix Bayeux and dated Oct. 9, 2012, shows French journalist Didier Francois gesturing during a debate held in Bayeux, western France, as part of the Prix Bayeux Award. President Francois Hollande's office said in a statement Saturday April 19, 2014 he feels "immense relief" after learning Saturday of the release of Edouard Elias, Didier Francois, Nicolas Henin and Pierre Torres _ all said to be in good health despite "very trying conditions" of their captivity. (AP Photo/Mikael Quemener, Prix Bayeux, File)

4 French journalists held hostage in Syria freed

Washington Examiner · April 19, 2014 10:26 am

Iran general urges Tehran to make new UN pick

Washington Examiner · April 19, 2014 10:20 am

Lee Joon-seok, center, the captain of the sunken ferry Sewol in the water off the southern coast, leaves a court which issued his arrest warrant in Mokpo, south of Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, April 19, 2014. The investigation into South Korea's ferry disaster focused on the sharp turn it took just before it began listing and on the possibility that a quicker evacuation order by the captain could have saved lives, officials said Friday, as rescuers struggled to find some 270 people still missing and feared dead. (AP Photo/Yonhap) KOREA OUT

Death toll in SKorea ferry sinking climbs to 32

Washington Examiner · April 19, 2014 9:24 am

Putin: no blocks to boosting relations with West

Washington Examiner · April 19, 2014 9:20 am

South Korean coast guard finds 30th body from the sinking of a ferry 3 days ago

Washington Examiner · April 19, 2014 9:11 am

Lee Joon-seok, center, the captain of the sunken ferry Sewol in the water off the southern coast, leaves a court which issued his arrest warrant in Mokpo, south of Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, April 19, 2014. The investigation into South Korea's ferry disaster focused on the sharp turn it took just before it began listing and on the possibility that a quicker evacuation order by the captain could have saved lives, officials said Friday, as rescuers struggled to find some 270 people still missing and feared dead. (AP Photo/Yonhap) KOREA OUT

Captain of sunken S. Korean ferry, 2 crew arrested

FOSTER KLUGYOUKYUNG LEE · April 19, 2014 7:58 am

Relatives of Chinese passengers on board the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 pray at a hotel conference room in Beijing, China, Friday, April 18, 2014. A robotic submarine headed back down into the depths of the Indian Ocean on Friday to scour the seafloor for any trace of the missing Malaysian jet one month after the search began off Australia's west coast, as data from the sub's previous missions turned up no evidence of the plane.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

4 questions about missing Malaysian plane answered

The Associated Press · April 19, 2014 6:17 am

A table with flowers stands on the street as part of Good Friday celebrations in Aracataca, the hometown of late Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez in Colombia's Caribbean coast, Friday, April 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

Mixed feelings for Garcia Marquez in hometown

CESAR GARCIAJOSHUA GOODMAN · April 19, 2014 3:31 am

Women burn incense while participating in a Good Friday procession honoring "The Lord of Miracles", the patron saint of Lima, Peru, on Friday, April 18, 2014. Christians all over the world are marking Good Friday, the day when Jesus Christ was crucified. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

AP Photos: Latam Catholics pay tribute to Christ

Washington Examiner · April 19, 2014 3:26 am

Avalanche sweeps down Everest, killing at least 12

BiNaj Gurubacharya · April 19, 2014 3:20 am

In this March 6, 2014 photo, Colombian Nobel Literature laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez greets fans and reporters outside his home on his 87th birthday in Mexico City. Garcia Marquez died Thursday April 17, 2014, at his home in Mexico City. The author's magical realist novels and short stories exposed tens of millions of readers to Latin America's passion, superstition, violence and inequality. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Gabriel Garcia Marquez hailed as literary giant

E. EDUARDO CASTILLOFRANK BAJAK · April 19, 2014 3:03 am