Ukraine's Klitschko Calls For 'General Mobilization'
KIEV, March 1 (Reuters) - Vitaly Klitschko, a senior Ukrainian politician and likely presidential candidate, called on Saturday for a "general mobilization" following Russian parliament's decision to...
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Cossacks, Warships And A Fruit Seller In Syria: The Week In Photos, Feb. 23 -...
Nothing quite compares to the power of a photograph to communicate the goings on in the world, captured in the thick of things. Ranging from the serious to the silly, these photos offer peeks into...
View ArticleSarah Palin Relishes Her Vladimir Putin 'Told-Ya-So' Moment
As tensions between Russia and Ukraine continued to heighten, former vice presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) took to Facebook to remark how she saw this coming. Back in October...
View ArticleChina Knife Attack Kills Dozens: Report
BEIJING, March 2 (Reuters) - At least 27 people have been killed in a "violent attack" at a train station in the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming carried out by a group of unidentified people...
View ArticleAndre Schurrle's Hat Trick Lifts Chelsea Past Fulham, Extends Premier League...
By Goal.com A 17-minute hat trick from Andre Schurrle saw Chelsea move four points clear at the top of the Premier League with a 3-1 win over Fulham. The forward notched his second hat trick of the...
View ArticleUK Joins US, France In Pulling Out Of G8 Preparatory Meetings
LONDON, March 2 (Reuters) - Britain will suspend its participation in preparations for a G8 meeting in Sochi after Russia violated Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, British Foreign...
View ArticleJohn Kerry: Repercussions For Putin 'Act Of Aggression'
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Western powers are prepared "to go to the hilt" to isolate Russia for its military incursion into Ukraine, "an incredible act of aggression" that may lead to...
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Spectacular View Of Mars Mountain Revealed In New NASA Curiosity Rover Images...
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has taken some dazzling new photos of the Red Planet landscape, showing in sharp detail where it's been and the long road that lies ahead. One of the new images, which the...
View ArticleUkraine Crisis Gives West No Good Options
By Peter Apps LONDON, March 2 (Reuters) - With Western powers increasingly concluding Ukraine has lost Crimea to Russia, the U.S. and its allies face few viable options and serious questions over...
View Article'Cuban Five' Agent Welcomed By Thousands In Havana
HAVANA (AP) — Thousands of Cubans rallied at the University of Havana on Saturday night for a concert to give a hero's welcome to the second of five intelligence agents to return to the island after...
View Article'Bloco Da Lama' Carnival Party Prefers Mud Over Extravagant Costumes (PHOTOS)
PARATY, Brazil (AP) — Extravagant costumes need not apply at the "Bloco da Lama" Carnival street party, where revelers dispense with pirate, princess and devil disguises in favor of thick, head-to-toe...
View ArticleUnited Nations' Chief To Meet With Venezuela's Foreign Minister Over Protests
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. says Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will meet Monday in Geneva with Venezuela's foreign minister, who also will speak to the U.N. Human Rights Council about the recent...
View ArticlePeru's Quelccaya Ice Cap Is Melting, Thanks To Climate Change
From Mother Nature Network's John Platt: For decades now scientists have observed rapid melting in the Quelccaya Ice Cap in Peru. The glacier ebbs and flows each year, as do all glaciers, but each year...
View ArticleHere's How You Start A Controlled Avalanche (VIDEO)
If you see an avalanche, chances are you may not live to tell the tale. But if you're part of the Stevens Pass "avy control" group, you can experience nature's power unharmed. Avalanche control is the...
View ArticleFrench Filmmaker Alain Resnais Dies At 91
PARIS (AP) — Alain Resnais, the French filmmaker whose cryptic "Last Year at Marianbad" extended its influence across generations, has died at 91. Resnais was editing drafts of his next project even...
View ArticleChina Knife Attack: Separatists Blamed For Assault That Kills 33
KUNMING, China (AP) — Authorities on Sunday blamed a slashing rampage that killed 29 people and wounded 143 at a train station in southern China on separatists from the country's far west, while local...
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Venezuela, With Eyes Wide Open
Genesis Carmona, college student and local beauty pageant winner shot in the head during the protests, being rushed to the hospital, where she died. Photo from runrun.es They say no one learns a...
View ArticleDenis Berezovsky, Ukraine's Navy Chief, Defects To Crimea's Pro-Russian...
KIEV, March 2 (Reuters) - Ukraine launched a treason case on Sunday against the head of the navy, who surrendered his headquarters on Sunday in the Crimean port of Sevastopol on only his second day on...
View ArticleKirsten Gillibrand Optimistic For Passage Of Military Sexual Assault Bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — A senator who's led efforts in Congress to address military sexual crimes says she thinks she has the votes to pass legislation that would remove commanders from sexual assault...
View ArticleObama To Speak To Allies On Ukraine
WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama plans to speak to allies about the Ukraine situation today, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Sunday. "The president's been working on...
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