Hola Mohalla 2014: Sikhs Celebrate A Festive Holiday (PHOTOS)
Hola Mohalla is a three day Sikh festival during which Nihang Sikh "warriors" perform Gatka (mock encounters with real weapons), tent pegging and bareback horse-riding. It usually falls in March...
View ArticleThousands Killed And Abused In South Sudan, UN Reports
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. peacekeeping chief says politically fueled ethnic violence in South Sudan since mid-December has led to the brutal killing and abuse of thousands of civilians and sparked...
View ArticleWhat If Missing Malaysia Plane Is Never Found?
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The plane must be somewhere. But the same can be said for Amelia Earhart's. Ten days after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared with 239 people aboard, an exhaustive...
View ArticleIf History Is A Guide, Crimeans' Celebration May Be Short-Lived
As Crimeans danced in the streets this week, giddy at the prospect of being gathered into Russia, few were watching as closely as the residents of the tiny mountainous enclave of South Ossetia, who,...
View ArticleGitmo Prosecutors Want Probe Into KSM 'Propaganda' Leak To HuffPost
WASHINGTON -- Government prosecutors have asked a military judge to investigate how The Huffington Post obtained 36-page manifesto written by alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, which...
View ArticleCrimea Troops Authorized To Use Weapons Following Death From Military Clash
(Adds White House comments, paragraphs 15-18) * Putin signs treaty to annex Crimea * Accuses West of hypocrisy, "crossing the line" on Ukraine * Ukrainian serviceman killed in Crimea attack * Kiev...
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Orphaned Baby Rhino Loves To Run With Her Rescuers (VIDEO)
In South Africa, poachers left a white rhino named Shangi orphaned with a bullet in her head. Luckily, wildlife veterinarian Cobus Raath and his team were there to rescue her. After tending to Shangi's...
View ArticleObama Rules Out Military Involvement In Ukraine
(Adds comments on war, sanctions) WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama ruled out U.S. military involvement in Ukraine on Wednesday, emphasizing diplomacy in the U.S. standoff with...
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10 Surprising Facts About Vladimir Putin's Extraordinary Past
Russian President Vladimir Putin has stood -- often bare-chested -- at the helm of Russian politics since 1999, rotating between the presidency and the prime minister's office. But before his fast rise...
View ArticleObama Makes First Public Comments On Missing Plane
President Barack Obama made his first public comments on the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner Wednesday, telling a local television station the United States considers finding the plane "a top...
View ArticleAddressing Violence Against Women and Children Is Critical to Achieving an...
During this week's 58th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, the global community will come together to reflect on key achievements and challenges in advancing progress...
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Meet The Successful People Stepping Back, Taking Stock And Letting Go
The daily grind. Slogging through. Just getting by. There’s a reason why so many of the words and phrases we reach for to describe our lives convey a sense of resignation, if not outright...
View ArticleBipartisan Group Of Lawmakers Urges Chuck Hagel To End Contracts With Russian...
By Warren Strobel WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers who oppose the Pentagon's dealings with Russia's state-owned arms exporting firm are using Moscow's intervention in Ukraine to press...
View ArticleTo Reduce the Impact of Disasters, Increase the Focus on Children
This month, UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake returned to Japan to see child-led progress in Onagawa, three years after visiting communities affected by the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011...
View ArticleRussia's Powerful Media Bubble
Watching Russian media has been a sobering experience lately. Over the past month, a tidal wave of patriotic enthusiasm for the aggressive assertion of Russian power in Ukraine has saturated nearly all...
View ArticleU.S. Calls to Palestinians to Take Risks for Peace Sound Hallow
The need for Israel and Palestine, the parties to decades long conflict, to take risks for peace are obvious and expected. But U.S. President Barack Obama's public call on Monday on Palestinian...
View ArticleNorooz 2014: Dates, Traditions, And History Of The Persian New Year (PHOTOS)
The Persian New Year is called Norooz (also Nowruz, Nawroz, among other spellings) and marks the first day of spring. It's also the Baha'i New Year, but the holiday is celebrated by Iranians of all...
View ArticlePutin and the West
Crimea is gone. Increased sanctions and criticism from the West will not stop Russia's annexation of this largely ethnic-Russian peninsula. As Ukraine now withdraws its troops from Crimea, America and...
View ArticleLil Bub And Instgram Help Find Loving Homes For Pets At SXSW
We all know social media basically exists for the sole reason of sharing adorable animal pics. But one recent initiative demonstrated how posing with a pooch can garner more than just likes. Lil Bub,...
View ArticleNATO Chief Says 'Our Concern Is That Russia Won't Stop'
NATO's top official acknowledged in an interview that Russia's annexation of Crimea had "established certain facts on the ground" that would be difficult to change and said the military alliance was...
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