Missing Malaysia Airlines: Multiple Electronic 'Pulses' Heard But Need...
PERTH, April 6 (Reuters) - International search planes and ships are heading to an area where a Chinese ship twice heard what could be signals from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370's black box...
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5 Staggering Statistics For Why We Can Never Let A Tragedy Like Rwanda's...
On April 6, 1994, a plane carrying Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana and his Burundian counterpart was shot down above the Kigali airport, crashing into the presidential gardens. Habyarimana's...
View ArticleMalaysia Flight 370: Searchers Race To Try To Trace Underwater Sounds - CNN.com
A senior Malaysian government source told CNN that Flight 370 flew around Indonesian airspace after it dropped off Malaysian military radar. The plane may have been intentionally taken along a route...
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Hong Kong Zeros in on Creativity
We have known for some time that public art with sculptures, statues and murals everywhere, and buildings with their uniquely carved doorways, cornices, and columns are usually what distinguish one...
View ArticleRussia Supporters Storm Ukraine Government Buildings
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Crowds of pro-Russian demonstrators stormed government buildings Sunday in several major cities in eastern Ukraine, where secessionist sentiment has sparked frequent protests since...
View ArticleDisturbing New Report Details Hispanic Role In Sex Traffic
Whether people are aware of it or not, sex trafficking is a serious issue in several major U.S cities. Despite law enforcement efforts and preventative laws, Hispanics are largely affected by this...
View ArticleAnimal Photos Of The Week
This week has been an interesting one in the weird, wild world of animal news: A quarter of Europe's bees face extinction. Two Maryland men were charged with stealing a deaf pit bull puppy. This...
View ArticlePro-Russia Protesters Seize Ukraine Buildings, Kiev Blames Putin
* Protesters storm buildings in three eastern Ukrainian cities * Interior minister accuses Putin of being behind protests * Acting president holds talks with security chiefs * Tensions in east Ukraine...
View ArticleAngus King Thinks Dick Cheney Should Try Waterboarding 'If He Doesn't Think...
Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) said Sunday that former Vice President Dick Cheney should give waterboarding a try himself if he doesn't believe the interrogation tactic qualifies as torture. During a visit...
View ArticleTwitter Employee, Claire Diaz-Ortiz, Live Tweeted Her Labor
Giving birth is hard work. Live tweeting while doing so might make it even tougher. Yet, it seemed like the appropriate thing for Claire Diaz-Ortiz, who leads social innovation at Twitter, to do. She...
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#MejorDesnudosQue: Better Naked Than
Better naked than... A woman with her breasts bare is an oracle in an ephemeral work of art. It is Havana in the '80s and the scandal caused by the exhibition "Nine Alchemists and a Blind Man" ends...
View ArticleObama Pays Tribute To Victims Of Rwanda Genocide
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is remembering the victims of the Rwandan genocide, an event he says was "neither an accident nor unavoidable." On Monday, Rwanda will mark the 20th anniversary...
View ArticleChuck Hagel May Be First Foreigner To Visit China's Aircraft Carrier
(Adds comments from experts) By Phil Stewart TOKYO, April 7 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will visit China's sole aircraft carrier when he arrives in the country on Monday, a U.S....
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Syria to Be Referred to ICC? Not a Chance
To say that the United Nations Security Council has been underperforming or underachieving on the Syria file would be a colossal understatement. The Syrian rebellion against Bashar al-Assad is now in...
View ArticlePortraits Of Reconciliation
Last month, the photographer Pieter Hugo went to southern Rwanda, two decades after nearly a million people were killed during the country’s genocide, and captured a series of unlikely, almost...
View ArticleMalaysia Plane Search: Official Says Ship Detects Possible Transmission
An Australian official overseeing the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane says underwater sounds picked up by equipment on an Australian navy ship are consistent with transmissions from...
View ArticleKiller Drones in a Downward Spiral?
Co-authored by Kate Chandley Illegal U.S. drone strikes continue (the Long War Journal says there have been eight drones strikes in Yemen so far this year), but efforts to curb the use of killer drones...
View ArticleActs Of Kindness Performed By Police Officers Will Show You Just How Caring...
These 12 incredible gestures from police officers around the country remind us of the good in the world. From giving a homeless man without shoes a pair from his own closet to granting a disabled...
View ArticleThe Taliban's Role Post Karzai
As Afghan President Hamid Karzai heads into retirement, former World Bank exec Ashraf Ghani & opposition leader Abdullah Abdullah are vying to replace him. Will Karzai's successor reduce his...
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U.S. Ambassador To Spain: If She Runs, 'Hillary Clinton Will Be The Next U.S....
You don't often hear a traditionally educated diplomat making hard bets on politics. But James Costos, the U.S. Ambassador to Spain who was appointed six months ago, represents another type of...
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