World Vision office attacked in NW Pakistan; 6 dead - Everett Herald
ISLAMABAD — Suspected militants armed with grenades today attacked the offices of a U.S.-based Christian aid group helping earthquake survivors in northwestern Pakistan, killing six employees and wounding several others, police and the organization said. All the victims of the assault on World ...
3 Hikers Detained In Iran Call Home - MyFox Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA - The families of three Americans detained in Iran for months say their loved ones have been allowed to call home for the first time. The families say in a statement they received the calls Tuesday. The three reported being well. The families called the conversations "a tremendous ...
2 men held for theft of Cyprus ex-leader's corpse - Boston Globe
NICOSIA, Cyprus— A suspect's remorse over his alleged role in the theft of the body of Cyprus' former president led to the corpse's discovery and three arrests, a police official testified Wednesday. Tassos Papadopoulos' corpse vanished for three months after being dug up from its grave and stolen ...
Swedish papers publish Prophet Muhammad drawing - Richmond Times-Dispatch
STOCKHOLM — At least three Swedish newspapers on Wednesday published a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog after an alleged plot to murder the artist who created it was uncovered in Ireland. The controversial drawing by Swedish artist Lars Vilks was printed in Stockholm ...
Mafia raids: FBI raids crack down on Cosa Nostra in New York, Miami, Sicily - New York Daily News
Police in Palermo say the crackdown on the Cosa Nostra crime syndicate was still being carried out Wednesday. National police in Rome say 20 warrants have been issued so far in Palermo and six arrests have been made in the United States . Police say the crackdown targeted a Palermo-based Mafia crime ...
Pope's brother: I ignored physical abuse reports - Buffalo News
The pope's brother said in a newspaper interview published Tuesday that he slapped pupils as punishment after he took over a renowned German boys' choir in the 1960s. He also said he was aware of allegations of physical abuse at an elementary school linked to the choir but did nothing about it. The ...
Biden in West Bank: East Jerusalem construction undermines peace talks - Haaretz.com
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday the Palestinians deserve a viable independent state with contiguous territory, in an effort to reassure them of U.S. support after Israel announced plans to expand a Jewish neighborhood in disputed East Jerusalem. The Israeli move has overshadowed Biden's ...
Sinn Fein leader's brother to resist extradition - Boston Globe
DUBLIN— Liam Adams, brother of Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, will resist extradition to Northern Ireland where he faces 18 charges of sexually abusing his daughter, his lawyers told a Dublin judge Wednesday. The legal fight has put an embarrassing spotlight on Sinn Fein's Adams. His Irish ...
Corporate Officers : Corporate Officers News and Photos - baltimoresun.com - Baltimore Sun
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Google's CEO says the Internet search company is in active negotiations with the Chinese government and expects some sort of resolution in its dispute with Beijing soon. Eric Schmidt declined to give details ...
Iran's Ahmadinejad Arrives in Kabul, Says U.S. Is Playing 'Game' in Afghanistan - FOX News
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. KABUL — Taking aim at the U.S., Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that it's the United States that is playing a "double game" in Afghanistan, fighting terrorists it once supported. At a news conference in the Afghan capital, Ahmadinejad was ...
