German Newspapers Push to Remove Russian WWII Tanks From Memorial
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany should remove a pair of World War Two-era Soviet tanks standing on pedestals next to Berlin's Brandenburg Gate in protest at Russia's actions in Crimea and Ukraine, Germany's...
View ArticleProsecutor Says Pistorius Killed Girlfriend After Argument
PRETORIA (Reuters) - The prosecutor in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius ended his five-day cross-examination of the double amputee track star on Tuesday with a stark summary of how he shot his...
View ArticleUndersea Drone Hunt for Malaysian Plane May Take Two Months
SYDNEY/PERTH, Australia (Reuters) - A U.S. Navy underwater drone sent to search for a missing Malaysian jetliner on the floor of the Indian Ocean could take up to two months to scour a 600 sq km area...
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Ukraine Armed Forces Launch 'Special Operation' In Eastern Town
Update 12:33 PM ET: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ukraine's actions against pro-Russian militiamen in the country's eastern region are called for because of the threat to law and order in the country, the...
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Photo Essay: 20 Years Later, Bosnia and Herzegovina Still Show War's Wounds
Almost 20 years after the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–1995), site of Europe’s worst genocide since World War II, the echoes of the conflict still haunt the country’s land. Bosnia’s resilient...
View ArticleSouth Korean Online Gamer Accused of Murdering Infant Son to Keep Playing
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean police charged a man on Tuesday for the murder of his 2-year-old son after he confessed to suffocating the child so he could leave the house to go back to playing games...
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Photos: Boston Marks Anniversary of Bombing With Somber Ceremonies
BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was among elected leaders and survivors of last year's Boston Marathon bombing sharing messages of thanks and defiance on Tuesday at a tribute to the...
View ArticlePresident Obama's Statement on the Anniversary of the Boston Marathon Bombing
A year ago, tragedy struck at the 117th Boston Marathon. Four innocent people were killed that week, and hundreds more were wounded. Today, we remember Krystle Campbell, Lingzi Lu, Martin Richard,...
View Article100 Nigerian Girls Kidnapped From School by Islamist Rebels, Teacher Says
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist insurgents have abducted more than 100 female students in a night raid on a government secondary school in Nigeria's northeast Borno state, a teacher...
View ArticleJordanian Ambassador Kidnapped In Libya
TRIPOLI/AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan's ambassador to Libya was kidnapped on Tuesday by gunmen who demanded an Islamist militant be released from a Jordanian jail in exchange for the diplomat's freedom.The...
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Starting Five for Tuesday
1. Tax DayWould our personal tariffs be less if it wasn't so damn expensive for our government to spy on us (I'm totally going to get audited for that)?2. Michael Phelps UnretiresDecision made while...
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Today in Tabs: Heartblood Moon
Revelations, 6:12-13: And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars...
View ArticleBerlusconi's Sentence: Work with the Elderly
MILAN (Reuters) - A court on Tuesday ordered former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to serve a tax fraud sentence by doing community service with the elderly, in a ruling that restricts his movements...
View ArticleU.S. Anti-Tank Rockets Show Up in Syrian Rebel Hands
LONDON (Reuters) - Online videos show Syrian rebels using what appear to be U.S. anti-tank rockets, weapons experts say, the first significant American-built armaments in the country's civil war.They...
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Over 280 Missing After South Korean Ferry Capsizes
JINDO, South Korea (Reuters) - More than 280 people, many of them students from the same high school, were missing after a ferry capsized off South Korea on Wednesday, in what could be the country's...
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Pro-Russia Separatists Take Armored Vehicles, Humiliating Kiev Forces
KRAMATORSK/SLAVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Separatists flew the Russian flag on armored vehicles taken from the Ukrainian army on Wednesday, humiliating a Kiev government operation to recapture eastern...
View ArticlePrinceton Review Founder Blasts the SAT: ‘These Tests Measure Nothing of Value’
Education entrepreneur and Princeton Review co-founder John Katzman has adopted an unlikely mission: blasting the standardized-testing behemoths that for years sustained his business model.In an op-ed...
View ArticleImpersonating Soldiers, Nigerian Rebels Abducted Schoolgirls
MAIDUGURI/ABUJA (Reuters) - Islamist rebels duped dozens of Nigerian schoolgirls into thinking they were soldiers come to evacuate them before abducting over 100 in their latest anti-government raid,...
View ArticleStarting Five for Wednesday
1. All You Can Eat NCAA rules that Division I schools may provide "unlimited meals and snacks" to student-athletes. Which school will be first to equip sideline with nacho bar?2. Boston $trong The...
View ArticlePakistani Taliban End Ceasefire but Say Talks Still On
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - The Pakistani Taliban have formally ended a 40-day ceasefire but are still open to talks with the government, a spokesman said on Wednesday.Government negotiators...
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