Nigerian State Says Most of 129 Abducted Schoolgirls Still Missing
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria's northeast Borno state said on Thursday only 20 of up to 129 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist rebels were back with their parents, casting doubt on a military...
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After Nevada Ranch Stand-Off, Emboldened Militias Ask: Where Next?
(Reuters) - Flat on his belly in a sniper position, wearing a baseball cap and a flak jacket, a protester aimed his semi-automatic rifle from the edge of an overpass and waited as a crowd below stood...
View ArticleNew Study Says Peru’s Logging System Fails to Protect Amazon Hardwoods
A logging concession system that was developed in Peru in 2000 to safeguard and monitor the country’s forests has not only failed to accomplish its mission but has actually enabled widespread illegal...
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The Massive Russian Radar Site in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
When you are in the middle of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, and your tour guide asks, with just a hint of guile, if you would like to see the Russian Woodpecker, you might think that you will finally...
View ArticleEverest, Which Has Killed Nearly 250, Claims 12 More as Guides Are Caught in...
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - An avalanche sweeping down Mount Everest killed 12 Nepali guides on Friday at the start of the main climbing season, the tourism ministry said, in what may be the deadliest single...
View ArticleSouth Korea School Vice Principal Hangs Himself After Ferry Accident
MOKPO/JINDO, South Korea (Reuters) - The vice-principal of a South Korean high school who accompanied hundreds of pupils on a ferry that capsized has committed suicide, police said on Friday, as hopes...
View ArticleTalking with Black Francis About Graphic Novels and French Pornography
In 2009, on the 20th anniversary of Doolittle tour, Pixies frontman Black Francis sat down with his writer friend Josh Frank and detailed a bizarre idea for a movie.It would be based on what is...
View ArticleUkraine Separatists Stay Put Despite Diplomatic Deal
SLAVIANSK/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Armed pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine said on Friday they were not bound by an international deal ordering them to disarm and were looking for more...
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Starting Five for Friday
1. Mount EverestAt least 13 climbers, all Sherpa guides, are dead after an avalanche sweeps down a slope. Dawa Tashi Sherpa lies on the bed of the Intensive Care Unit at Grandi International Hospital...
View ArticlePowerful Earthquake Rattles Mexico, Shakes Buildings
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake struck Mexico on Friday, shaking buildings in the capital and sending people running out into the street, although there were no early reports of major...
View ArticleAssad Accused of Resuming Poison Gas Attacks
Syrian opposition officials are formally accusing President Bashar Assad’s army of recent chemical attacks on rebel strongholds, of violating the agreement that Damascus signed last year and of...
View ArticleWhite House Threatens More Russia Sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House warned Russia on Friday that Moscow would face tougher sanctions if it failed to abide by a new international deal on Ukraine or moved to send Russian forces into...
View ArticleHealthy Numbers May Help Obama Turn the Tables
President Barack Obama made a rare appearance before the press on Thursday for a simple reason: because he had something to brag about. Eight million Americans have signed up for Obamacare, his...
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Gabriel García Márquez Was a Literary Giant With a Passion for Journalism
The late Gabriel García Márquez holds a special place in the hearts of journalists. Like Charles Dickens, Mark Twain and Ernest Hemingway—or contemporaries like Pete Hamill and Tom Wolfe—García...
View ArticleSouth Korean Ferry Captain Lee Joon-seok Arrested: Yonhap
SEOUL (Reuters) - The captain of a South Korean ferry that capsized, leaving 29 people dead and 274 others missing, was arrested on Saturday, the country's Yonhap news agency said.Yonhap said Captain...
View ArticleStrangers Raise Thousands for Man Who Wrongly Spent 25 Years in Prison
Jonathan Fleming, the recently exonerated Brooklyn man who spent 25 years in prison for a murder he did not commit, emerged last week free but jobless, broke and without any experience in the 21st...
View ArticleDave Barry: How to Become a Successful Writer Without Really Trying
Being a professional author is a great job. You get to work at home, be your own boss and wear whatever you want.FACT: Ernest Hemingway wrote The Sun Also Rises wearing a penguin costume.Another...
View ArticleThe Mystery of an American Plane Spotted in Tehran
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran says that a plane which landed in Tehran airport flying the American flag was leased to Ghana's presidential office and carrying a business delegation from the West African...
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Everest Survivor: 'We Knew It Was an Avalanche But We Couldn't Run Away'
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Rescuers recovered the body of one mountain guide on Saturday after an ice avalanche swept the lower slopes of Mount Everest, bringing the death toll to at least 13 in the...
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Fragile 'Easter Truce' in Ukraine; Russia Denies Thousands of Massed Troops...
KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - The Ukrainian government said it will not attack pro-Russian separatists over the Easter weekend as its U.S. ally threatened Moscow with new sanctions if it fails to...
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