May 20, 2013
World
Privately owned daily newspapers return to Myanmar
YANGON, Myanmar — The newspaper industry might be shrinking in the rest of the world but it expanded Monday in Myanmar when privately run daily newspapers hit newsstands for the first time in 50 ye...
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Pope makes pleas for world peace
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis marked Christianity’s most joyous day with a passionate plea for world peace, celebrating his first Easter Sunday as pontiff in the enthusiastic company of more than 250...
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A bodyguard secures popular Egyptian television satirist Bassem Youssef, who has come to be known as Egypt's Jon Stewart, as he enters Egypt's state prosecutors office to face accusations of insulting Islam and the country's Islamist leader in Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday. Government opponents said the warrant against such a high profile figure, known for lampooning President Mohammed Morsi and the new Islamist political class, was an escalation in a campaign to intimidate critics.
Satirist released after questioning
CAIRO — Egypt’s most popular television satirist, who every week skewers the Islamist president and hard-line clerics on his Jon Stewart-style show, was released on bail Sunday but could face charg...
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Islamic extremists attack Timbuktu in north Mali
BAMAKO, Mali — Timbuktu has been hit by a prolonged battle between Islamic extremists and the Malian and French armies, residents and a Malian military spokesman said Sunday. Fighters linked to ...
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Abbas clamps down on critics
HUSSAN, West Bank — Mahmoud Abbas’ government in the West Bank is getting tougher with critics, interrogating, prosecuting and even jailing several journalists and bloggers in recent months for all...
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Former South African President Nelson Mandela as he celebrates his 94th birthday with family in Qunu, South Africa, in 2012.  A South African official says Mandela is breathing "without difficulty" after having a procedure to clear fluid in his lung area that was caused by pneumonia.
South Africa: Mandela in hospital on Easter
JOHANNESBURG — Former South African President Nelson Mandela had a restful day in a hospital Sunday and is improving following treatment for a recurrence of pneumonia, the government said. The o...
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Uneasy calm grips Kenya after court ruling on vote
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan police deployed forces Sunday in the capital and the lakeside city of Kisumu to contain the continuing threat of violence after five people were killed in riots Saturday, of...
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Archbishop of Turin Cesare Nosiglia (second left) views the Shroud of Turin on Saturday at the Turin cathedral in Vatican City. The shroud is on display for a TV appearance.
Relic ‘conveys peace’
VATICAN CITY — The Shroud of Turin went on display for a special TV appearance Saturday amid new research disputing claims it’s a medieval fake and purporting to date the linen some say was Jesus’ ...
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Pope Francis leads Easter vigil service Saturday in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican.
Pope presides over Easter Vigil service
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis celebrated a trimmed back Easter Vigil service Saturday after having reached out to Muslims and women during a Holy Week in which he began to put his mark on the Catholi...
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Syrian rebels enter Aleppo neighborhood
BEIRUT — Syrian rebels pushed into a strategic neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo after days of heavy clashes, seizing control of at least part of the hilltop district and killing a pro-go...
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