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Netanyahu tells Clinton he is serious about peace (Reuters)

November 11th, 2010

Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he was “quite serious” about talks with the Palestinians as he met with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton amid…

Chile leader tells mom her son will be first out (AP)

October 12th, 2010

Alberto Segovia, brother of trapped miner Dario Segovia, and his daughter Carla Belgica, stand at the relatives camp outside the San Jose mine, near Copiapo, Chile, Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. The33 miners became trapped when the gold and copper mine collapsed on Aug. 5 and are expected to be rescued starting late Tuesday or early Wednesday. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)AP - The president of Chile has made it official, telling the mother of Florencio Avalos that he’ll be the first of 33 men to be rescued from the collapsed…

Pope meets with victims, tells UK he’s sorry (AP)

September 18th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI, right, prays next to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, in the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor in Westminster Abbey, London, Friday Sept. 17, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI held joint prayers with the leader of the world's Anglicans on Friday in a symbolic act of unity on day two of the first-ever state visit by a Pope to Britain. (AP Photo / Lewis Whyld, Pool)AP - Pope Benedict XVI has met with victims of priestly sexual abuse and prayed with them even as abuse survivors and thousands of people opposed to his visit marched…

Mullah Omar tells Afghans Taliban are winning (AP)

September 8th, 2010

A worker cleans a poster of Afghanistan's Ahmad Shah Massoud, on the eve of his ninth death anniversary in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Two foreign suicide assassins, who had camouflaged themselves as journalists, killed Massoud on Sept. 9, 2001. (AP Photo/Andrew Biraj, Pool)AP - The Taliban’s shadowy leader told Afghans on Wednesday that the insurgents are winning the war and warned Americans that they are wasting lives and billions in tax dollars…

UN panel tells France to avoid mass Roma deportations (AFP)

August 27th, 2010

Roma Gypsies eat food received from volonteers at a new camp of Roma people after being resettled by an association a day after their deportation from another camp in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, northern France. The UN anti-racism panel on Friday called on France to avoid the collective expulsion of Roma Gypsies, but Paris dismissed its concerns and insisted its policy of repatriation was legal.(AFP/Philippe Huguen)AFP - The UN anti-racism panel on Friday called on France to avoid the collective expulsion of Roma Gypsies, but Paris dismissed its concerns and insisted its policy of repatriation…

AP: Sole survivor of Afghan attack tells story (AP)

August 14th, 2010

In this image made available by International Assistance Mission, Jawed, a 24-year-old Afghan from Panjshir province, the team's cook, one of 10 civilian volunteers killed in Afghanistan on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, is shown. The Christian charity IAM said Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 that it had no plans to leave Afghanistan despite the murders of 10 members of its medical aid team and repeated that the organization does not attempt to convert Muslims to Christianity. The 10 team members — six Americans, two Afghans, one Briton and a German — were gunned down Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010 after they were accosted by gunmen after finishing a two-week mission providing medical care to impoverished villagers in remote Nuristan province. (AP Photo/International Assistance Mission) NO SALESAP - One of the gunmen who killed 10 charitable health workers in northern Afghanistan hitched a ride with the medical team shortly before the murders, the sole survivor of…

AP Exclusive: Afghan attack survivor tells story (AP)

August 14th, 2010

In this image made available by International Assistance Mission, Jawed, a 24-year-old Afghan from Panjshir province, the team's cook, one of 10 civilian volunteers killed in Afghanistan on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, is shown. The Christian charity IAM said Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 that it had no plans to leave Afghanistan despite the murders of 10 members of its medical aid team and repeated that the organization does not attempt to convert Muslims to Christianity. The 10 team members — six Americans, two Afghans, one Briton and a German — were gunned down Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010 after they were accosted by gunmen after finishing a two-week mission providing medical care to impoverished villagers in remote Nuristan province. (AP Photo/International Assistance Mission) NO SALESAP - One of the gunmen who killed 10 charitable health workers in northern Afghanistan hitched a ride with the medical team shortly before the murders, the sole survivor of…

Mia Farrow tells court Naomi Campbell got diamond (AP)

August 9th, 2010

Actress Mia Farrow is seen on a screen in the pressroom of the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam, Netherlands, Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Farrow has told the Charles Taylor war crimes trial that fashion model Naomi Campbell confided she had been sent a 'huge diamond' by the former Liberian ruler in 1997. Farrow appears to contradict Campbell's evidence last week. Campbell told the court on Friday she was given several small stones by unknown men. If Farrow's Monday account is true, it would dent Taylor's denials of any involvement with illicit diamonds. The court did not give permission to take photos of Mia Farrow inside the courtroom. (AP Photo/Robert Vos, Pool)AP - Naomi Campbell told Mia Farrow that she received a “huge diamond” from the former president of Liberia, the actress said from the witness stand Monday, contradicting the model’s…

Naomi Campbell tells war-crimes court: Not clear gift was diamonds (AP)

August 5th, 2010

In this image made from television Naomi Campbell is seen at the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam, Netherlands, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. Naomi Campbell appeared at a Dutch courthouse to give evidence at the war crimes trial of former Liberian ruler Charles Taylor after the supermodel lost her battle to avoid testifying. Campbell will be questioned about claims made by actress Mia Farrow that Taylor gave the British model an uncut diamond after a dinner party hosted by Nelson Mandela in South Africa in 1997. Prosecutors say if that's true, it's evidence that he received diamonds from Sierra Leone rebels in exchange for weapons during that country's 1992-2002 civil war. (AP Photo/Special Court for Sierra Leone, via APTN) ** TV OUT **AP - Naomi Campbell testified before a war crimes tribunal Thursday that she had received some “dirty-looking stones” after a 1997 dinner party with former Liberian ruler Charles Taylor. Still,…

Model tells court: Not clear gift was diamonds (AP)

August 5th, 2010

In this image made from television Naomi Campbell is seen at the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam, Netherlands, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. Naomi Campbell appeared at a Dutch courthouse to give evidence at the war crimes trial of former Liberian ruler Charles Taylor after the supermodel lost her battle to avoid testifying. Campbell will be questioned about claims made by actress Mia Farrow that Taylor gave the British model an uncut diamond after a dinner party hosted by Nelson Mandela in South Africa in 1997. Prosecutors say if that's true, it's evidence that he received diamonds from Sierra Leone rebels in exchange for weapons during that country's 1992-2002 civil war. (AP Photo/Special Court for Sierra Leone, via APTN) ** TV OUT **AP - Naomi Campbell testified before a war crimes tribunal Thursday, confirming that she had received some “dirty-looking stones” after a 1997 dinner party with former Liberian ruler Charles Taylor.…

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