After dove debacle, Vatican makes balloons new peace symbol
Sunday, 25 January 2015, 15:15
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
Dove lovers, rejoice. Balloons, not doves, were released as a gesture of peace Sunday in St. Peter's Square, a year after an attack by a seagull and a crow on the symbolic birds sparked protests...
French arrests beg question: Is free speech for all?
Sunday, 25 January 2015, 15:09
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
When cartoonists at a French publication that had poked fun at the Prophet Muhammad were shot dead, millions around the world felt it as an attack on freedom of speech. Since the rampage that...
Indonesian rescuers fail again to lift fuselage of AirAsia
Sunday, 25 January 2015, 15:03
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
The second attempt to lift the fuselage of the crashed AirAsia jetliner failed Sunday as the wreckage sank back to the ocean floor when a rope linking the lifting balloons broke. Navy spokesman...
Watch: Rockets kill 30 in Ukrainian city as rebels launch offensive
Sunday, 25 January 2015, 07:20
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
Indiscriminate rocket fire slammed into a market, schools, homes and shops Saturday in Ukraine's southeastern city of Mariupol, killing at least 30 people, authorities said. The Ukrainian president...