Special Report - How the U.S. made its Putin problem worse
WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK - In September 2001, as the U.S. reeled from the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon, Vladimir Putin supported Washington's imminent invasion of Afghanistan in ways that would have been inconceivable during the Cold War.
Bodies found trapped inside sunken South Korean ferry - coastguard
JINDO, South Korea - Divers searching for survivors of a capsized South Korean ferry saw three bodies floating through a window of a passenger cabin on Saturday but were unable to retrieve them, the coastguard said, hours after the ship's captain was arrested. | Video
Avalanche kills at least 12 guides in deadliest incident on Mount Everest
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Pope Good Friday service underscores plight of the suffering
ROME - The plight of immigrants, the poor, the sick, the elderly, unemployed and prisoners dominated Pope Francis' Good Friday service at Rome's Colosseum as he led Catholics around the world in commemorating the day Jesus died.
Moores to get second chance in England top job - reports
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Nobel winner Garcia Marquez, master of magical realism, dies at 87
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Kansas shooting victims remembered
April 18 - A memorial service is held for Reat Griffin Underwood, 14, and Dr. William Lewis Corporon, 69, who were shot outside of a Jewish Community Center. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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Sanctions to cost less than inaction
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