Tag: World

Germany renews push for Russia-Ukraine talks

Germany renews push for Russia-Ukraine talks

Geir Moulson · April 1, 2014 10:44 am

Toddlers play at a nursery school in Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Tuesday, April 1, 2014 after authorities allowed residents to return to live in their homes within a tiny part of a 20-kilometer (12-mile) evacuation zone around the Fukushima plant for the first time since Japan's nuclear disaster three years ago. The decision, which took effect Tuesday, applies to 357 people in 117 households from a corner of Tamura city after the government determined that radiation levels are low enough for habitation. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

Japan lets first evacuees live in nuke no-go zone

Yuri Kageyama · April 1, 2014 10:23 am

HOLD FOR USE WITH STORY SLUGGED SOUTH KOREA TRANSGENDER SURGEON BY HYUNG-JIN KIM, In this March 18, 2014 photo, Dr. Kim Seok-Kwun, 62, talks with an unidentified patient at Dong-A University Hospital in Busan. As Dr. Kim begins what will be 11 hours of surgery meant to create a functioning penis for a Buddhist nun, he is well aware of the unease his work creates in this deeply conservative country. The devout Protestant known as the âfather of South Korean transgender peopleâ once wrestled with similar feelings.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon).

SKorea sex change doc: I correct ‘God’s mistakes’

HyungJin Kim · April 1, 2014 10:18 am

Protesters Clash With Police in Venezuela

Protesters Clash With Police in Venezuela

Washington Examiner · April 1, 2014 10:02 am

Tunisian women demonstrate outside a Tunis courthouse where three police officers face charges of rape of a 27-year-old woman, Monday, March 31, 2014. The 27-year-old woman says three police officers stopped her in a car in September, and one of them held her fiance back while the other two raped her. The police officers deny wrongdoing, and allege the couple had been engaged in "immoral" behavior. Posters read: at left, 'State Crime, State Rape', and at right 'Rape is right when police is guilty'. (AP Photo/Aimen Zine)

Tunisian police convicted in woman’s rape

BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA · April 1, 2014 8:12 am

Israel minister: Pollard opposes release for talks

Israel minister: Pollard opposes release for talks

Tia Goldenberg · April 1, 2014 7:11 am

National Security

Iraqi army battles militants in deadly Anbar siege

QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRASAMEER N. YACOUB · April 1, 2014 6:33 am

First census of Mexico’s schools finds problems

First census of Mexico’s schools finds problems

Washington Examiner · April 1, 2014 5:03 am

US ambassador to India resigns 1 week before vote

US ambassador to India resigns 1 week before vote

Washington Examiner · April 1, 2014 4:51 am

In this March 30, 2014, photo U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a news conference in Paris. The United States is talking with Israel about the possibility of releasing convicted spy Jonathan Pollard early from his life sentence as an incentive in the troubled Mideast peace negotiations, a person familiar with the situation said Monday March 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

AP sources: US considers release of spy Pollard

JOSEF FEDERMANMATTHEW LEE · April 1, 2014 4:34 am

A photo of Mexican Nobel Prize poet and essayist Octavio Paz and some of his books are on exhibit marking the 100th anniversary of his birth in Mexico City, Monday, March 31, 2014. Mexico's government and top poets are holding readings and exhibitions to remember Paz, whose most famous work was the 1950 essay "The Labyrinth of Solitude." Paz died 16 years ago. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Mexico honors Octavio Paz 100 years after birth

Washington Examiner · April 1, 2014 4:30 am

Jamaica panel charges 3 more police with murders

Jamaica panel charges 3 more police with murders

David McFadden · April 1, 2014 4:27 am