Sunday, May 1, 2016

Princess Charlotte Looks Adorable in New Photos Released for Her 1st Birthday and other top stories.

  • Princess Charlotte Looks Adorable in New Photos Released for Her 1st Birthday

    HRH The Duchess of Cambridge Happy early birthday, Princess Charlotte!Kate Middleton and Prince William's second and youngest child turns 1 Monday. To help celebrate the little girl's birthday, Kensington Palace has released new, adorable photos of her. Mom Kate shot the pics in April at the family's home in Norfolk, England.The little princess has brown hair like her mother and blue eyes like dad Prince William and resembles her brother Prince George, 2, as well. And boy, has she grown u..
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  • Historic ivory burn covers the sky in smoke and ash

    Historic ivory burn covers the sky in smoke and ash
    A rainy Saturday afternoon brought together heads of state from several African nations and hundreds of onlookers to watch Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta set fire to over $172 million worth of illicit wildlife goods. A somber mood took over the crowd as the event began. They listened to the gust of wind feeding the flames, and the crackle of burning ivory, rhino horn and other items. Bright red embers bloomed inside the 10-foot high by 20-foot wide pyres, turning the coveted white ivory tusks ..
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  • Iraq Protesters Leave Baghdad Green Zone on Cleric's Order

    Iraq Protesters Leave Baghdad Green Zone on Cleric's Order
    Photo Followers of Moktada al-Sadr, the influential Shiite cleric, leaving the Green Zone in Baghdad on Sunday. Credit Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters BAGHDAD — After a day of sleeping, praying and even swimming in the Green Zone, the government citadel historically off limits to ordinary Iraqis, protesters began leaving Sunday evening on orders from the man who had sent them: Moktada al-Sadr, the influential Shiite cleric.In a statement issued from the holy city of Najaf in s..
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  • Suspected Islamic State suicide bomber kills two police in southeast Turkey: sources

    Suspected Islamic State suicide bomber kills two police in southeast Turkey: sources
    GAZIANTEP, Turkey Two police officers were killed and 22 people wounded in a suicide car bomb attack in the southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep, the governor and police sources said, in one of three attacks on the security forces on Sunday.There was no immediate claim of responsibility but security sources said police raided the home of a suspected Islamic State militant believed to have carried out the attack and detained his father for DNA tests and questioning.Turkey has suffered attacks..
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  • South Korean president visits Iran to boost ties

    South Korean president visits Iran to boost ties
    South Korean President Park Geun-hye, with white scarf, arrives at the Mehrabad airport as she is welcomed by Iranian Industry Minister Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh, center right, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, May 1, 2016. (Vahid Salemi/Associated Press) By Associated Press May 1 at 10:53 AM TEHRAN, Iran — South Korea’s president arrived in Tehran on Sunday for the first summit between the two countries since they established diplomatic ties in 1962. President Park Geun-hye’s office said ahead of..
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  • 10 Indonesian hostages released by Islamist militant group, president says

    10 Indonesian hostages released by Islamist militant group, president says
    The hostages, who had been held since March 26, were in "good condition," and were expected to arrive in Jakarta on Sunday night, he said.Widodo thanked the Philippines government and the various parties who helped secure the release of the hostages.Four Indonesians were still being held, and the Indonesian government would continue to work to secure their release, he said. Officials in Sulu province in the southern Philippines released photographs of the men having a meal after being released..
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  • US once again forced to turn to Russia for help on Syria

    US once again forced to turn to Russia for help on Syria
    GENEVA — Scrambling to resuscitate a nearly dead truce in Syria, the Obama administration has again been forced to turn to Russia for help, with little hope for the desired U.S. outcome. At stake are thousands of lives and the fate of a feeble peace process essential to the fight against the Islamic State group, and Secretary of State John Kerry has appealed once more to his Russian counterpart for assistance in containing and reducing the violence, particularly around city of Aleppo. “We are ..
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