Rwanda Marks 20 Years Since Genocide Rwanda is marking 20 years since the start of the 1994 genocide that left 800,000 people dead. At a ceremony Monday in Kigali, President Paul Kagame and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined in... (photo: AP / Ben Curtis) Voa News Paul Kagame Photos Rwanda Genocide Rwanda Genocide - 20 Years Wikipedia: Rwandan Genocide |
Smooth Afghanistan poll raises questions about Taliban strength KABUL: A bigger-than-expected turnout in Afghanistan's presidential election and the Taliban's failure to derail the vote have raised questions about the capacity of the insurgents to tip the country... (photo: AP / Rahmatullah Nikzad) The Times of India Afghan Election Hamid Karzai Photos Taliban Wikipedia: Afghan presidential election, 2014 |
In pictures: Pro-Russians storm east Ukraine buildings Pro-Russian activists have seized government buildings in three cities in eastern Ukraine. In Luhansk, protesters ripped away some of the sign from the front of the regional office of the state... (photo: AP / Alexander Ermochenko) BBC News Photos Pro-Russian Activists Protests Ukraine Wikipedia: 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine |
More ships rush to probe signals in plane search PERTH, Australia (AP) — Three separate but fleeting sounds from deep in the Indian Ocean offered new hope Sunday in the hunt for the missing Malaysian airliner, and officials rushed to confirm or rule... (photo: US Navy / MCS1 Peter D. Blair) San Francisco Chronicle Air Disaster Flight MH370 Malaysia Airlines Photos Wikipedia: Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 |
High turnout, little violence for Afghan presidential elections An Afghan villager carries materials for Saturday's election over his shoulders as he hikes to his village Friday along a country road high in the mountains of Shutul District in northern Afghanistan.... (photo: AP / Rahmat Gul) Denver Post Afghanistan Election Hamid Karzai Photos Taliban in Afghan Wikipedia: Afghan presidential election, 2014 |
Mali Gets New Prime Minister, Government Mali&aposs; president has asked urban planning minister Moussa Mara to form a new government after Prime Minister Oumar Tatam Ly and his Cabinet resigned Saturday. A spokesman for President Ibrahim... (photo: AP / Thomas Martinez)) Voa News Oumar Tatam Ly Photos Politics of Mali Rebellion in Mali Wikipedia: Oumar Tatam Ly |