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Facebook deletes page that advocated raping, murdering troops — but not for content

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, right, shake hands in the lobby of the foreign ministry in Paris, Monday, March 31, 2014. Lavrov is in Paris for talks about Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Russia demands that NATO explain military buildup in Eastern Europe

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

France's far right National Front leader Marine Le Pen, left, arrives at the party headquarters in Nanterre, west of Paris, Sunday, March 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

Socialists in France lose big to center-right in city elections

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

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Chiquita merges with Fyffes to make world’s largest banana firm

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this undated publicity file photo released by BBC shows, actor Matthew Macfadyen stars as Detective Inspector Edmund Reid, in a scene from &quot;Ripper Street&quot; on BBC America. The Victorian detective drama was canceled by the BBC earlier this year after two seasons because of poor ratings. But after an online campaign by fans, it is returning for a third series through a deal between the British broadcaster and online retailer Amazon. (AP Photo/BBC, Tiger Aspect, Jonathan Hession, File)

BBC drama ‘Ripper Street’ rescued in Amazon deal

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** FILE ** U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. Kerry is meeting senior Chinese officials on Friday in Beijing to seek their help in bringing a belligerent North Korea back to nuclear disarmament talks. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

China fires security vice minister because of corruption

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, Fulham's soccer club manager Rene Meulensteen looks out from the technical area prior to their 4th round replay English FA Cup soccer match between Fulham and Sheffield United at Craven Cottage stadium in London. Fulham fired manager Rene Meulensteen and appointed German coach Felix Magath on Friday Feb. 14, 2014, saying &quot;action was required&quot; in its bid to avoid relegation from the English Premier League. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, FILE)

Fulham fires Meulensteen, names Magath as manager

By FRANK GRIFFITHS - Associated Press

This photo released by CBS shows Ralph Waite, as Jackson Gibbs, in an episode "The Namesake" from "NCIS," on Tuesdays, 8/7 CT on the CBS Television Network . Waite, 85, who played the father in TV's hit series "The Waltons," has died. Waite's manager, Alan Mills, says the actor died midday Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, in the Palm Springs area. (AP Photo/CBS, Cliff Lipson)

Ralph Waite, star of ‘The Waltons,’ dies at 85

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** A Free Syrian Army fighter fires an AK-47 during a battle against the Syrian army loyal to President Bashar Assad, in Aleppo, Syria, Nov. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC, File)

Al Qaeda-linked group claims first U.K. jihadist in Syria suicide bombing

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Dennis Aabo S&#248;rensen, of Aalborg, Denmark, who lost his left hand in a fireworks accident a decade ago, shows the sensory feedback enabled prosthesis he is testing in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. The patient only got to experiment with the bulky prototype for a week, and it's far from the bionics of science fiction movies. But the research released Wednesday is part of a major effort to create more lifelike, and usable, prosthetics. This isn't the first time scientists have tried to give some sense of touch to artificial hands; a few other pilot projects have been reported in the U.S. and Europe. But this newest experiment, published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, shows Sorensen not only could tell differences in the shape and hardness of objects, he also could quickly react and adjust his grasp. (AP Photo/Paolo Santalucia)

Bionics breakthrough: Amputee tests prosthetic hand with fingers that feel

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Police officers evacuate children from a Moscow school on Monday, Feb. 3, 2014. An armed teenager burst into his Moscow school on Monday and killed a teacher and policeman before being taken into custody, investigators said. None of the children who were in School No. 263 were hurt, said Karina Sabitova, a police spokeswoman at the scene. The student also wounded a second police officer who had responded to an alarm from the school, she said. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Moscow police arrest gunman who took 20 students hostage

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this handout photograph made available by Martin Lang in London Monday, Feb. 3, 2014, a painting owned by him is seen. When British collector Martin Lang submitted the painting to a French committee, he was hoping to find out if it was an authentic work by Marc Chagall. But not only did the Chagall Committee declare the painting a forgery, it said Lang's painting should be burned under strict French laws that protect artists' works. Lang, 63, said Monday he was frustrated with the decision but he still hopes the painting will be returned to him. &quot;They're holding on to it. It is bizarre ... it's almost vindictive,&quot; Lang told the BBC. &quot;It's basically my property. I just couldn't understand why the committee would be so draconian.&quot; The businessman bought the watercolor of a reclining nude woman for 100,000 pounds (US$170,000) in 1992, believing it to be an authentic Chagall dating from around 1909 to 1910. (AP Photo/Martin Lang)

UK buyer’s ‘Chagall’ nude may be burned as a fake

By SYLVIA HUI - Associated Press

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem enter a hall hand in hand for their talks in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. The Syrian authorities are ready to pool efforts with the opposition to fight terrorists, Muallem said in Moscow on Friday. (AP Photo/Pool)

Syria regime threatens to bail out of peace talks

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

5 dead, 70 wounded in 3 blasts in Egypt’s capital

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

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Ghost ship filled with ‘disease-ridden cannibal rats’ lost in Atlantic: report

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

In this photo taken on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, a girl has a drink near books shelf displaying Sherlock Holmes books at a &quot;Sherlock&quot;-themed cafe in Shanghai, China. &quot;Sherlock’’ has become a global phenomenon, but nowhere more than in China, where fans’ devotion is so intense that the BBC says this was the first country outside Britain where the new season was shown. (AP Photo)

China falls in love with Sherlock Holmes

By FU TING - Associated Press