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Mandela’s body arrives for viewing in South Africa

YoopyaDec 11, 2013January 31, 20240

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — A flag-draped casket containing the body of Nelson Mandela arrived with a military honor guard Wednesday in an amphitheater where

AP-GfK poll: Low approval of Congress, Obama

YoopyaDec 11, 2013January 31, 20240

WASHINGTON (AP) — Heading into a congressional election year, Americans hold Congress in strikingly low regard, and nearly two-thirds say they would like to see

South African president booed at Mandela memorial

YoopyaDec 10, 2013January 31, 20240

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — At Nelson Mandela’s memorial, the crowd applauded dignitaries and even cheered the last apartheid-era president. But spectators booed South African leader Jacob

Pop singer Miley Cyrus named MTV’s best artist of 2013

YoopyaDec 10, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – Miley Cyrus, the pop star who caused a sensation with her raunchy performance at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, was named best

2 French soldiers die in Central African Republic

YoopyaDec 10, 2013January 31, 20240

BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Two French soldiers have been killed in combat in Central African Republic’s capital, President Francois Hollande’s office announced Tuesday,

Patriots tight end Gronkowski out for season

YoopyaDec 10, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski will miss the rest of the season after tests on Monday showed he had a torn

Obama, Castro shake hands as world says farewell to peacemaker Mandela

YoopyaDec 10, 2013April 14, 20230

(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama shook hands with Cuba’s Raul Castro at a memorial for Nelson Mandela on Tuesday, a rare gesture between the leaders of

Maker of faulty French breast implants given four years in jail

YoopyaDec 10, 2013December 31, 20230

(Reuters) – The founder of a French breast implant company was sentenced to four years in prison by a Marseille criminal court on Tuesday for

Ukraine protesters hold firm, defy riot police

YoopyaDec 10, 2013December 31, 20230

(Reuters) – About 2,000 anti-government protesters huddled by braziers in their main tented camp in snowbound Kiev on Tuesday, in defiance of riot police who

Obamas head to Nelson Mandela memorial in South Africa with rest of US delegation

YoopyaDec 10, 2013December 31, 20230

President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will attend Tuesday’s service with former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura; the Clintons; and former