Drought blamed for demise of Mayans
Andrea Dailey at Longwood University This silkscreen shows dates in the Maya Long Count Calendar and a sacred calendar called the Tzolk’in. The silkscreen is based on carvings found in ...
Woman rescued from rubble of collapsed Mumbai building, death toll hits 72
Rescue workers carry a woman who was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building in Mumbai, 36 hours after it fell to the ground “like a pack of cards.” ...
Landslide in Tibet traps 83 miners, buries workers’ camp
Rescuers search for survivors at the site of a landslide in a mining area in Maizhokunggar County, Tibet Autonomous Region, March 30, 2013. Rescuers worked on Saturday to reach 83 ...
Suspect nabbed to Daniel Pearl’s murder, official says
By Waj S. Khan and M. Alex Johnson, NBC News ISLAMABAD — The Pakistani military has captured a suspect in connection with the brutal murder of U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002, ...
Hate mail flies in battle over King Richard III
The bones of Richard III have been discovered in Leicester. NBC’s Stephanie Gosk reports. By Alan Boyle, Science Editor, NBC News The fight over the final disposition of King Richard ...
Socialist socialites: Hollywood mourns Hugo Chavez
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez shakes hands with director Oliver Stone as they arrive for the screening of the film ‘South of the Border’ at the 66th edition of the Venice ...
China states US-based hackers target its websites
Staff , The Associated Press – 5 hrs. BEIJING — China’s military stated Thursday that overseas computer hackers targeted two of its websites an average ...
‘Nobody saw it coming,’ Reeva Steenkamp’s uncle says
By Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC News An uncle of slain model Reeva Steenkamp stated he “can’t answer” whether Oscar Pistiorius killed her on purpose but did state no one ...
4 arrested in Libya for trying to spread Christianity
Four foreigners have been arrested in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on suspicion of being Christian missionaries and printing books about Christianity, a security official stated on Saturday. “They ...
Syrian opposition willing to hold peace speaks with Assad
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis, Reuters AMMAN – Syrian National Coalition leader Moaz Alkhatib stated on Sunday he was willing to hold speaks with President Bashar al-Assad’s representatives in rebel-held areas ...
