The French foreign ministry and Cameroon security forces say a Roman Catholic Priest has been abducted by unidentified persons in North Cameroon suspected to be members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect of Nigeria.
Georges Vandenbeusch was seized on the night of Wednesday in Koza about 30 kilometers.... |
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Highlights: Puerto Plata Province Touristic Festival; New cave discovered in Puerto Plata; Johnny Ventura and Wilfrido Vargas on world tour; Dreamliner lands at Punta Cana; DR reaches out to US senior travelers. Puerto Plata Province Touristic Festival. |
A department briefing note on the personal preferences of Foreign Minister Julie Bishop reveals that she does not drink coffee, prefers the window seat and likes to have scissors and wrapping paper on hand to prepare gifts. |
Tony Abbott has personally introduced the Government's "signature" laws to axe the carbon pricing scheme, but not before the first "business" day of Parliament descended into a row over the Prime Minister's new moniker for Bill Shorten. Mr Abbott has called the Opposition Leader "Electricity Bill",.... |
Martin St. Louis added a goal and two assists for the Lightning, who played their first home game and second overall both victories without star Steven Stamkos . The center, out indefinitely after breaking his right leg Monday, had surgery Tuesday in Boston and returned to Florida on Thursday. "Nice to be back home in Tampa," Stamkos tweeted. |
The southern hemisphere’s premier roots music industry showcase, the Australasian Music Expo is underway in Melbourne. |
The southern hemisphere’s premier roots music industry showcase, the Australasian Music Expo is underway in Melbourne. |
Judi Dench, one of Britain's most heralded actresses, has portrayed royals and Shakespearean characters, but she's an Irish mum in "Philomena" |
Traditional earth oven given makeover to work more efficiently. WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Radio New Zealand International, Nov. 14, 2013) – A Samoan engineering student in Dunedin in New Zealand has created a modern, clean-burning umu which could transform traditional island cooking. |
There has been no claim of responsibility, but the Nigerian Islamist militant groups Boko Haram and Ansaru are known to operate in the region, near the border with Nigeria. |
MEXICO CITY -- Gunmen in El Salvador early Thursday burst into the offices of a human rights agency that focuses on children missing from the country’s civil war, torching documents and taking away computers, activists said. |
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