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Lockerbie shuns limelight as Libya unravels (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 1988 file photo, a police officer walks past the wreckage in Lockerbie, Scotland of Pan Am Flight 103 from London to New York. The Dec. 21, 1988 explosion would quickly transform the Scottish town into a byword for international terror. Now it is being remembered again because of the 2011 conflict in Libya, the country that accepted responsibility for blowing up Pan Am Flight 103. (AP Photo)AP - One winter's night in 1988, dozens of bodies fell from the sky onto the green fields surrounding a small stone church a few miles outside this Scottish town.

Donald says time on his side to reach No. 1 (AFP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 04:58 PM PDT

Luke Donald of England hits from the sand on the 17th hole during a playoff in the final round of The Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Donald missed a chance to claim golf's World No. 1 ranking, losing a tension-packed Heritage playoff to American Brandt Snedeker on Sunday's third extra hole.(AFP/Getty Images/Streeter Lecka)AFP - England's Luke Donald was oh-so-close to claiming golf's World No. 1 ranking, but he took the near miss from a dramatic playoff loss on Sunday at the US PGA Heritage in stride.

Man overpowered trying to hijack Alitalia flight (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 04:50 PM PDT

Reuters - A man with a knife tried to hijack an Alitalia flight from Paris to Rome Sunday night, demanding it be flown to Libya, but was quickly overpowered and arrested when the plane landed, officials and witnesses said.

Kazakh man stopped from hijacking plane to Libya: ANSA (AFP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 04:31 PM PDT

A view of the Aliatalia terminal in Fiumicino, Rome's main airport, in 2009. Cabin crew overpowered a Kazakh man Sunday after he tried to hijack a Paris-Rome plane and have it land in Tripoli by threatening an air hostess, Italy's ANSA news agency reported.(AFP/File/Filippo Monteforte)AFP - Cabin crew overpowered a Kazakh man Sunday after he tried to hijack a Paris-Rome plane and have it land in Tripoli by threatening an air hostess, Italy's ANSA news agency reported.

Alitalia: passenger wanted flight to go to Libya (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 04:30 PM PDT

AP - An agitated passenger aboard an Alitalia flight from Paris to Rome on Sunday night attacked a flight attendant and demanded the plane be diverted to Libya but other attendants subdued the man, the airline said.

Donald denied World No. 1 golf spot with playoff loss (AFP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 04:16 PM PDT

Luke Donald of England (R) walks on the 17th greeen with Brandt Snedeker in a playoff during the final round of The Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Donald missed a chance to claim golf's World No. 1 ranking, losing a tension-packed Heritage playoff to Snedeker on Sunday's third extra hole.(AFP/Getty Images/Streeter Lecka)AFP - England's Luke Donald missed a chance to claim golf's World No. 1 ranking, losing a tension-packed Heritage playoff to American Brandt Snedeker on Sunday's third extra hole.

Ding faces world championship survival fight (AFP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 03:00 PM PDT

China's Ding Junhui, pictured in January 2011, faces a battle to stay in the world championships after slipping 9-7 down to England's Stuart Bingham in the best-of-25-frame second round on Sunday.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - China's Ding Junhui faces a battle to stay in the world championships after slipping 9-7 down to England's Stuart Bingham in the best-of-25-frame second round on Sunday.

In Easter message, pope urges diplomacy in Libya (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 01:32 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful upon his arrival in St. Peter's square to celebrate Easter mass at the Vatican, Sunday, April 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Pope Benedict XVI offered an Easter prayer Sunday for diplomacy to prevail over warfare in Libya and for citizens of the Middle East to build a new society based on respect.

Turks increasingly commemorate Armenian massacre (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 01:17 PM PDT

Turkish and Armenian people gather in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, April 24, 2011, to mark the anniversary of the massacre of Armenians during World War I, in 1915. People gather together to mark the massacre and to help the process of reconciliation between the nations, in a rare public display of opinion on perhaps the darkest episode of Turkish history which, even today, is hardly ever spoken about openly in Turkey. (AP Photo)AP - Tourists flocking to see carpets and calligraphy at one of Istanbul's most renowned museums were met Sunday by a rare public display of opinion on perhaps the darkest episode of Turkey's history, the massacres of Armenians during World War I.

Bahrain crown prince to miss royal wedding (AFP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 12:35 PM PDT

The Crown Prince of Bahrain on Sunday announced he has declined an invitation to attend Britain's royal wedding because of ongoing unrest in the Gulf kingdom. Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, pictured in 2009, said he had delayed sending his regrets, hoping for the situation in Bahrain to improve before Prince William and Kate Middleton marry on April 29, his office said in a statement.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)AFP - Bahrain's crown prince on Sunday turned down a controversial invitation to the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton because of ongoing unrest in the Gulf kingdom.

NIreland police seize dissident weapons (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 11:34 AM PDT

AP - Northern Ireland police have charged three men with a series of terrorist offenses linked to the discovery of suspected dissident firearms.

Bahrain crown prince declines royal wedding invite (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 10:13 AM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, June 11, 2007 file photo the Crown Prince of Bahrain, Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, right, speaks during the 96th International Labor Organization, ILO, Assembly at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. The full list of confirmed guests and the seating plan for the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton were released by the British monarchy Saturday April 23, 2011. St. James's Palace also confirmed for the first time that Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa will be attending, despite British concerns about the treatment of activists there. Bahrain's royal family ordered a wide-ranging brutal crackdown against pro-democracy demonstrators that started in mid-February. At least 30 people have died, including four in custody, and many well-known activists and lawyers have been imprisoned. (AP Photo/Keystone, Sandro Campardo, File)AP - Bahrain's crown prince on Sunday declined an invitation to attend Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding, saying he did not want the Gulf nation's unrest to tarnish the celebration.

Belgian archbishop: Ex bishop's interview shocking (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 08:23 AM PDT

AP - Belgian archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard says he was shocked by the recent interview of a former bishop at the heart of a sexual abuse scandal.

Serbia's opposition leader ends hunger strike (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 07:59 AM PDT

Main Serbian opposition leader Tomislav Nikolic, poses with a glas of water and lays on a hospital bed in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, April 21, 2011. Nikolic who has been on a hunger strike since Saturday demanding early elections, has started drinking water but still won't take food. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)AP - Serbia's main nationalist opposition leader has ended his weeklong hunger strike that he had started to try to force early elections.

Armenians mourn victims of mass killings by Turks (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 07:45 AM PDT

A man releases a pidgeon as Armenians lay flowers at a memorial to Armenians killed by the Ottoman Turks, as they mark the 96th anniversary of the mass killings, in Yerevan, Armenia, Sunday, April 24, 2011. Hundreds of thousands of Armenians laid flowers Sunday at a monument to the victims of mass killings by Ottoman Turks, creating mounds of blossoms that rose higher throughout the day. (AP Photo/PanArmenian, Vahan Stepanyan)AP - Hundreds of thousands of Armenians laid flowers Sunday at a monument to the victims of mass killings by Ottoman Turks, creating mounds of blossoms that rose higher throughout the day.

Spanish photographer calls parents from Libya jail (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 06:34 AM PDT

CORRECT LAST NAME TO BRABO-File - In this March 3, 2011 file photo, Spanish photographer Manuel Varela de Seijas Brabo, who works under the name of Manu Brabo is seen working in Ben Gardane in Tunisia. The parents of a Spanish photojournalist who was captured by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi say they received a phone call from him Saturday April 23, 2011. in which he said he was well but in a Tripoli jail. Manu Brabo is one of four news-gatherers seized by Gadhafi's forces on April 5 while reporting on the conflict from the outskirts of Brega. The others are GlobalPost correspondent James Foley, freelance reporter Clare Morgana Gillis both Americans and South African photographer Anton Hammerl..(AP Photo/Gabriel Pecot, File)AP - The parents of a Spanish photojournalist who was captured by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi said Sunday they had received a phone call from him in which he said he was well but in a Tripoli jail.

Dutch statesman Max van der Stoel dies at age 86 (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 03:59 AM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, June 20, 2001 file photo former Dutch Foreign Minister Max van der Stoel smiles prior to the awarding ceremony of the Peace Prize of the German federal state of Hesse in Wiesbaden. Max van der Stoel, a former Dutch Foreign Minister and diplomat who championed human rights around the world, has died at the age of 86. The Dutch government information service said Sunday April 24, 2011 Van der Stoel died Saturday night at his home in The Hague. (AP Photo/Frank Rumpenhorst)AP - After the first Gulf War, Max van der Stoel was the expression of the world's conscience and a thorn in the side of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Every year for eight years, the former Dutch foreign minister and special U.N. human rights representative wrote stinging denunciations of Saddam's abuses of his people.

Photographers recall Chernobyl's first days (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 03:30 AM PDT

This 1986 photo shows photographer Igor Kostin taking photographs after the explosion in the 4th reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Wearing a lead protective suit and placing his cameras in lead boxes, photographer Igor Kostin made a terrifying and unauthorized trip to the Chernobyl danger zone just a few days after a nuclear power plant reactor exploded in the world's worst atomic accident. He came back home with nothing to show for his determination to document the crisis — the radiation was so high that all his shots turned out black. (AP Photo/HO)AP - Wearing a lead protective suit and placing his cameras in lead boxes, photographer Igor Kostin made a terrifying and unauthorized trip to the Chernobyl danger zone just a few days after a nuclear power plant reactor exploded in the world's worst atomic accident.

Wills and Kate: Royal honeymoon ahead (AP)

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 03:19 AM PDT

FILE - This Aug. 2002 file photo shows Balmoral Castle, near Ballater in the Scottish Highlands. In real estate, it's location, location, location. For royal honeymooners, it's privacy, privacy, privacy. Once they are man and wife, Prince William and Kate Middleton may combine the two by honeymooning at the queen's 50,000-acre Balmoral estate in Scotland, a family holding so vast that the couple could relax without worrying about their every movement being tracked by long-lensed paparazzi. They would likely combine a stay in Scotland, a beautiful spot but with iffy weather, with a visit to a reliably sunny locale, royal experts believe.(AP Photo/Martin Cleaver)AP - In real estate, it's location, location, location. For royal honeymooners, it's privacy, privacy, privacy.

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