May 20, 2013

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Spaniards Protest Against Evictions

Demonstrations are being held across Spain to protest harsh repossession laws that have led to hundreds of thousands of evictions during the country's deep recession.

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Vatican's New Bank Chief Has Military Ship Links

The Vatican is being drawn into a new controversy over its embattled bank after acknowledging that the institution's new president is also chairman of a shipbuilder that is helping to make warships for the German navy.

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Ukraine: 2 Dead as Plane Skids, Overturns

Ukrainian emergency officials say two people were killed and the fate of four is unknown after a passenger plane skidded past the landing strip and overturned in the eastern city of Donetsk.

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SARS-Linked Virus May Have Spread Between People

British officials say a mysterious virus related to SARS may have spread between humans, as they confirmed the 11th case worldwide of the new coronavirus in a patient who they say probably caught it from a family member

African Papal Contender Wants Change

VATICAN CITY (AP) - One of Africa's brightest hopes to be the next pope, Ghanaian Cardinal Peter Turkson, says the time is right for a pontiff from the developing world.

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Russian Lawmakers Vote to Ban Smoking In Public

MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's lower house of parliament has overwhelmingly passed a bill that would ban smoking in public places, a contentious measure in a country with one of the highest smoking rates in the world.

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