ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — From a park near Albuquerque, to the top of Japan‘s Mount Fuji, to the California coast the effect was dramatic: The moon nearly blotting out the sun creating a blazing “ring of fire” eclipse. Millions of people across a narrow strip of eastern Asia and the Western U.S. turned their...
Indonesian prosecutors on Monday asked for a life sentence rather than the death penalty for Bali bombmaker Umar Patek, arguing that his remorse in the dock should spare him from a firing squad. Patek, 45, is accused of masterminding attacks on two nightclubs on...
NEW YORK (AP) — A day after leaving China, a blind legal activist headed for New York City’s backyard — Central Park. Chen Guangcheng spent a sunny Sunday sitting in a wheelchair as shrieking children went running by. U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, chair of...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Prosecutors said Monday an Indonesian militant known as the “Demolition Man” should spend the rest of his life in prison for helping to build the car bomb used in the 2002 Bali nightclub attacks. Umar Patek, a leading member of...
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Three climbers who were among scores who scaled Mount Everest over the weekend died on their descent and two more are missing, a Nepalese official said Monday. The first clear weather conditions of the spring climbing season were Friday and...