JERUSALEM – Thousands of Christian clergymen, worshippers and pilgrims thronged the alleyways of Jerusalem’s Old City, chanting hymns and bearing crosses as they marked Good Friday by retracing Jesus’ final footsteps. Hundreds attended prayers Friday morning at Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulcher, where Christian tradition says Jesus was crucified …
Read More »Mass Grave of Communist Soldiers Found in Vietnam
HANOI, Vietnam – A Vietnamese military official says a mass grave containing the remains of 35 communist commandos killed during the Tet Offensive was found. The colonel says officials discovered the grave after being tipped off by a former driver for the U.S.-backed South Vietnam government. He says it took …
Read More »Pentagon Official: U.S. Could Shoot Down North Korean Missiles
American interceptor rockets would “likely” knock down North Korean missiles before they ever reached the U.S. mainland, a Pentagon official said Friday. “I believe we have a reasonable chance” of an intercept, Charles McQueary, director of operational test and evaluation for the Defense Department, told Bloomberg News. “I’d put it …
Read More »Is Alicia Keys a Homewrecker?
Is the Grammy winning beauty Alicia Keys responsible for the demise of marriage? It seems so, as famed Hip Hop producer Swizz Beats recently told the New York Daily News that he is no longer with his estranged wife and mother to his son, but instead with singer Keys. Rumors …
Read More »Navy Pilot, 3 Daughters Die in Nevada Plane Crash
RENO, Nev. – A small plane has crashed while approaching an airport in the town of Fallon, killing a naval air station officer and his three daughters, authorities said Saturday. Cmdr. Luther H. Hook III, 44, died when his twin-engine Cessna 320 crashed and burst into flames Friday night about …
Read More »Study: Diabetes Often Affects Women's Sex-Life
Over one third of women with type 1 diabetes have some form of sexual difficulty, according to a new study. The findings also suggest that depression is a key factor linked to the problems with sexuality for such women. In contrast to what has been shown in men, however, complications …
Read More »U.N. Closes Pakistan Offices on Security Concerns
The United Nations has closed its offices in Pakistan, FOX News confirms, and has directed its staff members to work from their homes. U.N. offices will remain closed on Friday and Saturday on rising security concerns, and U.N. staffers in Rawalpindi and Islamabad have been directed not to visit any …
Read More »Drug Smugglers From Mexico Relocate to Town in New Mexico
COLUMBUS, N.M. – The dusty little border town of Columbus, New Mexico, with almost no visible means of support, has been seeing something of a boom in the past year: Brand-new sport utility vehicles with flashy wheel rims are parked just off the bleak main drag. Homes are selling quickly, …
Read More »Judge: Russia Defaults on Jewish Document Lawsuit
WASHINGTON – A U.S. judge has issued a default order against Russia in a lawsuit seeking to force the country to hand over historic Jewish documents. Judge Royce Lamberth issued the order after Russia refused to participate in the case. The lawsuit was brought by members of Chabad-Lubavitch, which follows …
Read More »Three Suspected ETA Members Arrested in France
PARIS – Three suspected members of the Basque separatist group ETA were taken into custody this weekend in southern France, a French police official said Sunday. Two of the suspects, carrying handguns and fake French and Spanish identification documents, were stopped by police Sunday as they headed to an underground …
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