Issue: May 28, 2012   (Archive)
Thursday, May 23, 2013   

Family of eight killed in NATO strike
A NATO air strike killed a family of eight, including six children, at their home in eastern Afghanistan.



Italy media not buying Vatican butler did it
The Vatican is hunting for the masterminds of leaks that have enraged the Holy See but few believe the pope's arrested butler is behind the scandal, according to Italian media.

New state takes root as Mali rebels unite
A move by Mali's Tuareg and Islamist rebels to merge and declare a new state in the north has left the west African country closer to breakup, two months after a fateful coup in the south.



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