U.S. warship sets sail for Black Sea in advance of Sochi Olympics

USS Mount Whitney could help with evacuations, communications in event of terrorist attack

• Jan 31, 2014

Syrian regime puts next round of peace talks on hold

U.N. mediator says gaps between Assad regime, opposition remain wide: "There is no use pretending otherwise"

• Jan 31, 2014

Photos of the week

The best images from the week's news, Jan. 24 - Jan. 31, 2014

• Jan 31, 2014
• 27 photos

Ukraine activist: "They crucified me" in 2 week ordeal

Latest victim of mysterious attacks on gov't opponents, bloodied and scarred Dmytro Bulatov tells TV station of horrific alleged torture by kidnappers

• Jan 31, 2014

A timeline of the Amanda Knox case

The sequence of events that led to Amanda Knox's second murder conviction on Jan. 30, 2014

• Jan 31, 2014

Knox: I "will never go willingly" back to Italy

On the day after her conviction for the murder of her roommate was re-instated by an Italian court, Amanda Knox said that she will "fight this to the very end"

• Jan 31, 2014

Italy police recover relic containing Pope JPII’s blood

Cloth stained with late pontiff’s blood found in garage of 2 suspected drug addicts arrested over theft from church

• Jan 31, 2014

1,900 die in Syria during peace talks, activists say

Monitoring group says 430 civilians among dead during talks in Geneva, which ended with little more than an agreement to meet again

• Jan 31, 2014

Russian construction insider says Sochi Games money used for payoffs, kickbacks

Major Olympic contractor -- now a fugitive living in England -- says when he tried to go public with his allegations, he received death threats

• Jan 31, 2014

Amanda Knox verdict: Could she be extradited back to Italy?

Italian court re-convicts Knox and former boyfriend; legal expert discusses possibility of extradition

• Jan 31, 2014

Knox's ex found near Italy border after guilty verdict

Italian police find Raffaele Sollecito in hotel near Slovenia, confiscate his passport hours after court ruling

• Jan 31, 2014

Holiday rush: Tens of millions of Chinese hit the rails and roads

Trains are packed as throngs of people leave the cities to celebrate the New Year with their families

• Jan 30, 2014

Hundreds sue builders of Fukushima nuclear reactors

Lawsuit launched against Toshiba, GE and Hitachi over safety features at Japanese power plant that experienced meltdowns in 2011

• Jan 30, 2014

U.S. blasts Syria for delay in removing chemical weapons

American officials believe just 4% of toxic agents meant to be out by Dec. 31 now removed, suggesting Assad regime “bargaining” on deal after the fact

• Jan 30, 2014

Year of the horse

Preparations for Lunar New Year celebrations underway

• Jan 30, 2014
• 20 photos

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