Human Tide: The Italian Coast Guard today was responding to distress calls from two boats loaded with as many as 450 people in the Mediterranean. After the drowning of as many as 1,100 African migrants in just the past week, …

Ukraine: Russian soldiers and Crimean “self defense” forces took over the headquarters of the Ukrainian navy in Sevastopol today. The Ukrainian navy personnel left without resistance.   Yesterday Ukraine said one of its military officers was killed by gunfire in …

Mandela Funeral: Former South African President Nelson Mandela was buried today in the Eastern Cape village of Qunu where he lived as a child. After six hours of ceremony at the end of 10 days of national mourning, Mandela’s body …