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The door of the Sidi Yahia Mosque, before and after the attack

The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović (l), in discussion with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, at a meeting in Ankara Palace, 15 December 2011.

The Producers Branch Executive Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has determined the individual nominees for “Amour” in the Best Picture category for the Oscars. They are producers Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz.

Genocide, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, the responsibility to protect, the conflict in Syria and the courage to do what is right were among the topics highlighted in United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's remarks today at an event held in memory of the victims of the Holocaust.

A rare Etruscan black-figure kalpis, which has been traced back to 510 B.C., will be returned to the Italian government following a transfer ceremony Tuesday at the Toledo Museum of Art.

Five personality traits widely thought to be universal across cultures might not be, according to a study of an isolated Bolivian society.

As we enter into 2013, the European Commission kicks off the European Year of Citizens, a year dedicated to you and to your rights. This European Year comes at a critical juncture in European integration - 2013 marks the 20th anniversary of EU Citizenship, which was introduced by the Maastricht Treaty in 1993, and it is also one year before the European Parliament elections.

Pope Benedict has called for world peace and condemned inequalities between the rich and the poor in a New Year's Day Mass.