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April 15, 2015

Nigeria marks one year since Boko Haram kidnapped schoolgirls

A clergyman joins others in a "Bring Back Our Girls" gathering in Paris April 14. A year after more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped, Lagos Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie said he believed that "God will answer our prayers" for their return.

Nigerians staged ceremonies to remember the 219 schoolgirls abducted by the militant group Boko Haram in Chibok on April 14 one year ago.

Published in International
March 9, 2015

Investigation of stolen Michelangelo notes underway after ransom demand

Italian police are investigating after a top Vatican official received a ransom demand for Michelangelo’s stolen notes. More than 10,000 parchment, documents and slips of paper connected with the basilica’s design were stolen. Michelangelo is best known for painting the Sistine Chapel during the last two decades of his life.

VATICAN CITY - A top Vatican official received a ransom demand for the return of Renaissance-era documents by the artist Michelangelo.

Published in International