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- Bermuda Triangle theories, elaborate plots, and false leads fuel online speculation about lost airliner
Bermuda Triangle theories? A hijacking? A dearth of concrete evidence and official information has prompted widespread online speculation about the fate of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which mysteriously disappeared Saturday.
- Oscar Pistorius trial: Olympian pictured with blood stains
The jury in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial was shown a pair of photos showing the sprinter in the hours after police arrived at the scene of the crime.
- Guessing game over: Jakarta governor to run for president
Joko Widodo runs Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, and has long kept admirers wondering if he'd stand in July. His appeal to ordinary voters may have swayed the political gatekeepers.
- Malaysia Airlines flight: missing plane may have been diverted to Andaman Islands
Malaysia Airlines flight: Senior Malaysian officials tell Reuters that the missing Malaysian aircraft could have flown west, not north, as a result of 'sabotage, with hijack still on the cards.'
- Japan earthquake: Overnight quake shakes western Japan
Japan earthquake: The 2:06 a.m. quake had a magnitude of 6.3, reported the US Geological Survey. It struck offshore, near the northern coast of Kyushu.
- Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: Satellite pings point toward Indian Ocean
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: Communication satellites heard electronic pings from the flight for four hours after the plane went missing. The US Navy guided-missile destroyer, USS Kidd, is now en route to Strait of Malacca, west of the Malaysian peninsula, to continue the search for the missing jet.
- Ready or not, Crimea's clock ticks down to a union with Moscow
The Crimean peninsula looks certain to vote for joining Russia on Sunday. But its pro-Ukrainian minority is fearful of what may follow.
- Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: China deploys largest rescue fleet ever
China's military build-up in the South and East China Seas is on full display in the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
- Saudi princesses: Did Saudi king lock daughters away?
Saudi princesses seek freedom: Several daughters of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia say they have been held for the past 13 years in the royal compound in Jeddah. The Saudi princesses are seeking help from the UN.
- New Italian premier proposes ambitious economic reform
Italian Premier Matteo Renzi has introduced a series of decrees aimed at helping Italy's working class through payroll taxes and spending cuts. Renzi also announced a plan to fix schools and create jobs.
- 3 killed, several wounded in Venezuelan protests
Three people, including a National Guard captain, were killed as protests became more violent in Valencia, Venezuela Wednesday. A month of demonstrations against inflation and the scarcity of basic goods has left at least 25 people dead.
- Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: Doubts about military track of plane
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: The Malaysia Air Force now says they are not certain that the aircraft spotted by military radar west of Malaysia is Flight 370.
- Oscar Pistorius trial: Did he have his prosthetic legs on or off?
Oscar Pistorius trial: A forensic analyst said Wednesday that Oscar Pistorius was probably not wearing his prosthetic legs when he shot Reeva Steenkamp.
- Malaysia Airlines flight 370: Why the search has shifted dramatically
Malaysia Airlines flight 370: Military radar says after the plane disappeared from civilian radar, it changed course and flew west for 1 hour. The new last location for Malaysia Airlines flight 370 is in the Strait of Malacca.
- Malyasia Airlines Flight 370 : Terrorism unlikely, says Interpol chief
Interpol Secretary General Ronald Noble says the two Iranians used stolen passports in order to smuggle themselves into Europe. Interpol names the two Iranians as Pouri Nourmohammadi and Delavar Seyed Mohammadreza.
- Malaysia Airlines flight MH370: Stolen passports market big in Thailand
Malaysia Airlines flight MH370: Two of the passengers boarded the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 with stolen passports. Why Thailand is a big source of stolen passports - for smugglers, drug traffickers, and Islamist militants.
- Nazario Moreno Gonzalez, 'slain' cartel kingpin, dies a second time
Nazario Moreno Gonzalez, first declared dead in 2010, has been killed in a shoot out with government troops. But the federal government had something Sunday that was missing the first time — his body.
- Angela Merkel: Putin's Ukraine referendum illegal
Angela Merkel's government has issued a statement on the planned referendum: 'Holding it violates the Ukrainian constitution and international law.'
- Joran van der Sloot: Why Peru won't extradite him until 2038
Joran van der Sloot is serving 28 years in prison after being convicted of killing 21-year-old Peruvian student Stephany Flores. The US wants Joran van der Sloot extradited on charges he extorted and defrauded the mother of Natalee Holloway.
- Oscar Pistorius trial: Judge blocks live broadcast of autopsy testimony
Because of its graphic nature, the judge in Pistorius's murder trial denied live broadcasting and tweeting of court testimony by the expert who conducted the autopsy of Reeva Steenkamp.