 IBNLive.com | More Than 200 Rescued After Ferry Sinks Off Papua New Guinea New York Times HONG KONG รข€" More than 200 survivors have been pulled from the ocean on Thursday after a ferry sank off the coast of Papua New Guinea earlier in the day, a rescue official said. Ships and aircraft frantically scrambled to find the remaining passengers ... Passenger ferry sinks off Papua New Guinea Ferry Sinks off Papua New Guinea With 350 Aboard Many feared dead after ferry sinks off Papua New Guinea |
 Telegraph.co.uk | US and allies plan to give Afghanistan forces lead role in 2013 Los Angeles Times By announcing a specific timetable, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is hoping to head off a push by military allies to pull out their Afghan forces more quickly. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, right, head of the transition commission, inspects an Afghan ... Taliban vows to retake Afghanistan: report Sacrifices in vain on the Afghanistan war path Taliban Captives Dispute US View on Afghanistan War |
 Los Angeles Times | Russian holds firm against military intervention in Syria Los Angeles Times UN diplomats say they have made progress on a Security Council resolution, but challenges remain. About 70 more deaths are reported in Syria. A Syrian woman injured in government shelling in the Rastan area of Homs province stands at the entrance of ... Diplomats at UN Haggle With Russia Toward a Compromise on Syria UN Security Council Narrows Differences on Syria Resolution Diplomats: Progress on Syria Resolution at UN |
