BANGKOK (AP).- Thailand’s prime minister is defending his country’s decision to quit the U.N.’s World Heritage Convention. Abhisit Vejjajiva says the group’s consideration of a Cambodian plan to manage a protected temple on Thailand’s border would inc…
WARSAW (AP).- The notorious sign that once spanned the main gate at Auschwitz will not return to its original spot after being recently repaired from the damage it suffered during a 2009 theft, an international council that oversees Auschwitz-Birkenau…
LONDON (AP).- A London auction house has sold artwork said to be by Nelson Mandela despite objections from Mandela’s lawyer. The lawyer, Bally Chuene, said in a statement that Mandela “strongly disassociates himself” from the auction, and the artwork …
JERUSALEM (AP).- It seems almost Kafkaesque: Ten safety deposit boxes of never-published writings by Franz Kafka, their exact contents unknown, are trapped in courts and bureaucracy, much like one of the nightmarish visions created by the author himsel…
