Argentine Jorge Bergoglio elected Pope Francis

Yahoo News By NICOLE WINFIELD | Associated Press

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope Wednesday and chose the name Francis, becoming the first pontiff from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium.

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Latest Earthquake Activity - March 13, 2013

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Queen pulls out of more public engagements due to illness

The Telegraph-12 March 2013- by Gordon Rayner

Queen pulls out of more public engagements due to illness

On Monday the Queen only went ahead with a reception for Commonwealth leaders in the evening Photo: Reuters

Her Majesty, who will be 87 next month, had been due to visit a technology park in east London on Wednesday with her son, the Duke of York, and was expected at a church service at the Guards Chapel near Buckingham Palace on Thursday.

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Latest Earthquake Activity - March 12, 2013

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Hackers release financial records for vice president, attorney general, FBI director and others

RT.com Published time: March 11, 2013 19:49 Edited time: March 11, 2013 20:27

Joe Biden (AFP Photo / Mandel Ngan)

Hackers have published what are alleged to be the personal financial records for several politicians and celebrities, including US Vice President Joe Biden, Attorney General Eric Holder and musicians Jay-Z and Beyoncé.

Gossip website TMZ reported on Monday that hackers have leaked sensitive information pertaining to a list of prominent Americans, including celebrities Kim Kardashian, Paris Hilton, Mel Gibson and Ashton Kutcher, as well as public figures Joe Biden, Robert Mueller, Hillary Clinton, Eric Holder and LAPD Chief Charlie Beck, but elected to not share the information with their audience.

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3rd wave of locusts from Sinai takes Israel by swarm

The Jerusalem Post - 3/11/13, By SHARON UDASIN, MELANIE LIDMAN

Hardly a plague – Jerusalem chef insists insect-based dishes delicious, popular and excellent source of protein.

CHEF MOSHE BASSON holds a locust March 10, 2013 outside his Eucalyptus Restaurant in the capital Photo: Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post

A new group of locusts crossed the border from the Sinai region on Sunday, ending up in the area of Moshav Be’er Malka, in the Ramat Hanegev region, the Agriculture Ministry reported.

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Latest Earthquake Activity - March 11, 2013

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Video: Retired Lab Chimps Step Outside for the First Time

Wired - 3/08/13, Nadia Drake

In January, a new group of medical-research chimpanzees began arriving at a retirement home in Louisiana called Chimp Haven. Before their arrival, the chimps had been housed at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s New Iberia Research Center, a primate research facility that had been in trouble for illegal chimp breeding and Animal Welfare Act violations.

After a period of quarantine at Chimp Haven, the chimps are being released into their new habitat, and video footage has captured a few of those moments.