An Egyptian court has sentenced 23 pro-democracy activists to three years in jail for holding an illegal protest, despite international calls to free them.

JERUSALEM - Pope Francis inserted himself directly into the collapsed Middle East peace process on Sunday, issuing an invitation to host the Israeli and Palestinian presidents for a prayer summit meeting at his apartment in the Vatican, in an overture that has again underscored the broad ambitions of his papacy.

". In many developing countries, there is more confidence in the raw fish than the tap water."

"Venezuela has the world's cheapest gasoline, about 6 cents a gallon, a price so low that drivers often fill their tanks for less than a dollar and tip the gas station attendant more than the cost of the fuel pumped into their cars."
"The balancing act is a common one for developing nations, particularly those rich in natural resources"

"American intelligence and law enforcement investigators have concluded that they may never know the entirety of what the former National Security Agency contractor Edward J. Snowden extracted from classified government computers before leaving the United States, according to senior government officials."

"Mr. Snowden's disclosures set off a national debate about the expansion of the N.S.A.'s powers to spy both at home and abroad..."

WWI- Both Germany and Allied Nations used chemical weapons The Geneva Protocol During the Cold War, both the US and Soviet Union amassed large amount of chem. weapons