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About 30 people believed to be relatives of Chinese passengers of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 that went missing a year ago, protest near the Malaysian Embassy in Beijing on Sunday.

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MH370 Had Expired Battery On Black Box 'Pinger,' Report Says

4:22pm March 30, 2015

by Scott Neuman

It said the battery had expired 15 months prior to the Malaysia airliner's disappearance. The report also said there was no evidence the plane's crew acted abnormally ahead of the flight.

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Germanwings Co-Pilot Had History Of Depression, German Reports Reveal

2:44pm March 30, 2015

by Eleanor Beardsley

The cockpit voice recorder indicates the co-pilot appears to have deliberately crashed the plane carrying 150 people into the French Alps. A German tabloid reports he was being treated for depression.

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German policemen stand outside a house believed to belong to Andreas Lubitz in Montabaur, Germany, on Thursday. Lubitz, the co-pilot on the Germanwings plane that crashed Tuesday, is suspected of deliberately crashing a the jet into the French Alps.

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Details Emerge About Germanwings Co-Pilot Andreas Lubitz

2:41pm March 30, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

His flying club says Lubitz "wanted to see his dream of flying fulfilled." Investigators say he appears to have deliberately crashed Flight 4U 9525 into the French Alps, killing 150 people.

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Ex-Israeli Leader Ehud Olmert Found Guilty Of Corruption

1:14pm March 30, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

Monday's decision reversed a 2012 ruling that had acquitted the former prime minister. He was convicted last year on separate corruption charges.

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Voting In Nigeria Affected By Isolated Violence And Irregularities

12:33pm March 30, 2015

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Islamist insurgents have reportedly killed about 40 people, as the polling for a new president continued into Sunday. Voting was extended after technical problems kept some from casting their ballots.

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Airplanes' contrails streak the sky close to where a Germanwings plane crashed last week, in Seyne les Alpes, France.

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Germanwings Crash: Co-Pilot Was Treated For Suicidal Tendencies

11:59am March 30, 2015

by Bill Chappell

But a prosecutor says "documents don't show any hints of [Andreas Lubitz] being suicidal or being aggressive toward other people." The plane crash last week killed 150 people.

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Nigerian electoral officials collate results at a polling station in the oil rich Niger Delta, Port Harcourt, Nigeria on Sunday. Millions of voters headed to the polls in the Nigerian general elections after being delayed for over a month.

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Dozens Killed In Nigerian Election Violence As Polling Continues

11:42am March 30, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Boko Haram extremists are being blamed for more than 40 deaths, including one lawmaker, as balloting continues in a closely fought presidential election.

Ahead of Tuesday's deadline, Secretary of State John Kerry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi wait Monday for the opening of

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Sticking Points In Iran Nuclear Talks: Sanctions And A Fuel Stockpile

11:33am March 30, 2015

by Bill Chappell

With Tuesday's deadline for an international agreement on Iran's nuclear program approaching, foreign ministers from Iran and six world powers are trying to hash out a deal.

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Pope Francis blesses a baby after celebrating a Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.

At Palm Sunday Mass, Pope Remembers Germanwings Crash Victims

11:32am March 30, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Francis noted that schoolchildren were aboard the aircraft thought to have been deliberately crashed by its co-pilot. The pontiff also paid tribute to "martyrs" killed for their faith.

A sampling of the multicourse menu served at the Gout de France dinner at the French embassy in Washington, D.C.: (clockwise from top left): seasonal vegetables with winter truffle Bayonne ham crisps; slowly cooked monkfish with fennel pollen flavors in "

Liberte, Egalite, Gastronomie? France Rallies To Defend Its Food's Honor

10:48am March 30, 2015

by Maria Godoy

With fast food now a staple at home and Danish and Spanish chefs in the limelight, France's culinary supremacy is no longer a given. The government has mobilized to save French food traditions.