UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited Auschwitz-Birkenau, the former Nazi death camp, to pay tribute to Holocaust victims. Between 1940 and 1945, 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, died in gas chambers or from disease, forced labor or starvation at Auschwitz.
Actress-activist was honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences on Saturday, as she was given the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 2013 Governors Awards. The honor was bestowed upon those in Hollydood "whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry." Previous past winners include Jerry Lewis and Paul Newman
A gunman, said to be between 40 and 45, shaven-headed and overweight, attacked the offices of the newspaper "Libération" and fired outside the headquarters of the Societe Generale bank in Paris, France on Monday, BBC News reported. A manhunt is underway throughout Paris to apprehend the gunman who critically injured a 27-year-old photographer at the newspaper's office. He was said to be a freelance assistant photographer who had recently joined the newspaper
The UN Security Council "rejected an African demand to suspend the International Criminal Court crimes against humanity trials of Kenya's top two leaders."
