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Bulgarian officials report arrest of Frenchman linked to one of the Kouachi brothers.
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian authorities say they have arrested a French citizen believed to have links to one of the Kouachi brothers suspected of the terror attack against Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical magazine.
Darina Slavova, regional prosecutor of the southern province of Haskovo, said that Fritz-Joly Joachin, 29, had two European arrest warrants issued against him, including one for participating in a criminal organization with a terrorist aim.
Speaking on the private Nova TV channel, Slavova said the warrant cited his possible association with one of the attackers, Cherif Kouachi.
In Paris, President Francois Hollande led a ceremony honoring the three slain police officers.
Pope arrives in Sri Lanka on 1st leg of Asian tour, backs search for wartime truth, justice
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Pope Francis brought calls for reconciliation as well as justice as he arrived Tuesday in Sri Lanka at the start of a weeklong Asian tour, saying the island nation can't fully heal from a quarter-century of ethnic civil war without pursuing the truth about abuses that were committed.
In a show of ethnic coexistence, the pope's welcoming ceremony at Colombo's airport featured traditional dancers and drummers from both majority Sinhalese and minority Tamil ethnic groups, as well as a children's choir serenading him in both of Sri Lanka's languages — as well as Italian and English.
With 40 elephants dressed in colorful costumes lining the airport road behind him, Francis said that finding true peace after so much bloodshed "can only be done by overcoming evil with good, and by cultivating those virtues which foster reconciliation, solidarity and peace."
He didn't specifically mention Sri Lanka's refusal to cooperate with a U.N. investigation into alleged war crimes committed in the final months of the war. But he said: "The process of healing also needs to include the pursuit of truth, not for the sake of opening old wounds, but rather as a necessary means of promoting justice, healing and unity."
Tamil rebels fought a 25-year civil war to demand an independent Tamil nation after decades of perceived discrimination by governments dominated by the Sinhalese majority. U.N. estimates say 80,000 to 100,000 people were killed during the course of the war, which ended in 2009; other reports suggest the toll could be much higher.
POPE WATCH: Pope Francis, taking time to greet crowds in Sri Lanka, is already running late
Pope Francis arrived in Sri Lanka on Tuesday to start a highly anticipated six-day visit to Asia that will also take him to the Philippines. Here are some glimpses of his trip as it unfolds:
RUNNING LATE
Some in the crowds may have grumbled that Pope Francis' convoy had passed too quickly Tuesday morning, or that he hadn't stopped to greet them, but the pope took a long time to drive the 30 kilometers (20 miles) from Colombo's airport into the city.
Even with traffic blocked off, the lengthy airport arrival ceremony, combined with his frequent stops in the heat to greet and bless people in the crowds lining the convoy's route, had him running more than an hour behind schedule.
Senate Democrats ready additions to Keystone XL oil pipeline bill on climate, oil exports
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats plan to use Senate consideration of the Keystone XL oil pipeline to get Republicans on the record about climate change and to resurrect parts of a bipartisan energy efficiency bill doomed by pipeline politics last year.
But Republicans readied additions of their own, such as lifting a ban on crude oil exports.
Other possible tweaks could attempt to ban exports of oil sent through the pipeline or force the pipeline's builders to use American-made steel.
Full-blown debate on the bill was expected to continue Tuesday after the Senate agreed 63-32 Monday to begin deliberating the measure.
Sen. John Hoeven of North Dakota, the lead Republican sponsor of the measure, said before the vote that the additions will "help us build the right kind of energy plan for our country."
Buckeye Bash: Ohio State overcomes setbacks to win first playoff title, beating Oregon 42-20
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Ohio State was done when Braxton Miller got hurt in August.
Ohio State was done when it lost at home to Virginia Tech in September.
Ohio State was done when J.T. Barrett got hurt in November.
A funny thing happened: Every time the Buckeyes looked done, they kept getting better. And in the new era of college football, that was enough to earn a chance to win a championship.
They took advantage of an opportunity they never would have had in the BCS, shrugging off questions about if they belonged among the college football's final four. Cardale Jones, Ezekiel Elliott and the Buckeyes won the first College Football Playoff national championship, upsetting Marcus Mariota and Oregon 42-20 on Monday night.
Egyptian judicial official: No legal grounds to detain Mubarak after court ordered retrial
CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian judicial official says there are no legal grounds to keep deposed President Hosni Mubarak in detention after an appeals court ordered his retrial in a corruption case.
The official at the chief prosecutor's office says Mubarak has the right to walk free after the country's top Appeals Court ordered a retrial in a corruption case against him and his two sons earlier Tuesday.
It was the only case still keeping Mubarak behind bars. Mubarak has already been cleared over the killings of protesters during Egypt's 2011 uprising that toppled him.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to media.
He says "paperwork is being processed" for Mubarak's release but declined to speculate if and when that could happen.
Palestinian leader Abbas, after 10 cautious years in office, dramatically challenges Israel
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — After a decade in power, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has little to show.
He is no closer to a deal on Palestinian statehood, has failed to reclaim the Gaza Strip from political rival Hamas and is being disparaged by some as a pliant guardian of Israeli security needs in the West Bank.
But the typically cautious 79-year-old dramatically changed course in the days before this week's tenth anniversary in office by signing up to the International Criminal Court. That could allow for war crimes complaints against Israel in what many believe is his strategy of last resort.
The court bid is part of a wider strategy Palestinians hope will bring international pressure to bear on Israel and improve their leverage in future statehood talks. They say the approach stems from frustration with two decades of failed talks overseen by staunch Israeli ally America. Israel accuses Abbas of trying to replace negotiations with a campaign to delegitimize the Jewish state.
The move carries unprecedented risks, but Palestinian officials say Abbas had to act.
AP-GfK Poll: Majority of Americans have an appetite for labeling genetically modified foods
WASHINGTON (AP) — A large majority of Americans support labeling of genetically modified foods, whether they care about eating them or not.
According to a December Associated Press-GfK poll, 66 percent of Americans favor requiring food manufacturers to put labels on products that contain genetically modified organisms, or foods grown from seeds engineered in labs. Only 7 percent are opposed to the idea, and 24 percent are neutral.
Fewer Americans say genetically modified ingredients are important to them when judging whether a food is healthy. About 4 in 10 said the presence of such ingredients was very or extremely important to them.
That's higher than the share who say it's important to know whether a food is organic, and about on par with the share saying they consider the amount of protein in a food an important factor.
For some, the debate over GMOs is about the food system overall. Andrew Chan of Seattle said he strongly favors labeling genetically modified ingredients, but those ingredients themselves aren't most important to him. As a parent, he said his top concern is the abundance of processed foods.
Israel buries 4 Jewish victims of Paris terror attack at supermarket
JERUSALEM (AP) — The funeral procession of the four Jewish victims of a Paris terror attack on a kosher supermarket has begun.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other public figures were gathering Tuesday in Jerusalem for the burial of Yohan Cohen, Yoav Hattab, Francois-Michel Saada and Phillipe Braham.
All died Friday during a tense hostage standoff at the market on the eastern edge of Paris. The bodies were brought by plane to Israel early Tuesday morning.
The four were among 17 people killed in a wave of terror attacks carried out over three days last week by militants claiming allegiance to al-Qaida and the Islamic State extremist groups.
The attack deepened fears among European Jewish communities shaken by rising anti-Semitism.
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