LITTLE ROCK — Maraleen Manos-Jones, a self-styled butterfly expert, will take a late blooming monarch butterfly on a Southwest Airlines flight from Albany, N.Y., to San Antonio to reunite it with other monarchs that have long since begun their winter journey south.
Malala Yousufzai, the 15-year-old Pakistani girl advocating female education who was shot in the head by the Taliban, is making a steady recovery at a Birmingham, England, hospital and is starting to walk, talk and read, a Pakistani official said.
Cmdr. Joseph E. Darlak, skipper of the USS Vandegrift, a San Diego-based Navy frigate, and two lower ranked officers have been relieved of duty after an investigation into a rowdy, alcohol-fueled port visit to Vladivostok, Russia.
Mario Monti, the prime minister of Italy, which has about 3,500 troops in Afghanistan, pledged not to abandon the country after Italy completes its expected pullout of forces in 2014, saying Rome will “transform” its support but not leave altogether.
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, 53, of Illinois gripped a handrail and wore a brace on his left leg as he climbed 37 floors inside Chicago’s Willis Tower as part of a charity fundraiser in his first public appearance since suffering a major stroke in January.
Gen. Ahmed Bakr, Egypt’s security chief of Northern Sinai governate, has been fired after an attack by suspected Islamic militants that killed three policemen in El-Arish, the regional capital, that sparked protests by policemen demanding a stronger military campaign against the militants, according to the country’s interior minister.
Front Section, Pages 1 on 11/05/2012