A high karat gold Pyx which was believed to have been hand crafted in the late 1600's - early 1700's for transporting a Eucharist (communion wafer) is seen in an undated handout photo.

Family finds 300-year-old sunken treasure off Florida's east coast

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, ORLANDO - A Florida family scavenging for sunken treasure on a shipwreck had found the missing piece of a 300-year-old gold filigree necklace sacred to Spanish priests, officials said on Tuesday. Eric Schmitt, a professional salvager, was scavenging with his parents when he found the crumpled, square-shaped ornament on a leisure trip to hunt for artifacts in the wreckage...

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl (right) stands with a Taliban fighter in eastern Afghanistan.

Taliban says captured US soldier was treated well

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, KABUL - The Taliban said Friday that US Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was treated well during the five years they held him captive and was even allowed to play soccer with the men holding him. Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan, told The Associated Press by telephone that Bergdahl was held under "good conditions," and was...