A LOOK AT SYRIA DEVELOPMENTS AROUND THE WORLD
By The Associated Press A US Air Force plane takes off from the Incirlik airbase, southern Turkey, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013. U.S. President Barack Obama said he has decided that…
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SCANT FOREIGN SUPPORT FOR US STRIKES ON SYRIA
By LARA JAKES FILE – This March 13, 2002 file photo shows US Troops from 10th Mountain Division sitting in a Chinook helicopter on their way to take up the…
MANDELA REMAINS IN HOSPITAL, CONDITION UNCHANGED
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA FILE- Former South African President Nelson Mandela as he celebrates his 94th birthday in Qunu, South Africa, in this file photo dated Wednesday, July 18, 2012. Mandela…
RWANDAN TANKS, ARTILLERY SEEN MOVING TOWARD CONGO
By SALEH MWANAMILONGO and RUKMINI CALLIMACHI CORRECTS DATE – A Rwandan armored vehicle with soldiers on top drives past residents of Kigali, Rwanda Friday Aug. 30, 2013 as it heads…
EGYPT BROTHERHOOD PROTESTS DRAW TENS OF THOUSANDS
By AYA BATRAWY and TONY G. GABRIEL People raise their hands and banners to show a hand gesture of an open palm with four raised fingers during a protest in…
CONGO CONFLICT SPILLS OVER INTO RWANDA
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EGYPT POLICE ARREST BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS’ RELATIVES
By AYA BATRAWY A poster showing Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi with Arabic slogan reading, “no revenge without trials,” hangs in a popular coffee shop in Tahrir Square in Cairo,…
DETAINEES DISAPPEAR AMID NIGERIAN CRACKDOWN
By MICHELLE FAUL In this undated family photo provided by his sister, Hauwa Hasan Kida, Samaila Hassan Kida poses for a picture at an unspecified location. On the night of…