MERKEL, RIVAL FACE OFF IN GERMAN ELECTION DEBATE
A man on a bicycle passes election posters, showing the two top candidates for next German chancellor at a street in Duisburg, western Germany, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013. Peer Steinbrueck…
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SYRIANS BRACING FOR POSSIBLE US STRIKE
By DAVID ESPO and ELAINE GANLEY In this image provided by The White House, President Barack Obama meets with his national security staff to discuss the situation in Syria, in…
US SAYS SYRIAN CHEMICAL ATTACK KILLED 1,429
By DAVID ESPO and ELAINE GANLEY Secretary of State John Kerry makes a statement about Syria at the State Department in Washington, Friday, Aug. 30, 2013. Kerry said the U.S.…
MERKEL’S CHALLENGER PLEDGES QUICK POLICY CHANGES
Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) candidate for the chancellor, Peer Steinbrueck, second from left, attends a news conference for the upcoming general elections in Berlin, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013. Steinbruck…
WESTERN LEADERS MULL MILITARY RESPONSE IN SYRIA
By LORI HINNANT French President Francois Hollande, left, arrives with Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault at a government seminar held at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday Aug. 19, 2013.(AP Photo/Remy…
GERMANY: MAN TAKES 3 HOSTAGES AT CITY HALL
Onlookers stand in front of the city hall in Ingolstadt, Germany, Monday, Aug. 19, 2013, after a man has taken several hostages in the city hall of Ingolstadt. Police spokesman…
REACTIONS TO DEVELOPMENTS IN EGYPT
By The Associated Press An Egyptian walks in front of an army armored vehicle that guards an entrance of Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Aug. 16, 2013. Egypt is…
THOUSANDS IN GERMANY PROTEST NSA SURVEILLANCE
Hundreds of demonstrators protest against supposed surveillance by the US National Security Agency NSA, durung a rally in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday July 27, 2013. (AP Photo/dpa, Roland Holschneider) BERLIN (AP) —…