BOMB SCARE DELAYS MUSHARRAF HIGH TREASON HEARING
By REBECCA SANTANA and ZARAR KHAN Pakistani police officers man a security check post outside the residence of former President Pervez Musharraf in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013. A…
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S. SUDAN GOV’T LOSES CONTROL OF PROVINCE CAPITAL
By CHARLTON DOKI and TOM ODULA Choul Laam, the chief of staff for the secretary general for the ruling Sudanese Peoples Liberation Movement speaks during a press conference in Nairobi,…
ISRAEL, LEBANON MOVE TO EASE TENSIONS
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Israeli soldiers stand guard in Rosh Hanikra, Israel near the border between northern Israel and Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 16, 2013. Israel’s army said Monday its troops shot…
THAI DEMOCRACY ENTERS DANGEROUS NEW CROSSROADS
By TODD PITMAN Thai anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban gives a Thai tradition way of greeting “wai”, addressing his supporters at the Government House following a march rally Monday, Dec.…
WITNESS: 100 ABOARD COSTA SHIP WHEN CAPTAIN FLED
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Coast Guard Capt. Gregorio De Falco, right, arrives at the Grosseto court, Italy, Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. A Italian Coast Guard official has testified that hundreds of…
HAGEL WARNS PAKISTAN LEADERS OVER BORDER PROTESTS
By LOLITA C. BALDOR U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, right, speaks during a meeting with Afghan military leaders in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. Hagel spoke with U.S.…
YEMEN: 6 DEAD IN RAIDS TO CATCH MINISTRY ATTACKERS
By AHMED AL-HAJ In this photo provided by Yemen’s Defense Ministry, security forces are on the scene after an explosion at the Defense Ministry complex in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Dec.…
UN OKS MILITARY ACTION IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
By EDITH M. LEDERER Christian children from the village of Bouebou, some 40 kms (30 miles) North of Bangui, Central African Republic, are packed in the trunk of a taxi…