THAI PM SAYS PROTESTERS’ DEMANDS UNACCEPTABLE
By THANYARAT DOKSONE and JOCELYN GECKER An Anti-government protester waves Thai National Flag under water cannon fired by police during a protest in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. After…
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US: AMERICAN FIGHTERS IN SYRIA A SECURITY RISK
By EMERY P. DALESIO FILE – This undated file photo provided by the Wake County Sheriff’s Office via The News & Observer, shows Basit Javed Sheikh. Sheikh, 29, of Cary,…
CONGRESS SEEKS MEDAL FOR WW II-ERA US SPY AGENCY
By CHRIS CAROLA FILE- In this Jan. 3, 1950 file photo, Maj. Gen. William (Wild Bill) Donovan, center, the New York attorney who headed the U.S. Office of Strategic Service…
NEW SHIP’S CAPT. KIRK IS — USED TO ‘STAR TREK’ JOKES
By DAVID SHARPFILE – In a Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013 file photo, the Navy’s stealthy Zumwalt destroyer is moored at Bath Iron Works, in Bath, Maine. The skipper of the…
CHINA SETS AIR DEFENSE ZONE OVER EAST CHINA SEA
In this Sept. 2012 photo, the tiny islands in the East China Sea, called Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese are seen. The Chinese Defense Ministry on Saturday, Nov.…
Israel, Gulf in ‘strange alliance’ against Iran
By BRIAN MURPHY FILE-In this Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013 file photo, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, is greeted by Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal bin Abdulaziz al-Saud,…
Egypt revolutionaries make return to Tahrir Square
By SARAH EL DEEB and TONY G. GABRIEL Anti-government protesters clash with Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi supporters near Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. Egypt’s revolutionary groups…
Egypt Islamist tells army chief to avoid politics
By MAGGIE MICHAEL Abdel-Moneim Aboul-Fotouh talks during interview with the Associated Press at his home in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. Egypt’s reformist Islamist leader Aboul-Fotouh, who defected from…