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.…
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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…
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…
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…
Uganda warns that M23 Congo rebels could regroup
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA FILE – In this Nov. 30, 2012 file photo, M23 rebels withdraw from the Masisi and Sake areas in the eastern Congo town of Sake, some 27…
Tons of aid in Philippines, but not where needed
By TODD PITMAN and JIM GOMEZ Typhoon survivors hang signs from their necks as they queue up in the hopes of boarding a C-130 military transport plane Tuesday, Nov. 12,…