WITH IDRIS ELBA, A MANDELA WITH MUSCLES AT TORONTO
By JAKE COYLE Actor Idris Elba answers a question during the press conference for “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on Sunday,…
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US: ‘COMMON-SENSE TEST’ HOLDS ASSAD RESPONSIBLE
By PHILIP ELLIOTT In this photo taken May 19, 2013 White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough returns to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., after a trip with President Barack…
MISS WORLD OPENS IN INDONESIA AFTER PROTESTS
The 63rd Miss World Pageant contestants wear Indonesian’s traditional dress during opening ceremony in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati) BALI, Indonesia (AP) —…
CITIES MAKE FINAL PITCHES AHEAD OF 2020 VOTE
By STEPHEN WILSON Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan arrives to attend the Istanbul 2020 bid presentation during the International Olympic Committee session, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.…
HUNDREDS PROTEST DEADLY POLICE SHOOTING IN KASHMIR
Kashmiris carry Adil Ahmed on a stretcher after he was injured in a shootout at Shopian, at a hospital in Srinagar, India, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013. Hundreds of people protested…
JAPANESE ANIMATION MASTER MIYAZAKI BIDS FAREWELL
By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MARI YAMAGUCHI Hayao Miyazaki, one of animation’s most admired and successful directors, smiles during a press conference on his retirement in Tokyo Friday, Sept. 6, 2013.…
DETROIT HOUSING PROJECT WHERE SUPREMES LIVED RAZED
By JEFF KAROUB The first stage of demolishing the Frederick Douglass Homes begins in Detroit, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013. The graffiti-covered complex comprising several city blocks is better known as…
NEW MOB BIO TRACES PROBE OF PA. GAMING INDUSTRY
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM This book cover image released by Berkeley shows “The Quiet Don: The Untold Story of Mafia Kingpin Russell Bafalino,” by Matt Birkbeck. (AP Photo/Berkeley Mass Market Original)…