US envoy: Afghan reconciliation effort began late
By GREGORY KATZ Abdul Latif, 57, an Afghan man, prays on Nadir Khan hill in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013. The hill is known for the cemetery of the…
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Oil falls below $107 as stock markets stall
By PABLO GORONDI Supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans during a protest in Ramses Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Aug. 16, 2013. Heavy gunfire rang out…
China, other Asians angry over embassy spy reports
By KRISTEN GELINEAU In this photo taken Monday, Dec. 29, 2008, a man digs a trench near a mushroom shaped heating exhaust shaft near the newly constructed US embassy in…
NKOREA DEFECTOR TESTIFIES AT UN RIGHTS PROBE IN US
By MATTHEW PENNINGTON Jin hye Jo wipes a tear as she testifies during a hearing of the United Nations mandated Commission of Inquiry about the human rights situation in the…
PAKISTAN: 3 PERCENT OF DRONE DEATHS WERE CIVILIANS
By SEBASTIAN ABBOT and MUNIR AHMED FILE – In this Jan. 31, 2010 file photo, an unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan, on a moon-lit…
MIZUHO CHAIRMAN, OTHERS RESIGN OVER MOB LOANS
By ELAINE KURTENBACH Mizuho Mizuho Financial Group President Yasuhiro Sato bows at the end of a press conference in Tokyo Monday, Oct. 28, 2013. Mizuho said Monday the chairman of…
POLICE: ROADSIDE BOMB KILLS 18 AFGHAN CIVILIANS
By RAHIM FAIEZ Relatives surround the dead body of a 10-year-old Afghan girl during her funeral on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. An Afghan official and…
CHINA COURT UPHOLDS BO XILAI CONVICTION, LIFE TERM
By ARITZ PARRA and GILLIAN WONG A convoy of vehicles believed to be carrying ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai head to Shandong Provincial Higher People’s Court in Jinan, in eastern…