PAKISTANI PRESIDENT STEPS DOWN AS HIS TERM ENDS
By ASIF SHAHZAD Pakistan’s outgoing President Asif Ali Zardari waves as he leaves following a farewell ceremony at President House in Islamabad, Pakistan. Zardari is stepping down Sunday at the…
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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…
CONSERVATIVES SWEEP TO AUSTRALIA ELECTION VICTORY
By ROD McGUIRK Opposition leader Tony Abbott smiles as he makes a speech to party supporter in Sydney, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013, following his party’s win in Australia’s national election.…
CAMBODIAN OPPOSITION RALLY PUSHES FOR POLL PROBE
By SOPHENG CHEANG and JUSTINE DRENNAN Canbidua’s opposition leader Sam Rainsy, center, arrives at the democracy square during a demonstration in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013. More than…
CHINESE SHIPS VISIT HAWAII FOR EXERCISES WITH US
By AUDREY McAVOY T Chinese guided missile destroyer Qingdao, left, and Linyi, are docked at the pier in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Friday, Sept. 6, 2013. Three Chinese ships with…
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.…
OBAMA, IN EUROPE, STILL PURSUING SYRIA SUPPORT
By JOSH LEDERMAN CORRECTS SPELLING OF MATRYOSHKA A traditional Russian Matryoshka wooden doll depicting US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin, on a display in St. Petersburg, Russia,…