OBAMA AWARDS MEDAL OF HONOR TO AFGHAN WAR VETERAN
By TOM RAUM Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Carter received the medal…
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AFGHAN LEADER IN PAKISTAN TO DISCUSS PEACE TALKS
By SEBASTIAN ABBOT Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, shakes hand with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif prior to their meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. Afghanistan’s president urged…
HAGEL: US LOOKING AT INTELLIGENCE IN SYRIA ATTACK
By ROBERT BURNS U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, center, inspects a guard of honor during a welcome ceremony prior to a meeting with Indonesian Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro in Jakarta,…
LAST OF 5 SUSPECTS IN MUMBAI GANG RAPE ARRESTED
By KATY DAIGLE Police officials escort an accused, with the head covered with black cloth, in the gang rape of a photojournalist after producing him before a court in Mumbai,…
DREAMERS WORK TO CREATE HUGE NEW PARK IN DELHI
By RAVI NESSMAN In this Friday, June 7, 2013 photo, Indian laborers work to renovate the Neela Gumbad, or Blue Tomb, as part of a project for the creation of…
BO SLAMS WIFE, EX-AIDE AT TRIAL EXPOSING ELITE
By GILLIAN WONG In this image taken from video, Former Chinese politician Bo Xilai speaks in a court room at Jinan Intermediate People’s Court in Jinan, eastern China’s Shandong province,…
25 YEARS IN MAKING, HINDU ENCYCLOPEDIA IS COMPLETE
By SUSANNE M. SCHAFER This Aug. 21, 2013 photo provided by the University of South Carolina shows Dr. Meera Narasimhan, vice dean of the University of South Carolina School of…
TRIAL SHOWS GREED, MACHINATIONS OF CHINA’S ELITE
By GILLIAN WONG In this image taken from video, Former Chinese politician Bo Xilai, left, sits and speaks in a court room at Jinan Intermediate People’s Court in eastern China’s…