CHINA’S LEADERS TAKE AIM AT RAILWAYS MINISTRY
By LOUISE WATT Chinese Communist Party General Secretary and incoming-President Xi Jinping reads a report during a plenary session of the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the…
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SYRIAN REBELS TREATED UN HOSTAGES LIKE ‘GUESTS’
By JIM GOMEZ CORRECTS DAY HOSTAGES WERE RELEASED TO SATURDAY INSTEAD OF FRIDAY- Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesperson Col. Arnulfo Burgos Jr. gestures as he talks to reporters about…
SKOREANS LEARN TO LIVE WITH NKOREAN WAR THREATS
By SAM KIM In this March 7, 2013 photo released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and distributed March 8, 2013 by the Korea News Service, North Korean leader…
AFGHAN BOMBERS STRIKE DURING US OFFICIAL’S VISIT
KIMBERLY DOZIER and RAHIM FAIEZ Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel prepares to step aboard a C-17 military aircraft en route to Kabul, Afghanistan, after greeting U.S. troops stationed at Manas Air…
HK TYCOON BROTHERS PLEAD NOT GUILTY IN GRAFT CASE
By KELVIN CHAN Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. Joint Vice Chairmen and Managing Director Raymond Kwok arrives at the Eastern Court in Hong Kong Friday, March 8, 2013. Billionaire property…
NORTH KOREA HIT BY NEW UN SANCTIONS AFTER TEST
By EDITH M. LEDERER UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council responded swiftly to Members of the United Nations Security Council vote for tough new sanctions to punish North…