3 TURKISH CABINET MINISTERS RESIGN OVER PROBE
By SUZAN FRASER In this photo taken late Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013, Turkey’s Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan, right, Interior Minister Muammer Guler, center, and EU Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis speak…
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KIEV ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTEST DRAWS 100,000
By YURAS KARMANAU Pro-European Union activists gather in Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013. Ukraine has been stricken with mass protests for over a month, as protesters…
IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL FUELS ANGER, JITTERS IN MIDEAST
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013. After feverishly trying to derail the international…
DEMOCRATS VOTE TO CURB FILIBUSTERS ON APPOINTEES
By DAVID ESPO and ALAN FRAM Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., center, with Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., at far right,…
Senate committee OKs Homeland Security nominee
By ALICIA A. CALDWELL FILE – This Nov. 13, 2013 file photo shows Homeland Security Secretary nominee Jeh Johnson testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Homeland Security…
Gates chokes up at Ballmer’s shareholder goodbye
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates chokes up as he end his remarks at the company’s annual shareholders meeting Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, in Redmond, Wash. Gates was reading from prepared remarks…
Everyday life disrupted during Bangladesh strike
By JULHAS ALAM Members of Bangladesh Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) stand guard on a street outside the office of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) during a general strike…
Law enforcement unfamiliar with DHS nominee
By EILEEN SULLIVAN FILE – In this Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, file photo, Jeh Johnson, President Barack Obama’s choice for the next Homeland Security Secretary, speaks in the Rose Garden…