A LOOK AT SYRIA DEVELOPMENTS AROUND THE WORLD
By The Associated Press Syrian refugees arrive at the Turkish Cilvegozu gate border, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013. Routine prevailed at a US-Turkish airbase in southern Turkey on Monday, a day…
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CHINA’S NEW LEADERS EXERT CONTROL OVER OIL COMPANY
By GILLIAN WONG In this Monday, Nov. 5, 2007 photo, Jiang Jiemin, chairman of PetroChina, left, is mobbed by journalists after attending an IPO ceremony for PetroChina at the Shanghai…
BRITAIN PROPOSES SYRIA RESOLUTION; RUSSIA OBJECTS
By ALEXANDRA OLSON and PETER JAMES SPIELMANN Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar Ja’afari speaks to reporters after a meeting about Syria at United Nations headquarters Wednesday, Aug. 28,…
YEAR AFTER LEADER DIES, ETHIOPIA IS LITTLE CHANGED
By KIRUBEL TADESSE Ethiopian prime minister Hailemariam Dessalegni and Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir chat during the the first year anniversary ceremonyof the death of long-time ruler Meles Zenawi in Addis…
CHINA DEFENDS HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD
By DIDI TANG U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Uzra Zeya speaks to reporters at a news briefing on the latest U.S.-China Human Rights…
NORTH KOREA MILITARY PARADES THROUGH PYONGYANG
North Korean veterans of the Korean War wave to their leader Kim Jong Un during a mass military parade on Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang to mark the…
US URGES CHINA COLLABORATION ON CYBER INTRUSIONS
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN A Chinese soldier stands guard at the main entrance door of the Bayi Building where Gen. Martin Dempsey, U.S. chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, are…
CHINA AND ICELAND SIGN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Iceland’s Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir, right, is shown the way by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang after inspecting a guard of honor during a welcome ceremony outside the…