SYRIAN OPPOSITION GETS LESSONS IN NEGOTIATING
By MIKE CORDER FILE – In this Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, file photo, released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian government solider aims his weapon during clashes…
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WESTERN ENVOYS URGE KIEV TO RESPECT HUGE PROTESTS
By JIM HEINTZ Ukraine’s Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, right, along with Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, addresses the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s ministerial council summit in Kiev, Ukraine,…
IRAN’S TOP DIPLOMAT MEETS WITH EMIRATI LEADER
By ADAM SCHRECK This image released by the Emirates News Agency, WAM, shows UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, right, meeting with the Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad…
BIDEN: CHINA AIR ZONE RAISES RISK OF ACCIDENTS
By JOSH LEDERMAN U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, is welcomed by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe prior to their talks at Abe’s official residence in Tokyo Tuesday, Dec. 3,…
PAKISTAN PM IN KABUL DISCUSSES TALIBAN, ENERGY
By PATRICK QUINN Afghan President Hamid Karzai shakes hands with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif during a joint press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013. Sharif said Saturday…
UN: Syrian government and opposition to meet
By JOHN HEILPRIN Russian deputy Foreign Ministers Mikhail Bogdanov, background 3rd left, and Gennady Gatilov, center, arrive for a meeting with UN Joint Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi and…
CONGRESS PLANS TOUGH IRAN SANCTIONS IF DEAL FAILS
By PHILIP ELLIOTT U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, left, visit the media seating area of Kerry’s aircraft as it sits on…
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…