HOW THE SYRIA PLAN BROKE THROUGH, JUST IN TIME
By CALVIN WOODWARD FILE – In this Sept. 5, 2013 pool-file photo, President Barack Obama shakes hands with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin during arrivals for the G-20 summit at the…
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PAKISTANI TALIBAN, ARMY EXCHANGE PRISONERS
By ISHTIAQ MAHSUD FILE – In this Wednesday, July 31, 2002, Taliban supporter Muhammad Jaffer, right, is received by his unidentified relatives after his release from the Kot Lakhpat Jail…
LIBYA: CAR BOMB HITS FOREIGN MINISTRY IN BENGHAZI
By ESAM MOHAMED People gather to look at the site of a car bombing in Benghazi, Libya, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. A powerful car bomb exploded Wednesday near Libya’s Foreign…
SYRIA ACCEPTS WEAPONS PLAN, STRIKE MOMENTUM EASES
By RYAN LUCAS and LORI HINNANT Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem speaks to the media in Moscow, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. Syria’s foreign minister said his country welcomes Russia’s proposal…
FILIPINO REBELS HOLD HOSTAGES AS HUMAN SHIELDS
By BULLIT MARQUEZ Government troops take their positions as about 200 Muslim rebels, enraged by a broken peace deal with the Philippine government, held scores of hostages as human shields…
CONGO PRESIDENT VOWS TO KEEP COUNTRY UNITED
By SALEH MWANAMILONGO Congolese soldiers look into Rwandan territory from an outpost in territory retaken last week from M23 rebels, north of Goma, Congo, Friday, Sept. 6, 2013. The South…
EUROPEAN URGE US TO AWAIT UN REPORT ON SYRIA
By DEB RIECHMANN US Secretary of State John Kerry, centre, with aide Jason Meininger as he leaves a meeting with European Union Ministers of Foreign Affairs at the National Gallery…
US ORDERS DIPLOMATS OUT OF LEBANON AMID FEARS
By ZEINA KARAM and RYAN LUCAS A Lebanese pro-Syrian regime supporter, with her hands painted in red to symbolize blood, attends a demonstration against a possible military strike in Syria,…