SYRIANS BRACING FOR POSSIBLE US STRIKE
By DAVID ESPO and ELAINE GANLEY In this image provided by The White House, President Barack Obama meets with his national security staff to discuss the situation in Syria, in…
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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,…
UN ENVOY: SYRIA ‘SUBSTANCE’ MAY HAVE KILLED 1,000
By JOHN HEILPRIN The UN Joint Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi speaks on developments related to Syria during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations…
WESTERN LEADERS MULL MILITARY RESPONSE IN SYRIA
By LORI HINNANT French President Francois Hollande, left, arrives with Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault at a government seminar held at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday Aug. 19, 2013.(AP Photo/Remy…
RUSSIA: NO PROOF SYRIA GOVT BEHIND CHEMICAL STRIKE
By The Associated Press Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks at a news conference in Moscow on Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Western nations calling…
AFGHAN LEADER IN PAKISTAN TO DISCUSS PEACE TALKS
By SEBASTIAN ABBOT Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, shakes hand with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif prior to their meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. Afghanistan’s president urged…
PALESTINIANS CALL OFF ROUND OF TALKS AFTER CLASH
By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH Palestinian mourners grieve while waiting for the funeral procession outside the morgue of the main hospital in the West Bank town of Ramallah, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013.…
COLOMBIAN REBELS SUSPEND PEACE TALKS IN HAVANA
By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ Pablo Catatumbo, chief of the western bloc of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, center, speaks to journalists accompanied by Ricardo Tellez, left, and Ivan…