G-20 OFFICIALS DECRY LACK OF GLOBAL GROWTH
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and HARRY DUNPHY U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, right, shakes hands with German’s Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble during a group photo of the G20 finance ministers and…
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INTELLIGENCE CHIEF: SECRET REPORT MISLABELED
By KIMBERLY DOZIER National Intelligence Director James Clapper arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 18, 2013, to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the current…
NORTH KOREA SETS PRECONDITIONS FOR TALKS’ RESTART
A banner with picture of North Korean leaders Kim Jong-Un is displayed by South Korean protesters during an anti-North Korea protest rally in downtown Seoul, South Korea Thursday, April 18,…
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…
LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS DENOUNCES BBC TACTICS
By GREGORY KATZ The name plaque outside the London School of Economics (LSE) in this file photo dated Sept. 3, 2009, in central London. The renowned LSE has denounced the…
KERRY HOPES NEXT PALESTINIAN PM CAN WORK WITH US
By BRADLEY KLAPPER FILE – In this Tuesday, June 28, 2011 file photo, Palestinian Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in the West Bank…
CHINA WHO CHIEF: BEIJING H7N9 CASE NOT SURPRISING
A nurse stays with a patient at a specialized fever clinic inside the Ditan Hospital, where a Chinese girl warded for the H7N9 strain of bird flu, in Beijing Saturday,…
KERRY: US, CHINA PLEDGE TO WORK TOGETHER ON NKOREA
By BRADLEY KLAPPER Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, poses with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry before their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Saturday, April…