ROMANIA: CAMP COMMANDER ACC– USED OF 103 DEATHS
ALISON MUTLER FILE: In this June 20, 2013 file photo, former communist labor camp commander Ion Ficior speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Bucharest, Romania. An institute…
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RUSSIA AGAINST — USE OF FORCE IN SYRIA RESOLUTION
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, greets his French counterpart Laurent Fabius prior to their meeting in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) MOSCOW (AP) —…
UN: ‘CONVINCING EVIDENCE’ OF SYRIA CHEMICAL ATTACK
By EDITH M. LEDERER This photo released by the United Nations shows professor Ake Sellstrom, head of the chemical weapons team working in Syria, handing over the report on the…
OIL FALLS TO NEAR $107 ON US-RUSSIA DEAL FOR SYRIA
By The Associated Press FILE – In this Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, file photo, oil pumps work in the desert oil fields of Sakhir, Bahrain. Oil prices fell slightly Friday,…
POLICE: SUICIDE CAR BOMB KILLS 3 IN CHECHNYA
Chechen Police officers secure the area after a bomb blast at the police station in Sernovodsk, Chechnya, southern Russia, on Monday, Sept. 16, 2013. Russian news reports say three policemen…
FIDEL CASTRO APPLAUDS RUSSIAN PROPOSAL ON SYRIA
FILE – In this Feb. 3, 2013 file photo, former Cuban President Fidel Castro talks to reporters at a polling station after casting his ballot in parliament elections in Havana,…
100,000 POLES IN ANTI-GOVT MARCH, THREATEN STRIKE
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA A protester beats a drum in front of Solidarity trade unionists marching during a demonstration against the government’s labor and wage policies in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, Sept.…
US-RUSSIA REACH AGREEMENT ON SYRIA WEAPONS
By MATTHEW LEE and JOHN HEILPRIN U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, speaks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, right, during a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday Sept.…