BOMB SCARE DELAYS MUSHARRAF HIGH TREASON HEARING
By REBECCA SANTANA and ZARAR KHAN Pakistani police officers man a security check post outside the residence of former President Pervez Musharraf in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013. A…
Elections
CONGRESS DOES LITTLE OF CONSEQUENCE, EXCEPT ARGUE
By DAVID ESPO FILE – This Sept. 24, 2013, file image from Senate video show Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaking on the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.…
KIEV ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTEST DRAWS 100,000
By YURAS KARMANAU Pro-European Union activists gather in Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013. Ukraine has been stricken with mass protests for over a month, as protesters…
DEMOCRATS WORK TO RAISE NUMBER OF FEMALE GOVERNORS
By STEVE PEOPLES FILE – In this Sept. 27, 2013, file photo, New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan speaks at an Emily’s List town hall discussion entitled “Madam President” in Manchester,…
THAI PROTESTERS STAGE NEW MASS RALLY IN BANGKOK
Thai anti-government protesters march cross Takin Bridge during a rally Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013, in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand’s main opposition Democrat Party said it would boycott February’s general election, deepening…
TURKEY DISMISSES ISTANBUL POLICE CHIEF
By SUZAN FRASER Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013. Istanbul police leading a major corruption and bribery investigation…
28-YEAR SENTENCE IN OHIO IN $100M CHARITY SCAM
By THOMAS J. SHEERAN This Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013 photo shows Bobby Thompson, who authorities have identified as Harvard-trained attorney John Donald Cody, sitting in the courtroom waiting for the…
ONLY NOMINAL COMPETITION IN TURKMENISTAN’S VOTE
A Turkmenistan woman dressed in traditional clothes casts her ballot at polling station during parliamentary elections in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013. Voters in the energy-rich Turkmenistan are casting…