UKRAINE PRESIDENT PROPOSES PROTESTER AMNESTY
By JIM HEINTZ and YURAS KARMANAU A Pro-European Union activist guards a barricade in the Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. A leader of the massive anti-government…
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THAI DEMOCRACY ENTERS DANGEROUS NEW CROSSROADS
By TODD PITMAN Thai anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban gives a Thai tradition way of greeting “wai”, addressing his supporters at the Government House following a march rally Monday, Dec.…
THAI PM DISSOLVES PARLIAMENT, CALLS ELECTIONS
By TODD PITMAN and JOCELYN GECKER Thai anti-government protesters make their way on a street during a march rally in Bangkok, Thailand Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. Thai Prime Minister Yingluck…
VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT FACES FIRST ELECTORAL TEST
By JOSHUA GOODMAN A member of the Venezuelan National Electoral Council tests a voting machine at a polling station in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. Venezuelans will vote in…
NELSON MANDELA, 20TH CENTURY COLOSSUS, DIES AT 95
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA and MARCUS ELIASON FILE – In this March 17, 1997 file photo, South African President Nelson Mandela, left, shows the way to Britain’s Princess Diana in Cape…
UKRAINE MASS PROTESTS RESUME AFTER GOVT WINS VOTE
By MARIA DANILOVA People rally outside of the presidential administration building in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. Ukraine’s opposition failed to force out the government with a…
UKRAINE OPPOSITION FAILS TO FORCE OUT GOVT IN VOTE
By MARIA DANILOVA Protesters chant slogans outside the Parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. Ukraine’s parliament on Tuesday opened a high-tension session in which the opposition aims…
EGYPT’S CONSTITUTIONAL PANEL HOLDS FINAL MEETING
By HAMZA HENDAWI Egyptian security forces detain one of the protesters demonstrating against the government in Talaat Harb Square in Cairo on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. Police on Sunday used…