NYC MAYORAL CANDIDATE IN COURT OVER PROTEST ARREST
By JENNIFER PELTZ FILE – In this July 10, 2013 file photo, New York City mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio speaks to reporters outside of a police precinct in New…
Elections
ZIMBABWE COURT THROWS OUT ELECTION-RIGGING CASE
Zimbabwean Police are seen outside the Constitutional Court in Harare after the opposition Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) was summoned to the court, Monday, Aug. 19, 2013. Opposition leader Morgan…
TURKEY: ISRAEL BEHIND EGYPTIAN LEADER’S OUSTER
By SUZAN FRASER Supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi, seen in poster with Arabic that reads, “yes to legitimacy,” march in the Maadi district Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Aug. 19,…
AP INTERVIEW: TOP IRAN ADVISER REACHES OUT TO WEST
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI In this Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013 photo, Ali Akbar Velayati, a top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, gives an interview to The Associated…
GERMANY: MAN TAKES 3 HOSTAGES AT CITY HALL
Onlookers stand in front of the city hall in Ingolstadt, Germany, Monday, Aug. 19, 2013, after a man has taken several hostages in the city hall of Ingolstadt. Police spokesman…
EGYPT’S MILITARY CHIEF: ARMY TO CONFRONT VIOLENCE
By MAGGIE MICHAEL A friend of Ammar Badie, 38, killed Friday by Egyptian security forces during clashes in Ramses Square, and also son of Muslim Brotherhood’s spiritual leader Mohammed Badie,…
FAMILY TIES FACTOR IN KEY SENATE RACES
By KEN THOMAS and ANDREW DeMILLO FILE – In this file photo taken Nov. 5, 2008, former U.S. Sen. David Pryor, D-Ark., comments in Little Rock, Ark. Pryor or members…
JESSE JACKSON JR. SAYS HE’S SORRY FOR HIS CRIMES
By MICHAEL TARM and FREDERIC J. FROMMER Former Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife, Sandra, arrive at federal court in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013, to learn their…