UK LAWMAKER ARRESTED AT ANTI-FRACKING PROTEST
Activists link arms to resist police officers who were trying clear the road outside the main entrance to the Cuadrilla exploratory drilling site in Balcombe, southeast England , as anti…
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GUNMEN KILL 5 YEMENI SOLDIERS AT CHECKPOINT
By AHMED AL-HAJ FILE — In this Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013 file photo, Yemeni soldiers man a checkpoint on a street leading to the U.S. and British embassies in Sanaa,…
RIG FOR RELIEF WELL BEING POSITIONED AT GAS LEAK
A fire is seen on the Hercules 265 drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Natural gas spewed uncontrolled from the…
IAEA: JAPAN NUKE CLEANUP MAY TAKE MORE THAN 40 YRS
By MARI YAMAGUCHI International Atomic Energy Agency mission team leader Juan Carlos Lentijo speaks during a press conference in Tokyo Monday, April 22, 2013. The U.N. nuclear watchdog team said…
DIPLOMATS: EU SET TO EASE SYRIA OIL EMBARGO
By JUERGEN BAETZ This citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrians standing next to…
OFFICIALS SAY 7 DEAD IN VENEZUELA PROTESTS
By ALEXANDRA OLSON and CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER Venezuela’s interim President Nicolas Maduro raises his fist as he holds up the official certificate declaring him winner of the presidential election at the…
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…
VENEZUELA’S CHOICE: CHAVEZ HEIR OR FRESH START
By FRANK BAJAK and ALEXANDRA OLSON Venezuela’s interim President Nicolas Maduro attends a ceremony marking the Day of the National Revolutionary Militia, also called Bolivarian militias, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday,…