EXIT POLLS: AZERBAIJAN’S PRESIDENT WINS 3RD TERM
By AIDA SULTANOVA Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev leaves a polling station in Baku, Azerbaijan, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013. Oil-rich Azerbaijan is booming and the wealth is trickling down to its…
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HUNGARIAN WINGSUIT FLYER DIES DURING CHINA JUMP
In this Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013 photo, Hungarian wingsuit flier Viktor Kovats jumps off a mountain at Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park in Zhangjiajie in south China’s Hunan province. Kovats…
CHEMICAL WATCHDOG CHIEF: 20 SYRIAN SITES TO CHECK
By MIKE CORDER Director General Ahmet Uzumcu of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, OPCW, gives an update on the the chemical watchdog’s verification and destruction mission in…
AP INTERVIEW: IRAN SPEAKER TOUTS SURPLUS URANIUM
By JOHN HEILPRIN Iran’s Parliament speaker Ali Larijani answers a question during a press conference on the sidelines of the 129th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), in Geneva, Switzerland,…
LACK OF WORKER SKILLS THREATENS EUROPEAN RECOVERY
By LORI HINNANT and JORGE SAINZ Protesters at Athens university, wearing white masks, shout slogans during a demonstration, in central Athens on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. University staff suspended all…
FRANCE’S SARKOZY CLEARED IN CAMPAIGN FINANCE CASE
By JAMEY KEATEN FILE – This April 26, 2012 photo shows former French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivering a speech during an electoral meeting for the second round of the presidential…
GREEK EX-MINISTER FOUND GUILTY IN CORRUPTION CASE
In this April 22, 2013 file photo, former Greek Defense Minister Akis Tsochadzopoulos, centre, arrives at court for the start of long anticipated corruption trial into allegations of kickbacks in…
AMERICANS, GERMAN-AMERICAN WIN MEDICINE NOBEL
By KARL RITTER and MALIN RISING Images of James Rothman and Randy Schekman, of the US, and German-born researcher Thomas Suedhof are projected on a screen, in Stockholm, Sweden, Monday,…