SYRIANS BRACING FOR POSSIBLE US STRIKE
By DAVID ESPO and ELAINE GANLEY In this image provided by The White House, President Barack Obama meets with his national security staff to discuss the situation in Syria, in…
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SURINAME LEADER’S SON ARRESTED ON US DRUG CHARGE
By DANICA COTO FILE – In this Aug. 26, 2003 file photo, Dino Bouterse, son of Suriname President Desi Bouterse, arrives to a court hearing in Paramaribo, Suriname. A Panamanian…
US SAYS SYRIAN CHEMICAL ATTACK KILLED 1,429
By DAVID ESPO and ELAINE GANLEY Secretary of State John Kerry makes a statement about Syria at the State Department in Washington, Friday, Aug. 30, 2013. Kerry said the U.S.…
RUSSIAN, NORAD FORCES UNITE FOR EXERCISE
By MARK THIESSEN This photo made Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013, over the Bering Strait near Alaska shows three Russian Federation Air Force SU-27s intercepting a passenger plane that was hijacked…
ZURICH TO LOOK AT ‘UNDUE PRESSURE’ ON CFO
By JOHN HEILPRIN FILE – In this Feb. 2, 2012 file photo then CEO of Deutsche Bank Josef Ackermann speaks during the bank’s annual press conference in Frankfurt, Germany. Ackermann,…
IRISH POET NOBEL WINNER SEAMUS HEANEY DIES AT 74
By SHAWN POGATCHNIK FILE – A Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2004 photo from files showing former Nobel Prize winning poet Seamus Heaney speaking during a rehearsal for the Northern Irish national…
UK PRIME MINISTER CAMERON LOSES SYRIA WAR VOTE
By RAPHAEL SATTER and GREGORY KATZ In this image taken from video, Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron, centre, speaks during a debate on Syria, in Britain’s parliament, London, Thursday August…
50 YEARS LATER, HOTLINE TO MOSCOW STILL RELEVANT
By DAVID DISHNEAU FILE – This Aug.30, 1963 black-and-white file photo shows the White House Kremlin “hot line” providing direct communication for emergency use by the Chief of Staff in…