CREWS HUNT FOR BODIES IN ICY SOUTH DAKOTA RIVER
Rescuers search the Big Sioux River for two adults who went underwater after rescuing a boy who had fallen into the strong current, authorities said, Thursday, March 14, 2013 in…
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VENEZUELA’S OPPOSITION GROUND DOWN BY CHAVISTAS
By FRANK BAJAK Opposition leader Henrique Capriles holds a copy of the constitution as he speaks during a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, March 11, 2013. Capriles registered his…
INDIA-PAKISTAN TENSIONS RISE OVER EXECUTION
By ASHOK SHARMA Activists of India’s right-wing Shiv Sena party shout anti-Pakistan slogans during a protest in Jammu, India, Friday, March 15, 2013. The protest was against Pakistan’s Parliament for…
BAILOUT LENDERS GRANT PORTUGAL EASIER DEBT TARGETS
By BARRY HATTON Fernando Cruz, right, and Sandra Alves dismantle their clothes and accessories store after closing it down due to the lack of customers, in Lisbon, Monday, March 11,…
MD. POISED TO BE 18TH STATE TO BAN DEATH PENALTY
By MICHELLE JANAYE NEALY and BRIAN WITTE FILE – Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley attends the National Governors Association 2013 Winter Meeting in Washington, in this Feb. 24, 2013 file photo.…
LEW HOPEFUL ON REACHING A BUDGET BREAKTHROUGH
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew speaks after touring the Siemens manufacturing plant where electrical drive components for heavy machinery are assembled in Alpharetta, Ga., Thursday, March 14, 2013.…
UN FINDS RISING PROSPERITY IN SOUTHERN NATIONS
United Nations Development Program Administrator Helen Clark, center, waits to be introduced at the Chamber of Senators in Mexico City, Thursday, March 14, 2013. The U.N. says the proportion of…
KOREAS’ RHETORIC NO MATCH FOR SURREAL CALM AT DMZ
By FOSTER KLUG South Korean army soldiers prepare 155 mm howitzers during an exercise against possible attacks by North Korea near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea,…