CHINESE CITIZENS MOVEMENT LEADER ARRESTED
By GILLIAN WONG FILE – In this July 17, 2009 file photo, legal scholar Xu Zhiyong, center, walks past Chinese lawyers, Jiang Tianyong, right, and Yang Huiwen, second left, after…
Government and politics
LAWMAKERS OK NYPD WATCHDOG, OVERRIDING VETOES
By JENNIFER PELTZ New York City council speaker Christine Quinn is joined by councilman Donovan Richards as she speaks to reporters, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013 in New York. New York…
MAYOR: NEW NYPD OVERSIGHT JEOPARDIZES CITY SAFETY
By JENNIFER PELTZ Supporters of the NYPD Oversight override vote demonstrate on the steps of City Hall Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013 in New York. New York City council members say…
DEPARTING FBI CHIEF WORRIES ABOUT AIRBORNE TERROR
By PETE YOST Outgoing FBI director Robert Mueller speaks during an interview at FBI headquarters on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, in Washington. The nature of terrorism has changed in Robert…
PARAGUAY CONGRESS GIVES LEADER NEW MILITARY POWER
By PEDRO SERVIN In this Aug.15, 2013 photo, Paraguay’s President Horacio Cartes, center, and Vice President Juan Afara, right, attend a military parade in Asuncion, Paraguay. Cartes wants open-ended, blanket…
OBAMA VISITS ‘WOMEN’S RIGHTS’ PARK DURING BUS TOUR
By JULIE PACE President Barack Obama enters the Women’s Rights National Historic Park Visitor’s Center in Seneca Falls, N.Y., Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, to present a signed copy of the…
ZIMBABWE’S MUGABE, 89, SWORN IN FOR 5 MORE YEARS
By ANGUS SHAW Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe signs a document during his inauguration in Harare, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013. Mugabe, 89, was sworn in for a five-year term on Thursday…
DISGRACED CHINESE POLITICIAN MOUNTS FEISTY DEFENSE
By GILLIAN WONG In this photo released by the Jinan Intermediate People’s Court, Bo Xilai, center, stands on trial at the court in eastern China’s Shandong province on Thursday Aug.…