FRANCIS HONORS JOHN PAUL II BEFORE INSTALLATION
By FRANCES D’EMILIO FILE – In this Sunday, March 31, 2013 photo, Pope Francis greets the faithful at the end of the Easter Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the…
Government and politics
AL-QAIDA LEADER URGES MUSLIMS TO UNITE IN STRUGGLE
By MAAMOUN YOUSSEF FILE — In this undated file frame grab from video provided by IntelCenter, an American private terrorist threat analysis company, shows Al-Qaida’s leader Ayman Al-Zawahri in a…
MADE IN KOREA: RARE LOOK AT JOINTLY RUN FACTORIES
By JEAN H. LEE In this photo taken on Sept. 21, 2012 photo, a North Korean woman sews a button on a suit at a factory in Kaesong, North Korea,…
SWEEPING ANTI-ABORTION BILL GOES TO KANSAS GOV.
By JOHN HANNA Kansas House Speaker Ray Merrick, right, a Stilwell Republican, watches the chamber’s electronic tally board as it approves a sweeping anti-abortion bill, Friday, April 5, 2013, at…
COULD NKOREA HIT ITS NEIGHBORS WITH NUKES?
By MATTHEW PENNINGTON FILE – In this April 15, 2012, file photo, a North Korean vehicle carrying a missile passes by during a mass military parade in Pyongyang’s Kim Il…
SYRIAN TROOPS BATTLE REBELS OUTSIDE DAMASCUS
FILE – This Thursday, March 22, 2012 file photo shows a general view of Damascus, Syria. A barrage of rockets slammed into a contested district on the northeastern edge of…
BIDEN: US NEEDS AMBITIOUS AGENDA ON EXPORTS
By JOSH LEDERMAN Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the 2013 Annual Conference of the Export-Import Bank in Washington, Friday, April 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) WASHINGTON (AP) —…
SIGNS OF TROUBLE AT IRAN NUKE TALKS
By GEORGE JAHN EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, left, smiles, as Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili walks away, after a photo call at a start…