NEWSPAPERS WORRIED ABOUT NEW UK MEDIA REGULATION
By RAPHAEL SATTER British newspapers are displayed on sale below greeting cards in a newsagents in London, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Britain’s politicians have finally struck a deal to regulate…
Government and politics
COUSIN OF LIBYA’S GADHAFI ARRESTED IN EGYPT
By AMIR MAKAR Ahmed Qaddaf al-Dam, cousin of Libya’s former dictator Moammar Gadhafi, gestures to supporters from a car after being arrested in Cairo, Egypt, March 19. 2013. Egyptian security…
CYPRUS SEEKS TO ALLEVIATE PAIN FROM DEPOSIT RAID
Children run past a banner held by protestors outside of the Cyprus parliament during a crucial meeting in the capital, Nicosia, Monday, March 18, 2013. Cyprus’ president is briefing lawmakers…
ARGENTINA: HSBC HELPED LAUNDER MONEY, EVADE TAXES
By DEBORA REY People walk in front of an HSBC branch in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, March 18, 2013. Argentina’s government tax chief, Ricardo Echegaray, accused the local subsidiary of…
CATCHALL SPENDING BILL ADVANCES IN SENATE
By ANDREW TAYLOR House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., appears before the House Rules Committee to testify on his party’s budget proposal, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday,…
US OK WITH FRANCE, UK ARMING SYRIA’S REBELS
Secretary of State John Kerry, accompanied by Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr, gestures as he speaks to reporters following their meeting at the State Department in Washington, Monday, March 18,…
US REASSURES POLAND OVER MISSILE DEFENSE CHANGES
By VANESSA GERA Wendy Sherman, left, U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, and Boguslaw Winid, Polish undersecretary of State for Security Policy, attend at a news conference in Warsaw,…
SYRIAN REBEL OFFICIAL BACKS INTERIM GOVERNMENT
By BEN HUBBARD Khalid Saleh, the spokesman for the opposition Syrian National Coalition, speaks to reporters in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, March 18, 2013. The coalition began a push Monday to…