IRAQ TRIES NOVEL WAYS TO CURB RISING VIOLENCE
By SAMEER N. YACOUB In this picture taken on Sept. 9, 2013, Iraqi army soldiers guard a moat surrounding the oil-rich Iraqi city of Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north…
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HAVES AND HAVE-NOTS AS HEALTH CARE MARKETS OPEN
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR FILE – In this March 23, 2010 file photo, Marcelas Owens of Seattle, left, Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., right, and others, look on as President Barack Obama…
AUTOMAKERS BET ON ALTERNATIVE-FUEL CARS FOR FUTURE
By DAVID McHUGH BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer gets out of the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid sports car during its world premiere at the first press day of the 65th Frankfurt…
GIFT SCANDAL: VA. GOP GOV’S CANDIDATE DONATES $18K
By BOB LEWIS FILE – This Saturday July 20, 2013 file photo Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli answers a question during the Virginia Bar Association convention debate with Democratic challenger…
GREEK HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS TO STRIKE OVER JOB CUTS
By DEREK GATOPOULOS University administrative staff members chant slogans outside the Administrative Reform ministry in central Athens against austerity measures that threaten their jobs, on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. The…
ALLENDE’S LEGACY STRONG 40 YEARS AFTER CHILE COUP
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO FILE – In this Sept. 11, 1973 file photo, smoke rises from La Moneda presidential palace after being bombed during a military coup led by Gen.…
MEXICO PROPOSES SWEEPING SOCIAL PROGRAM CHANGES
By MARK STEVENSON Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto speaks at Los Pinos presidential residence in Mexico City, Sunday Sept. 8, 2013. Pena Nieto is proposing a plan to implement the…
ISRAELI LABOR BILL FOR SETTLERS SPARKS UPROAR
By TIA GOLDENBERG and ARON HELLER FILE – In this Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012 file photo Jewish settlers are seen in the unauthorized West Bank Jewish settlement of Migron. At…