US READYING AID PACKAGE FOR SYRIAN REBELS
By MATTHEW LEE FILE – In this April 18, 2013 file photo, Secretary of State John Kerry listens while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. The US is poised to…
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G-20 OFFICIALS DECRY LACK OF GLOBAL GROWTH
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and HARRY DUNPHY U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, right, shakes hands with German’s Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble during a group photo of the G20 finance ministers and…
GREECE SEALS DEAL WITH DEBT INSPECTORS
By ELENA BECATOROS IMF’s troika representative to Greece Poul Thomsen, right, speaks as Greek Financial Minister Yannis Stournaras listens during a conference on the economy in central Athens, Monday, April…
CHINA AND ICELAND SIGN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Iceland’s Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir, right, is shown the way by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang after inspecting a guard of honor during a welcome ceremony outside the…
VENEZUELA’S CHOICE: CHAVEZ HEIR OR FRESH START
By FRANK BAJAK and ALEXANDRA OLSON Venezuela’s interim President Nicolas Maduro attends a ceremony marking the Day of the National Revolutionary Militia, also called Bolivarian militias, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday,…
MEDICARE HIKE COULD ALSO HIT SOME IN MIDDLE CLASS
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner, left, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, speaks during a news conference at the…
CRITICS REVIVE PAST PROMISES TO KNOCK OBAMA BUDGET
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER President Barack Obama, accompanied by acting Budget Director Jeffrey Zients, speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday April 10, 2013, to discuss…
INDIA AND GERMANY SEE PROGRESS IN TRADE DEAL
By DAVID RISING German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, left, address the media during a press conference as part of a meeting at…