UN: $12.9 BILLION AID NEEDED IN 2014
\By JOHN HEILPRIN A Syrian refugee woman fetches water at a refugee camp in the eastern Lebanese border town of Arsal, Lebanon, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013. Tens of thousands of…
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UN OKS MILITARY ACTION IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
By EDITH M. LEDERER Christian children from the village of Bouebou, some 40 kms (30 miles) North of Bangui, Central African Republic, are packed in the trunk of a taxi…
DILIGENT ASIAN STUDENTS DOMINATE GLOBAL EXAM
By DIDI TANG FILE – In this Nov. 7, 2013 file photo, South Korean students cheer their seniors’ success in the Scholastic Aptitude Test in front of the main gate…
EUROPE RIGHTS COURT TO HEAR OF SECRET CIA PRISONS
Polish lawyer Joseph Margulies, right, one of the lawyers of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri and Abu Zubaydah, checks his files as he arrives at the forth section of the European Court…
ISRAEL COURT FINES WOMAN OVER NOT CIRCUMCISING SON
By DANIEL ESTRIN Israelis protest in support of a woman who refuses to have her son circumcised, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013. An Israeli rabbinic court is…
UK POLICE: 3 WOMEN HELD CAPTIVE FOR 30 YEARS
By CASSANDRA VINOGRAD Aneeta Prem, founder of Freedom Charity, speaks during an interview in central London, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. Freedom Charity helped to rescue three women from a house…
Key Syrian rebel leader dies of wounds
By DIAA HADID In this Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by Tawhid Brigade, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Abdul-Qadir Saleh,…
AP Photos: Prospectors seek fortune in legal pot
By GENE JOHNSON This combination of November 2013 photos in Washington state shows, top row from left, pastry chef Marla Molly Poiset, security guard Steve Smith and businesswoman Angel Swanson.…