C. AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHOOSES MAYOR AS NEW LEADER
By HIPPOLYTE MARBOUA and KRISTA LARSON In this Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014 photo, a French soldier looks on as the body of a lynched Muslim man is burned by a…
Humanitarian crises
SYRIAN OPPOSITION ISSUES ULTIMATUM ON PEACE TALKS
By BASSEM MROUE and LORI HINNANT FILE – In this Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 file photo, A Free Syrian Army fighter stands next to a painting on a piece of…
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…
C. AFRICAN REPUBLIC MOBS LAUNCH ETHNIC ATTACKS
By KRISTA LARSON A French soldier screams at mobs of Christians attacking suspected Seleka members before firing warning shots near the airport in Bangui, Central African Republic, Monday Dec. 9,…
NEARLY 100 DEAD IN CAR BEFORE FRENCH TROOPS ARRIVE
By KRISTA LARSON Shrouded bodies lay in a mosque in Bangui, Central African Republic, Thursday Dec. 5 2013 following a day-long gun battle between Seleka soldiers and Christian militias. Over…
Philippine corruption magnifies effects of typhoon
By OLIVER TEVES and NICK PERRY A plea for help in SOS is painted on a road in an aerial view from a U.S. Navy Seahawk helicopter over San Jose,…
Mass burial held in Philippine city hit by typhoon
By OLIVER TEVES and KRISTEN GELINEAU Workers arrange body bags at a mass burial site at the Basper public cemetery in Tacloban, Leyte province, central Philippines on Thursday, Nov. 14,…
Tons of aid in Philippines, but not where needed
By TODD PITMAN and JIM GOMEZ Typhoon survivors hang signs from their necks as they queue up in the hopes of boarding a C-130 military transport plane Tuesday, Nov. 12,…