DE BLASIO VOWS SWEEPING CHANGE AS NYC’S NEXT MAYOR
By JONATHAN LEMIRE Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio stands with his wife, Chirlane McCray as they talk with school children at MS 51 after he announced Carmen Farina as the next…
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Egypt revolutionaries make return to Tahrir Square
By SARAH EL DEEB and TONY G. GABRIEL Anti-government protesters clash with Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi supporters near Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. Egypt’s revolutionary groups…
Memorial at Egypt’s Tahrir Square sparks protest
By TONY G. GABRIEL In this Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013 photo, Egyptian municipality laborers work on a memorial base two days before the commemoration of deadly clashes with security forces…
NEW MALI PRESIDENT KEITA SWORN INTO OFFICE
By BABA AHMED Mali’s new president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, is sworn in at an official ceremony in Bamako, Mali, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013. Keita took the oath of office Wednesday,…
ZIMBABWE’S MUGABE, 89, SWORN IN FOR 5 MORE YEARS
By ANGUS SHAW Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe signs a document during his inauguration in Harare, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013. Mugabe, 89, was sworn in for a five-year term on Thursday…
HISTORY SHOWS NKOREAN PATTERN: WAIT, THEN ATTACK
By FOSTER KLUG In this March 11, 2013 photo released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and distributed March 12, 2013 by the Korea News Service, North Korean leader…