SENATE CONFIRMS NOMINEE CAUGHT UP IN BENGHAZI
By DONNA CASSATA FILE – In this Juy 11, 2013, Victoria Nuland testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The Senate has confirmed President Barack…
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20 YEARS ON, OSLO ACCORDS PROMISE RINGS HOLLOW
By KARIN LAUB In this photo taken Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, a Palestinian man walks by a barrier separating the West Bank town of Abu Dis, from east Jerusalem with…
SYRIAN REBELS BLAST RUSSIAN OFFER ON CHEMICAL ARMS
By BASSEM MROUE In this Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian government solider aims his weapon during clashes with Free Syrian…
KERRY SET TO TEST RUSSIA ON SYRIA WEAPONS
By MATTHEW LEE U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, centre, on arrival at Cointrin Airport, in Geneva, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013, prior to his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey…
HOW THE SYRIA PLAN BROKE THROUGH, JUST IN TIME
By CALVIN WOODWARD FILE – In this Sept. 5, 2013 pool-file photo, President Barack Obama shakes hands with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin during arrivals for the G-20 summit at the…
DOMINICAN CARDINAL: VATICAN WILL PROBE EX-ENVOY
By EZEQUIEL ABIU LOPEZ This March 15, 2013 photo shows Archbishop Josef Wesolowski, papal nuncio for the Dominican Republic, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Authorities in the Dominican Republic will…
PAKISTANI TALIBAN, ARMY EXCHANGE PRISONERS
By ISHTIAQ MAHSUD FILE – In this Wednesday, July 31, 2002, Taliban supporter Muhammad Jaffer, right, is received by his unidentified relatives after his release from the Kot Lakhpat Jail…
LIBYA: CAR BOMB HITS FOREIGN MINISTRY IN BENGHAZI
By ESAM MOHAMED People gather to look at the site of a car bombing in Benghazi, Libya, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. A powerful car bomb exploded Wednesday near Libya’s Foreign…