SHELLS HIT DAMASCUS AREA AS ASSAD ATTENDS PRAYERS
By ALBERT AJI and BARBARA SURK In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, President Bashar Assad, third right in front row, alongside Syria’s grand mufti, second…
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PAKISTANI LAWMAKERS POISED TO ELECT PRESIDENT
By SEBASTIAN ABBOT In this Wednesday, July 24, 2013 photo, Mamnoon Hussain, a candidate from ruling party Pakistan Muslim League-N arrives to submit his nomination papers for upcoming presidential election in…
PAKISTAN GOVERNMENT SAYS IT WON’T CHARGE MUSHARRAF
By ZARAR KHAN ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s caretaker government told the Supreme Court on Monday it will not file treason charges against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf but will leave…
HAMAS SHAVES HEADS OF GAZA YOUTHS WITH LONG HAIR
By KARIN LAUB and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH Ayman al-Sayed, 19, right, with his hair cut, and his friend Mohammed Hanouna, 18, left, pose for photo during an interview in Gaza City,…
IRANIAN TOURISTS IN EGYPT SHOWCASE WARMING TIES
By HAGGAG SALAMA FILE — In this Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 file photo released by the Egyptian Presidency, Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, and Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, center right,…
MUSLIMS WORRY ABOUT BROADER FRANCE HEADSCARF BAN
By JAMEY KEATEN A vendor sets up his stall on the first day of the 30th Annual Meeting of France’s Muslims, at Le Bourget, Europe’s largest and most popular Muslim…
POPE’S FOOT-WASHING FINAL BLOW FOR TRADITIONALISTS
By NICOLE WINFIELD Pope Francis, right, looks up to the Crucifix during the Passion of Christ Mass inside St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, March 29, 2013. Pope Francis…
AP INTERVIEW: EGYPT SAYS IRANIAN POSE NO RISK
By MARIAM EZZAT Egypt’s minister of tourism, Hesham Zaazoua, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at his office in Cairo, Egypt Thursday, March 28, 2013. Egypt’s tourism minister…