RIOT POLICE DEPLOY NEAR PROTEST SITES IN KIEV
By JIM HEINTZ and YURAS KARMANAU A Pro-European Union activist tries to give food to riot police officers preparing to block the Independence Square in KIev, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 9,…
Jose Manuel Barroso
UKRAINE MASS PROTESTS RESUME AFTER GOVT WINS VOTE
By MARIA DANILOVA People rally outside of the presidential administration building in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. Ukraine’s opposition failed to force out the government with a…
UKRAINE OPPOSITION FAILS TO FORCE OUT GOVT IN VOTE
By MARIA DANILOVA Protesters chant slogans outside the Parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. Ukraine’s parliament on Tuesday opened a high-tension session in which the opposition aims…
EU, CANADA REACH LANDMARK FREE TRADE DEAL
By JUERGEN BAETZ European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, right, shakes hands with Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper to conclude a signing ceremony at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels,…
BELARUS PRESIDENT LASHES OUT AT OBAMA
By YURAS KARMANAU Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attend the West-2013 joint war games at the Khmelevka shooting range in Kaliningrad region, western Russia, Thursday,…
EGYPT’S MILITARY CHIEF: ARMY TO CONFRONT VIOLENCE
By MAGGIE MICHAEL A friend of Ammar Badie, 38, killed Friday by Egyptian security forces during clashes in Ramses Square, and also son of Muslim Brotherhood’s spiritual leader Mohammed Badie,…
NAPOLITANO RE-ELECTED ITALY’S PRESIDENT
NAPOLITANO RE-ELECTED ITALY’S PRESIDENT FILE – In this Feb. 28, 2013 file photo Italian President Giorgio Napolitano arrives for a meeting with German President Joachim Gauck at Bellevue Palace in…
MORE THAN 2,000 INVITED TO THATCHER FUNERAL
By JILL LAWLESS A view of the St. Paul’s Cathedral in central London, Tuesday, April 9, 2013. The funeral service of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher will be held…