EU LAWMAKERS BACK CENTRAL BANK OVERSIGHT
By JUERGEN BAETZ President of European Central Bank Mario Draghi adjusts his glasses during a news conference in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013, following a meeting of the ECB…
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MO. LAWMAKERS DECIDING VETO OVERRIDE ON GUN BILL
By DAVID A. LIEB Participants applaud during a rally to override Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of a gun bill on the south lawn of the Missouri State Capital in Jefferson…
CONGRESS HONORS BIRMINGHAM CHURCH BOMBING VICTIMS
By ANDREW MIGA President and CEO of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Lawrence Pijeaux, front, lays on a table the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously awarded in honor of Addie Mae…
ISRAELI LABOR BILL FOR SETTLERS SPARKS UPROAR
By TIA GOLDENBERG and ARON HELLER FILE – In this Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012 file photo Jewish settlers are seen in the unauthorized West Bank Jewish settlement of Migron. At…
SYRIA, BUDGET AND DEBT TOP CONGRESSIONAL AGENDA
By ANDREW TAYLOR and DONNA CASSATA The Capitol is seen in Washington, early Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013, as Congress considers President Barack Obama’s request for authorization of military intervention in…
CYPRUS LAWMAKERS OVERTURN BAILOUT LAW REJECTION
MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS A demonstrator, in the background, holds a portrait banner of Cuba’s revolutionary hero Ernesto “Che” Guevara during an anti-bailout protest outside of the parliament in capital Nicosia, Thursday,…
EU UNVEILS PLAN TO CLAMP DOWN ON SHADOW BANKING
By JUERGEN BAETZ European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services Michel Barnier addresses the media at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013. The European Commission adopted…
MICH. LAWMAKERS GIVE FINAL OK TO EXPAND MEDICAID
By DAVID EGGERT Speaker of the House Jase Bolger watches the voting board as the Michigan House of Representatives votes on the Medicaid expansion bill Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013 in…