INDIAN OFFICIAL: DIPLOMAT’S ARREST IN NYC BARBARIC
Indian police remove barricades that had been erected as a safety measure outside the main entrance of U.S Embassy, reportedly in retaliation to the alleged mistreatment of New York-based Indian…
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RUSSIA AMNESTY BILL PASSES FIRST HURDLE
By LAURA MILLS Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, walks to meet his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych during their meeting in Moscow on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Alexander Nemenov, pool)…
BUDGET DEAL MAY SIGNAL ERA OF TINY ACHIEVEMENTS
By CHARLES BABINGTON FILE – In this Oct. 4, 2013 file photo, Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, is joined by Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, left, during a news…
SHERIFF: COLO. GUNMAN PLANNED TO HURT MORE PEOPLE
By DAN ELLIOTT and P. SOLOMON BANDA A deputy of the Arapahoe County, Colo., Sheriff’s Department walks next to crime scene tape in front of a doorway to Arapahoe High…
HO– USE REPUBLICANS SIGNAL SUPPORT FOR BUDGET DEAL
By ANDREW TAYLOR House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, joined by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., takes reporters’ questions, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec.…
HEALTH CARE SIGNUPS PICK UP PACE IN NOVEMBER
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR FILE – Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013 file photo. Sebelius said in a…
ONLINE GAME ADDICTION LAW DIVIDES SKOREA
By YOUKYUNG LEE Screens advertising an online mobile game are displayed in a subway train in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. A law under consideration in South Korea’s…
BIPARTISAN BUDGET DEAL SETS OFF SOME GRUMBLING
By ANDREW TAYLOR House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., announce a tentative agreement between Republican and Democratic negotiators on a…