S. SUDAN GOV’T LOSES CONTROL OF PROVINCE CAPITAL
By CHARLTON DOKI and TOM ODULA Choul Laam, the chief of staff for the secretary general for the ruling Sudanese Peoples Liberation Movement speaks during a press conference in Nairobi,…
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UNCLE ROSE WITH NKOREAN LEADER BEFORE BRUTAL FALL
By JEAN H. LEE FILE – In this Feb. 16, 2012 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walks past his uncle Jang Song Thaek, left, after reviewing a…
DETROIT MAYOR TOUTS ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN LAST SPEECH
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing speaks in Detroit before the Detroit Economic Club Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013, his last formal speech about his four years in office in Detroit. Bing, a…
COMMISSION: EX-BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT WAS MURDERED
FILE – In this undated 1960 file photo, Brazil President Juscelino Kubitschek poses for a photo in Brasilia, Brazil. The Truth Commission of Sao Paulo’s city council says the car…
MAYOR ORDERED OUSTED IN COLOMBIA’S CAPITAL
FILE – In this Jan. 1, 2012 file photo, Bogota’s Mayor Gustavo Petro delivers his inaugural speech during his swearing-in ceremony in Bogota, Colombia. Inspector-General Alejandro Ordonez has ordered Petro…
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,…
VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT FACES FIRST ELECTORAL TEST
By JOSHUA GOODMAN A member of the Venezuelan National Electoral Council tests a voting machine at a polling station in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. Venezuelans will vote in…
6 DETAINED IN MEXICO THEFT OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON A cameraman films the radiation head that was part of a radiation therapy machine, in the patio of the family who found…