WESTERN LEADERS MULL MILITARY RESPONSE IN SYRIA
By LORI HINNANT French President Francois Hollande, left, arrives with Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault at a government seminar held at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday Aug. 19, 2013.(AP Photo/Remy…
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RUSSIA: NO PROOF SYRIA GOVT BEHIND CHEMICAL STRIKE
By The Associated Press Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks at a news conference in Moscow on Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Western nations calling…
AFGHAN LEADER IN PAKISTAN TO DISCUSS PEACE TALKS
By SEBASTIAN ABBOT Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, shakes hand with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif prior to their meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. Afghanistan’s president urged…
HAGEL: US LOOKING AT INTELLIGENCE IN SYRIA ATTACK
By ROBERT BURNS U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, center, inspects a guard of honor during a welcome ceremony prior to a meeting with Indonesian Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro in Jakarta,…
PALESTINIANS CALL OFF ROUND OF TALKS AFTER CLASH
By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH Palestinian mourners grieve while waiting for the funeral procession outside the morgue of the main hospital in the West Bank town of Ramallah, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013.…
EGYPT COURTS HEAR CASES AGAINST MUBARAK, ISLAMISTS
By MAGGIE MICHAEL Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, 85, is escorted by medical and security personnel into an ambulance to be taken by helicopter ambulance from Maadi Military Hospital to…
SYRIA AGREES TO UN PROBE OF PURPORTED ATTACKS
By JAMAL HALABY In this photo taken on a government organized media tour, Syrian army soldiers are seen deployed in the Jobar neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013.…
SYRIA WARNS US NOT TO INTERVENE MILITARILY
By BASSEM MROUE and ALBERT AJI FILE – In this Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, file citizen journalism image provided by the Media Office Of Douma City, which has been authenticated…