SYRIAN PRESIDENT SHOWING RENEWED CONFIDENCE
By ZEINA KARAM In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, President Bashar Assad, right, visits the Umayyad Electrical Station on May Day, a day after a…
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REPORT: WORLD TURMOIL MEANS FEWER HAVE FREE PRESS
By PETER JAMES SPIELMANN FILE – In this July 17, 1997 file photo, David Hoffman sits inside his self-built newsstand on Lexington Avenue in New York. According to democracy watchdog…
ISRAEL: CONFLICT OVER RECOGNITION, NOT TERRITORY
By ARON HELLER FILE – In this Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011 file photo, former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni attends a news conference at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in Jerusalem.…
SYRIAN ENVOY: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CAN’T BE TOLERATED
By PETER JAMES SPIELMANN Bashar Ja’afari, Syria’s U.N. ambassador, gestures as he speaks during a news conference, Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at United Nations headquarters. Bashar Ja’afari says the use…
KARZAI: US GIVES FUNDS TO NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM
Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, right, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai shake hands in Helsinki, Finland Monday, April 29, 2013. Afghan President Karzai arrived to Finland for a working visit Monday.…
MAJOR ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS IN SYRIA’S CONFLICT
By The Associated Press This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrians inspecting a damaged car at the scene of a car bomb exploded in the…
ARMY SAYS NO TO MORE TANKS, BUT CONGRESS INSISTS
By RICHARD LARDNER In this photo taken April 23, 2013, Army Chief of Staff Ray Odierno is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Army’s hulking Abrams tank, built to…
ISRAEL FEARS END TO 40-YEAR PEACE ON SYRIAN FRONT
By ARON HELLER In this photo taken Wednesday, April 24, 2013, a worker builds a security fence along the border between Israel and Syrian on the Golan Heights. Against a…