EGYPT’S MORSI TO RESHUFFLE CABINET AMID TURMOIL
Associated Press FILE – In this Friday, July 13, 2012 file photo, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi holds a joint news conference with Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki, unseen, at the Presidential…
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US READYING AID PACKAGE FOR SYRIAN REBELS
By MATTHEW LEE FILE – In this April 18, 2013 file photo, Secretary of State John Kerry listens while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. The US is poised to…
DIPLOMATS: EU SET TO EASE SYRIA OIL EMBARGO
By JUERGEN BAETZ This citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrians standing next to…
UN COMPARES IRAQ DEATH PENALTY — USE TO SLAUGHTER
Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki greets supporters following a campaign rally in Basra, Iraq’s second-largest city, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 15, 2013. Al-Maliki resumed…
THOUSANDS OF PAKISTANIS HOMELESS AFTER QUAKE
By ABDUL SATTAR and SEBASTIAN ABBOT People evacuate buildings and call their relatives after a tremor of an earthquake was felt in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. A major…
EGYPT COURT SETS MAY 11 FOR MUBARAK RETRIAL
Egypt’s deposed President Hosni Mubarak attends a hearing session in his retrial on appeal in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, April 15, 2013. Mubarak will remain in custody on new corruption charges…
FBI: MASS. BOMBS MAY HAVE BEEN IN PRESSURE COOKERS
By JAY LINDSAY and EILEEN SULLIVAN FBI agents gather near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston Tuesday, April 16, 2013. The bombs that ripped through the crowd…
ISRAELIS CELEBRATE 65 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE
By DIAA HADID Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, Israeli President Shimon Peres, second left, and Israeli military’s chief of staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, fourth left, mark Israel’s Independence…