WOMAN IN BERLUSCONI SEX TRIAL DENOUNCES TACTICS
By NICOLE WINFIELD and LUCA BRUNO Karima el-Mahroug, also known as Ruby, a Moroccan woman at the center of ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s sex-for-hire trial, wipes away a tear as she…
Middle East
ANCIENT SITE UNEARTHED IN IRAQI HOME OF ABRAHAM
This photo taken on March 31, 2013 photo provided by Manchester University professor Stuart Campbell shows excavation in progress at Tell Khaiber, Iraq. A British archaeologist says he and his…
CYPRUS TO BUILD GAS PLANT WITH OR WITHOUT ISRAEL
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Cyprus’ Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ioannis Kasoulides, right, and the Foreign minister of Sweden, Carl Bildt, speak to the media in Nicosia, Thursday, March 28, 2013. Bildt…
US EMBASSY IN CAIRO DELETES TWEET ON JON STEWART
By MATTHEW LEE FILE – In this Oct. 18, 2012 file photo, Jon Stewart speaks during a taping of “The Daily Show with John Stewart”, in New York. The U.S.…
OFFICIALS: KERRY TO TRAVEL TO MIDEAST THIS WEEKEND
By BRADLEY KLAPPER U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a news conference with South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-Se, not pictured, at the State Department in Washington, on…
ISRAEL, GAZA LAUNCH HEAVIEST STRIKES SINCE TRUCE
By IAN DEITCH Israeli Border Police take position during clashes in Jerusalem’s Old City, Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Clashes erupted during a protest in support of Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh, 64,…
ISRAELI PLANES STRIKE GAZA AFTER ROCKET FIRE
By IAN DEITCH Palestinians throw stones at Israeli soldiers after the death of Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh in Israeli jail in the West Bank city of Hebron, Tuesday, April 2, 2013.…
EX-AMBASSADORS URGE US, RUSSIA TO MEND RIFT
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Former U.S. Ambassadors to Russia James Collins listens while other former Russian and U.S. ambassadors gather together at RIA Novosti in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, April 2, 2013.…