US RESTRAINT IN SYRIA COULD AID IRAN NUCLEAR TALKS
By LARA JAKES FILE – In this Oct. 30, 2012 file photo, a group of Free Syrian Army fighters carry a wounded comrade to cover in the town of Harem,…
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UN ADOPTS TREATY TO REGULATE GLOBAL ARMS TRADE
By EDITH M. LEDERER FILE – In this Sept. 13, 2005 file photo, the flags of member nations fly outside the General Assembly building at the United Nations headquarters in…
IRANIAN TOURISTS IN EGYPT SHOWCASE WARMING TIES
By HAGGAG SALAMA FILE — In this Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 file photo released by the Egyptian Presidency, Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, and Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, center right,…
HAMAS RE-ELECTS MASHAAL AS ITS LEADER
By SARAH EL DEEB and KARIN LAUB FILE – In this this Aug. 29, 2009 file photo, Khaled Mashaal, Hamas leader, center, attends his father’s funeral at a Mosque in…
YEMENIS DEMAND RELEASE OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
By AHMED AL-HAJ Yemeni women hold photos of their relatives detained in Guantanamo Bay prison during a demonstration in front of the U.S. embassy demanding their release, in Sanaa, Yemen,…
PROMISES, PROMISES: TIGHT IRAN TIMELINE FOR OBAMA
By BRADLEY KLAPPER FILE – In this Nov. 13, 2012 file photo, obtained from the Iranian Mehr News Agency, Iranian army members prepare missiles to be launched, during a maneuver,…
US-RUSSIA DIFFERENCES IN EYES OF EX-AMBASSADORS
By LYNN BERRY From left, former U.S. Ambassadors to Russia Alexander Vershbow, Thomas Pickering, Jack Matlock, James Collins, John Beyrle and, right side of the table, Vladimir Lukin, former Russian…
40 YEARS ON, VIETNAM TROOP WITHDRAWAL REMEMBERED
By GILLIAN FLACCUS and LISA CORNWELL FILE – In this March 29, 1973 file photo, the American flag is furled at a ceremony marking official deactivation of the Military Assistance…