RUSSIA: IRAN DEAL ENDS NEED FOR MISSILE DEFENSE
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks during a media conference after a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. NATO foreign ministers…
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AP PHOTOS: EGYPT M– USEUM HURT BY POLITICAL TURMOIL
In this Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013 photo, the solid gold mask of King Tutankhamun is seen in its glass case, in the Egyptian Museum near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt.…
POPE PRAYS FOR 12 NUNS ABDUCTED IN SYRIA BY REBELS
By NICOLE WINFIELD Pope Francis attends his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Vatican Pope Pope Francis delivers his…
ISRAELI PM UNDER FIRE FOR ALLEGED PRICEY EXPENSES
By TIA GOLDENBERG Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reviews the honor guard during an intergovernmental summit with Italian Premier Enrico Letta in Rome, Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. Netanyahu is on…
EGYPT’S CONSTITUTIONAL PANEL HOLDS FINAL MEETING
By HAMZA HENDAWI Egyptian security forces detain one of the protesters demonstrating against the government in Talaat Harb Square in Cairo on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. Police on Sunday used…
IRAN ENVOY MEETS KUWAITI EMIR IN LATEST OUTREACH
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, left, together with Kuwait’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheik Sabah Khalid Al Hamad Al Sabah talks to journalists during the second session…
EGYPT: PRO-MORSI PROTESTERS ENTER TAHRIR SQUARE
By HAMZA HENDAWI Protesters gather near a burning police vehicle set afire during clashes with security forces, near Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. Several hundred students and…
A LOOK AT KEY ARTICLES IN EGYPTIAN DRAFT CHARTER
Members of Egypt’s panel tasked with amending Egypt’s Islamist-drafted constitution, read drafts of the constitution before they begin voting on a series of amendments, in the Shoura Council, Cairo, Egypt,…