EGYPTIAN CABINET SHORTENS NIGHTTIME CURFEW
By SARAH EL DEEB Egyptian mourners gather in front of the coffins of of several Copt Christians who were killed late Sunday, during their funeral in Warraq’s Virgin Mary church…
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JERUSALEM MAYOR FIGHTS TO HOLD SEAT IN LOCAL VOTE
By DANIEL ESTRIN Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat, votes in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013. The mayors of Israel’s two largest cities are fighting for their political survival in municipal elections…
UK’S HAGUE STRESSES SUPPORT FOR SYRIAN OPPOSITION
By LARA JAKES US Secretary of State John Kerry, fourth from right, attends a meeting Tuesday Oct. 22, 2013, hosted by British Foreign Secretary William Hague, fourth from left, of…
SYRIAN PRESIDENT CASTS DOUBT ON PEACE CONFERENCE
By BASSEM MROUE and RYAN LUCAS In this photo, which AP obtained from Syrian official news agency SANA and which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP…
IRAN PARLIAMENT CHIEF WARNS OVER NUCLEAR PRESSURES
By NASSER KARIMI Iran’s Parliament speaker Ali Larijani, right, sits with Hannes Swoboda of Austrian social democratic party during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, Sunday Oct. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Ebrahim…
RELATIVE: EGYPTIAN FAMILY REJECTS ISRAEL HONOR
By MARIAM RIZK and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER FILE – In this Monday Sept. 30, 2013 file photo, Irena Steinfeldt, an official at Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, shows a certificate recognizing…
ARAB LEAGUE: SYRIA CONFERENCE SET FOR NOV. 23-24
By DIAA HADID ADDS NAME – Abbas Hammoud, one of the nine Lebanese Shiite pilgrims who were kidnapped by a rebel faction in northern Syria in May 2012, is embraced…
ISRAELI LEADER: STEP UP PRESSURE ON IRAN
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office on Sunday, Oct. October 2013. (AP Photo/Abir Sultan, Pool) JERUSALEM (AP) —…