SYRIA AGREES TO UN PROBE OF PURPORTED ATTACKS
By JAMAL HALABY In this photo taken on a government organized media tour, Syrian army soldiers are seen deployed in the Jobar neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013.…
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COLOMBIAN REBELS SUSPEND PEACE TALKS IN HAVANA
By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ Pablo Catatumbo, chief of the western bloc of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, center, speaks to journalists accompanied by Ricardo Tellez, left, and Ivan…
PAKISTAN ACC– USES INDIAN TROOPS OF KILLING SOLDIER
By SEBASTIAN ABBOT Supporters of Pakistani religious group Jamat-ud-Dawa burn Indian flags at a rally in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. The Pakistani military accused Indian troops on Wednesday…
US SANCTIONS ISLAMIC SCHOOL IN PAKISTAN
By RIAZ KHAN A Pakistani religious student looks at a religious book in the Jamia Taleem-Ul-Quran-Wal-Hadith Madrassa, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013. The United States has placed unprecedented…
EGYPT QUESTIONS BROTHERHOOD’S TOP LEADER IN PRISON
By HAMZA HENDAWI In this image taken from Egypt State TV, Mohammed Badie, the supreme leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, is seen after being detained by Egyptian security in Cairo,…
ISRAEL QUIETLY MAINTAINS TIES WITH EGYPTIAN ARMY
By JOSEF FEDERMAN FILE – In this file photo taken Friday, Aug. 16, 2013, an Egyptian Army soldier takes his position on top of an armored vehicle while guarding an…
EGYPT’S MUBARAK MAY BE RELEASED; 25 POLICE KILLED
By HAMZA HENDAWI FILE — In this Saturday, April 13, 2013 file photo, former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak waves to his supporters from behind bars as he attends a hearing…
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS PULLS OUT OF SOMALIA
By JASON STRAZIUSO Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) International President Dr. Unni Karunakara addresses journalists during a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. The aid group Doctors Without…