MALDIVES URGES SUPPORT FOR NEW PRESIDENTIAL VOTE
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Former Maldivian Foreign Minister Ahmed Naseem, right, speaks during a media briefing in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013. The Maldives government has called on all…
National elections
AFGHAN PRESIDENT SAYS US SECURITY DEAL NOT READY
By PATRICK QUINN and RAHIM FAIEZ Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 7, 2013. Karzai says disagreements over…
AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FINISH REGISTRATION
By PATRICK QUINN and RAHIM FAIEZ Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s brother Abdul Qayyom Karzai registers his candidacy in next year’s presidential election at the independent election commission office in Kabul,…
EGYPT: 44 KILLED IN NEW BOUT OF STREET VIOLENCE
By i”>HAMZA HENDAWI Supporters and opponents of Egypt’s ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi clash in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. Rival crowds of supporters of Egypt’s military and backers…
AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FINISH REGISTRATION
By PATRICK QUINN and RAHIM FAIEZ Afghan men offer funeral prayers near the bodies of civilians killed in a NATO air strike, on the outskirts of Jalalabad, east of Kabul,…
DAVIS TAKES NATIONAL STAGE WITH GUBERNATORIAL BID
By CHRIS TOMLINSON File – In this July 25, 2013 file photo, Texas State Senator Wendy Davis speaks at a fundraiser, in Washington. Davis is expected to announce her bid…
GENERAL SAYS EGYPT SHOULD KEEP TO TRANSITION PLAN
By SARAH EL DEEB A supporter of Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi hangs a poster with Arabic that reads, “Sissi you are a gift from God, your people are here…
SOUTHERN STATES ARE MOVING TO TIGHTEN VOTING RULES
By MICHAEL J. MISHAK FILE – This June 25, 2013, file photo shows representatives from the NAACP Legal Defense Fund standing outside the Supreme Court in Washington, awaiting a decision…