SYRIA PEACE TALKS IN DOUBT AFTER 6TH DAY IN GENEVA
By JOHN HEILPRIN UN-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi speaks during a news conference after closing the second round of negotiation between the Syrian government and the opposition at…
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JUDGE: VA. SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BAN UNCONSTITUTIONAL
By BROCK VERGAKIS FILE – In this Dec. 18, 2013 file photo, Virginia Attorney General-elect Mark Herring smiles during a news conference at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. A federal…
OBAMA SIGNING FARM BILL THAT TRIMS FOOD STAMPS
By NEDRA PICKLER In this June 23, 2012 photo, Michigan State University professor of entomology Rufus Isaacs, left, talks to visitors at Bee-Palooza event in East Lansing, Mich. When President…
VATICAN BANK ADMITS WIDOWS FELL VICTIM TO GLITCH
By NICOLE WINFIELD FILE – In this Monday, June 10, 2013 file photo, Ernst von Freyberg, president of the Vatican Bank I.O.R. (Istituto per le Opere Religiose), talks with the…
UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT ACCEPTS PM’S RESIGNATION
By MARIA DANILOVA and JIM HEINTZ FILE – In this Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013 file photo, Ukraine’s Prime Minister Mykola Azarov speaks to lawmakers during the parliament session in Kiev,…
EGYPT ARMY CHIEF WHO LED COUP PROMOTED TO TOP RANK
By MAGGIE MICHAEL FILE – In this Wednesday, April 24, 2013 file photo, Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi salutes during an arrival ceremony for U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck…
DIVIDED EGYPT MARKS 3RD ANNIVERSARY OF UPRISING
By MAGGIE MICHAEL and SARAH EL DEEB An Egyptian vendor displays a mask of Egypt’s Defense Minister, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, in Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the 2011 uprising, in…
SYRIAN PEACE TALKS STUCK OVER ASSAD’S FUTURE
By MATTHEW LEE and ZEINA KARAM U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, talks to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon prior to the Syrian peace talks in Montreux, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan.…