C. AFRICAN REPUBLIC PRESIDENT, PM STEPPING DOWN
By ABUBAKAR MOHAMMED and KRISTA LARSON FILE _ This is a Thursday Dec. 19, 2013 file photo of Michel Djotodia, Central African Republic’s president, as he walks back to the…
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OBAMA PONDERS LIMITING NSA ACCESS TO PHONE RECORDS
By JULIE PACE FILE – In this Dec. 20, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks during an end-of-the year news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the…
PAKISTAN’S MUSHARRAF NO SHOW IN COURT; BOMB FOUND
By REBECCA SANTANA A Pakistani female police officer stands alert outside a court set up for the trial of Pakistan’s former president and military ruler Pervez Musharraf in Islamabad, Pakistan,…
THAI ARMY CHIEF URGES CALM, DOESN’T RULE OUT COUP
By JINDA WEDEL Thailand’s army chief Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha answers a question during a news conference at army headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand Friday, Dec. 27, 2013. Prayuth urged both sides…
OBAMA SIGNS BIPARTISAN BUDGET DEAL, DEFENSE BILL
By JOSH LEDERMAN President Barack Obama speaks to members of the military and their families in Anderson Hall at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013, in Kaneohe Bay,…
3 TURKISH CABINET MINISTERS RESIGN OVER PROBE
By SUZAN FRASER In this photo taken late Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013, Turkey’s Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan, right, Interior Minister Muammer Guler, center, and EU Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis speak…
UTAH’S SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BAN BACK IN COURT
By BRADY McCOMBS and PAUL FOY FILE – In this Friday, Dec. 20, 2013 file photo, Chris Serrano, left, and Clifton Webb embrace after being married, as people wait in…
REBELS HOLD KEY OIL CAPITAL IN SOUTH SUDAN
\By RODNEY MUHUMUZA In this photo released by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), wounded civilians from Bor, the capital of Jonglei state and said to be the…