OBAMA AIM: KEEP MIDEAST TROUBLES FROM BOILING OVER
By JULIE PACE FILE — In this Monday, May 18, 2009 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, looks towards President Barack Obama as he speaks to reporters in…
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NEW JUDGE NAMED FOR FORMER MASS. MOBSTER’S TRIAL
FILE – This June 23, 2011 file booking photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service shows James “Whitey” Bulger. A new judge has been named to preside over the trial…
VENEZUELA’S OPPOSITION GROUND DOWN BY CHAVISTAS
By FRANK BAJAK Opposition leader Henrique Capriles holds a copy of the constitution as he speaks during a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, March 11, 2013. Capriles registered his…
LEW HOPEFUL ON REACHING A BUDGET BREAKTHROUGH
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew speaks after touring the Siemens manufacturing plant where electrical drive components for heavy machinery are assembled in Alpharetta, Ga., Thursday, March 14, 2013.…
CHINA’S POLITICAL ADVISERS PLEDGE FEALTY TO PARTY
By GILLIAN WONG Delegates line up to cast their votes during a plenary session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference held at the Great Hall of the People in…
SENATE DEMOCRATS UNVEIL GOVERNMENT FUNDING BILL
By ANDREW TAYLOR FILE – In this Jan. 1, 2013 file photo, House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. leaves a Republican caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington. A…
OBAMA FRIEND OR FOE? MCCAIN CHARTS HIS COURSE
By DONNA CASSATA FILE – In this March 7, 2013 file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republican McCain is a walking contradiction,…
COVER-UP OF KENYAN VOTE RIGGING, ODINGA TEAM SAYS
By TOM ODULA Chairman of the election commission Isaak Hassan, left, speaks to the media after handing over a certificate of the recent election results, a matter of protocol, to…