THOUSANDS OF SYRIANS FLEE TO IRAQ; CRISIS FEARED
By SINAN SALAHEDDIN and ZEINA KARAM In this photo provided by UNHCR officials and taken on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. Syrian refugees cross the border toward Iraq at Peshkhabour border…
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BENGHAZI AFTERSHOCKS AFFECTING US POLICY IN EGYPT
By BRADLEY KLAPPER President Barack Obama makes a statement to the media regarding events in Egypt, from his rental vacation home in Chilmark Mass., on the island of Martha’s Vineyard,…
AP-NORC POLL: RACE, INCOME DIVIDE VIEWS OF SCHOOLS
By PHILIP ELLIOTT and JENNIFER AGIESTA FILE – In this July 24, 2013 file photo, first grade teacher Lynda Jensen walks with her class of 30 children at Willow Glenn…
CAMPAIGN SEEKS TO PUSH SEATTLE MINIMUM WAGE TO $15
By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP FILE — In this Aug. 1, 2013 file photo, Seattle police officers take Caroline Durocher, center, into custody after Durocher sat in a downtown intersection during…
AUTHORITIES: MEN SMUGGLED GUNS TO NYC ON B– USES
By TOM HAYS New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly looks at some of the guns seized as part of gun smuggling between the Carolinas and New York, Monday, Aug. 19,…
AP INTERVIEW: TOP IRAN ADVISER REACHES OUT TO WEST
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI In this Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013 photo, Ali Akbar Velayati, a top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, gives an interview to The Associated…
UK LAWMAKER ARRESTED AT ANTI-FRACKING PROTEST
Activists link arms to resist police officers who were trying clear the road outside the main entrance to the Cuadrilla exploratory drilling site in Balcombe, southeast England , as anti…
OIL FALLS BELOW $107 AS STOCK MARKETS STALL
By PABLO GORONDI Supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans during a protest in Ramses Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Aug. 16, 2013. Heavy gunfire rang out…