AUSTRALIAN GOV’T FACES CARBON TAX BACKLASH AT POLL
By KRISTEN GELINEAU and ROD McGUIRK Agnes Lee, 52, an IT consultant, reads a paper while having a coffee in Sydney, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013. The ruling Labor Party’s probable…
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A LOOK AT SYRIA DEVELOPMENTS AROUND THE WORLD
By The Associated Press Syrian refugees arrive at the Turkish Cilvegozu gate border, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013. Routine prevailed at a US-Turkish airbase in southern Turkey on Monday, a day…
NZ DISPUTES REPORT THAT IT SPIED ON JOURNALIST
By NICK PERRY In this Tuesday, July 9 2013 photo, War correspondent Jon Stephenson gives evidence in his defamation case against Defense Force chief Lieutenant General Rhys Jones in the High…
NEW ZEALAND LAWMAKERS APPROVE GAY-MARRIAGE BILL
By NICK PERRY New Zealand lawmaker Louisa Wall, who sponsored the gay marriage bill, stands on the steps of Parliament in Wellington before voting for the same-sex marriage Tuesday, April…
POPE TAPS CARDINALS TO ADVISE ON GOVERNING, REFORM
By NICOLE WINFIELD FILE – In this April 7, 2013 file photo Pope Francis waves to faithful upon his arrival for his installation Mass at the St. John in Lateran…
NORTH KOREA HINTS IT WILL SOON LAUNCH A MISSILE
By JEAN H. LEE In this Wednesday, April 10, 2013 photo, North Korean military officers look from a sight-seeing boat sailing on the Yalu River, the China-North Korea border river,…
CHINA’S XI OFFERS TO REDUCE FRICTION OVER HOTSPOTS
By CHARLES HUTZLER China’s President Xi Jinping, center back, walks to his seat as he arrives at the opening ceremony of the annual Boao Forum in Boao, in southern China’s…
SKOREA: NORTH KOREA MOVED MISSILE TO EAST COAST
By SAM KIM and HYUNG-JIN KIM A North Korean soldier watches the South Korean side at the border village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) in South Korea Thursday,…