A look at Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
By The Associated Press President Barack Obama awards country music legend Loretta Lynn with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, during a ceremony in the East Room…
Political activism
Russia grants bail to 9 foreign activists
By VITNIJA SALDAVA Greenpeace International activist Miguel Hernan Perez Orsi of Argentina, left, reacts to a verdict and holds a photo of his daughter in a cage at a court…
Egypt revolutionaries make return to Tahrir Square
By SARAH EL DEEB and TONY G. GABRIEL Anti-government protesters clash with Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi supporters near Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. Egypt’s revolutionary groups…
Key Syrian rebel leader dies of wounds
By DIAA HADID In this Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by Tawhid Brigade, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Abdul-Qadir Saleh,…
Egypt: Fears replace Christians’ high expectations
By HAMZA HENDAWI In this Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013 photo, Coptic monks and altar boys worship in Mar Girgis, or St. George, Monastery, south of the ancient city of Luxor,…
Activists march in Warsaw against climate change
Climate activists play with a giant Globe during an environmentalist march to campaign against global warming, in downtown Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013. The demonstration coincides with a two-week…
Dozens hurt in Bangladesh garment factory protest
By JULHAS ALAM Bangladeshi garment workers assist their colleagues injured during a clash with police in Ashulia, outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Thousands of garment workers demanding…
WAGE PROTEST CLOSES BANGLADESH GARMENT FACTORIES
By JULHAS ALAM A Bangladeshi security vehicle patrols on the second day of a four-day general strike in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Nov. 11, 2013. Opposition enforced a four-day general strike…