HAGEL WARNS PAKISTAN LEADERS OVER BORDER PROTESTS
By LOLITA C. BALDOR U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, right, speaks during a meeting with Afghan military leaders in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. Hagel spoke with U.S.…
Political and civil unrest
THAI PM DISSOLVES PARLIAMENT, CALLS ELECTIONS
By TODD PITMAN and JOCELYN GECKER Thai anti-government protesters make their way on a street during a march rally in Bangkok, Thailand Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. Thai Prime Minister Yingluck…
ANTI-GOVT PROTESTERS IN KIEV TOPPLE LENIN STATUE
Pro-European Union activists gather around a huge poster of jailed former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, bottom, during a rally in the Independence Square in KIev, Ukraine, Sunday, Dec. 8,…
ISRAEL ENDS PROBE OF PALESTINIAN PROTESTER’S DEATH
By IAN DEITCH FILE – In this Friday, Dec. 9, 2011 file photo, Palestinian protester Mustafa Tamimi falls on the ground after being injured by a tear gas canister fired…
WESTERN ENVOYS URGE KIEV TO RESPECT HUGE PROTESTS
By JIM HEINTZ Ukraine’s Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, right, along with Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, addresses the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s ministerial council summit in Kiev, Ukraine,…
KIEV PROTESTS CONTINUE, RESOLUTION ELUSIVE
By YURAS KARMANAU and JIM HEINTZ A protester collects firewood for heating in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, early Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. Ukraine’s opposition failed to force out the government with…
THAI PROTESTS EASE AHEAD OF KING’S BIRTHDAY
By TODD PITMAN and JINDA WEDEL Anti-government protesters gather in the compound of Government House in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. Anti-government protesters swarmed into the Thai prime minister’s…
UKRAINE MASS PROTESTS RESUME AFTER GOVT WINS VOTE
By MARIA DANILOVA People rally outside of the presidential administration building in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. Ukraine’s opposition failed to force out the government with a…