SAN DIEGO MAYOR AGREES TO RESIGN
By JULIE WATSON and ELLIOT SPAGAT San Diego Mayor Bob Filner speaks after agreeing to resign at a city council meeting Friday, Aug. 23, 2013, in San Diego. Filner agreed…
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TRIAL SHOWS GREED, MACHINATIONS OF CHINA’S ELITE
By GILLIAN WONG In this image taken from video, Former Chinese politician Bo Xilai, left, sits and speaks in a court room at Jinan Intermediate People’s Court in eastern China’s…
DISGRACED CHINESE POLITICIAN MOUNTS FEISTY DEFENSE
By GILLIAN WONG In this photo released by the Jinan Intermediate People’s Court, Bo Xilai, center, stands on trial at the court in eastern China’s Shandong province on Thursday Aug.…
WHO’S WHO IN CHINA’S BO XILAI POLITICAL SCANDAL
By The Associated Press In this March 11, 2012 photo, Bo Xilai, former Chongqing party secretary wipes his glasses during a plenary session of the National People’s Congress at the…
PARAGUAY’S NEW PRESIDENT WAS TARGETED BY THE DEA
By PEDRO SERVIN and MICHAEL WARREN Paraguay’s new President Horacio Cartes, left, receives the presidential sash from Congress President Julio Cesar Velazquez during Cartes’ swearing-in ceremony at Palacio de Lopez…
EGYPT ARRESTS MORE ISLAMISTS AS EU OFFICIAL VISITS
By AYA BATRAWY In this image released by the Egyptian Presidency, Catherine Ashton, the EU’s foreign policy chief, left, meets with interim prime minister, Mohamed ElBaradei in Cairo, Egypt, Monday,…
PAKISTAN GOVERNMENT SAYS IT WON’T CHARGE MUSHARRAF
By ZARAR KHAN ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s caretaker government told the Supreme Court on Monday it will not file treason charges against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf but will leave…
OLD GUARD SEES THREAT IN YOUTHFUL NJ URBAN INFLUX
By KATIE ZEZIMA FILE – In this Thursday, July 28, 2011 file photo, Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy speaks during a public meeting regarding the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and…