PUTIN’S VISIT TO GERMANY CLOUDED BY DISPUTES
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel attend the opening ceremony of the Hannover Fair in the Congress Centrum in Hannover, Germany, Sunday April 7,…
Protests and demonstrations
ISRAELI PLANES STRIKE GAZA AFTER ROCKET FIRE
By IAN DEITCH Palestinians throw stones at Israeli soldiers after the death of Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh in Israeli jail in the West Bank city of Hebron, Tuesday, April 2, 2013.…
YEMENIS DEMAND RELEASE OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
By AHMED AL-HAJ Yemeni women hold photos of their relatives detained in Guantanamo Bay prison during a demonstration in front of the U.S. embassy demanding their release, in Sanaa, Yemen,…
PALESTINIANS COOL TO PARTIAL SETTLEMENT FREEZE
By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH Israeli border policemen evict a Palestinian activist from an area known as E1 near Jerusalem, Sunday, March 24, 2013. Palestinian activists erected tents in the E1 area…
EGYPT VIGILANTES HANG 2 THIEVES IN PUBLIC
By AYA BATRAWY EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT — Egyptian men surround the bodies of two men who were beaten and hung by vigilantes after being accused of theft in Samanod,…
FAMILY OF NYC TEEN SHOT BY POLICE TO SPEAK OUT
By COLLEN LONG and JAKE PEARSON Demonstrator Fatimah Shakur speaks during a vigil held for Kimani “Kiki” Gray in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in…