KURDISH REBEL LEADER CALLS FOR CEASE-FIRE
By MUCAHIT CEYLAN and SUZAN FRASER FILE -In this July 24, 2012 file photo, honour guard soldiers carry the flag-covered coffin of Ahmet Caglar, one of four soldiers killed in…
Rebellions and uprisings
SYRIAN REBEL OFFICIAL BACKS INTERIM GOVERNMENT
By BEN HUBBARD Khalid Saleh, the spokesman for the opposition Syrian National Coalition, speaks to reporters in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, March 18, 2013. The coalition began a push Monday to…
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,…
12 CANDIDATES FOR SYRIAN REBEL INTERIM PREMIER
By BARBARA SURK In this citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, anti-Syrian regime protesters raise…
CONGO M23 FACTION LEADER ARRESTED IN RWANDA
By MELANIE GOUBY In this photo taken Monday, March 4, 2013, former M23 President Jean-Marie Runiga, center, is accompanied by general Baudoin Ngaruye, left, as he holds a press conference…
FRANCE READY TO ARM SYRIAN REBELS
By RAF CASERT French President Francois Hollande, right, speaks with the media as he arrives for an EU summit Brussels on Thursday, March 14, 2013. European Union heads of state…