VODKA TO BLAME FOR HIGH DEATH RISK IN RUSSIAN MEN
By MARIA CHENG FILE – In this Sept. 2005 file photo, men sleep after drinking on a bench in downtown Moscow. Russian men who down large amounts of vodka _…
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UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT ACCEPTS PM’S RESIGNATION
By MARIA DANILOVA and JIM HEINTZ FILE – In this Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013 file photo, Ukraine’s Prime Minister Mykola Azarov speaks to lawmakers during the parliament session in Kiev,…
SYRIAN PEACE TALKS STUCK OVER ASSAD’S FUTURE
By MATTHEW LEE and ZEINA KARAM U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, talks to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon prior to the Syrian peace talks in Montreux, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan.…
RIGHTS GROUP CALLS FOR ‘REAL PRESSURE’ ON SYRIA
By FRANK JORDANS Kenneth Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, speaks during the annual press conference of the non governmental organization in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. The…
UN WITHDRAWS IRAN INVITATION TO SYRIA TALKS
By CARA ANNA Jordanian Foreign Minister and President of the United Nations Security Council Nasser Judeh , right, listens to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during a meeting of the United…
SYRIAN OPPOSITION ISSUES ULTIMATUM ON PEACE TALKS
By BASSEM MROUE and LORI HINNANT FILE – In this Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 file photo, A Free Syrian Army fighter stands next to a painting on a piece of…
SYRIA PROPOSES ALEPPO CEASE-FIRE, PRISONER SWAP
By ZEINA KARAM and LAURA MILLS Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem enter a hall hand in hand for their talks in Moscow, Russia,…
RUSSIA: ASSAD MULLING OPEN HUMANITARIAN ACCESS
By LARA JAKES and LORI HINNANT US Secretary of State John Kerry, right, with with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and U.N-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi, center,…