Kerry warns of violence if peace talks fail
By MATTHEW LEE U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks his meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013. Kerry waded again into the nitty-gritty of…
Social affairs
Senate nears historic vote on gay rights bill
By DONNA CASSATA Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, talks to reporters after the Senate cleared a major hurdle and agreed to proceed…
SUPREME COURT HEARS CASE ON LEGISLATIVE PRAYER
FILE – This Oct. 7, 2013 file photo shows people wait in line to enter the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court asks God for help before every public…
Bosnia population shrunk 13 percent in 2 decades
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Preliminary census results show that Bosnia’s population shrunk by half a million people over the country’s past two turbulent decades. The head of the Statistic Agency,…
Law enforcement unfamiliar with DHS nominee
By EILEEN SULLIVAN FILE – In this Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, file photo, Jeh Johnson, President Barack Obama’s choice for the next Homeland Security Secretary, speaks in the Rose Garden…
German art hoard held unknown Chagall, Matisse
By DAVID McHUGH A painting of Marc Chagall is projected on a screen during a news conference in Augsburg, southern Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, on the art found in…
McAuliffe, Cuccinelli seek votes in Va gov race
By PHILIP ELLIOTT Vice President Joe Biden, center, accompanied by Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., left, speaks at a campaign event for Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe, right, Monday, Nov.…
Greek bailout creditors get an earful in Athens
By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Members of an international debt inspection team are escorted by riot police after exiting through an emergency door during a demonstration at the Finance Ministry in Athens…