EGYPT WARNS PRO-MORSI PROTESTERS TO LEAVE SIT-IN
By AYA BATRAWY A supporter of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi holds a banner with Morsi’s image, during a march against Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in Nasr City,…
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CHINA DEFENDS HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD
By DIDI TANG U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Uzra Zeya speaks to reporters at a news briefing on the latest U.S.-China Human Rights…
GOVS WARN WASHINGTON AGAINST FISCAL INACTION
By THOMAS BEAUMONT Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker draws the biggest crowd of reporters following a news conference on the opening day of the National Governors Association meeting on Friday, Aug.…
SURVEILLANCE CRITICS FACE OBAMA IN OVAL OFFICE
By JOSH LEDERMAN FILE – In this June 10, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Struggling to salvage a…
SAME-SEX MARRIAGES BEGIN IN RHODE ISLAND
By DAVID KLEPPER Gary McDowell, left, and Zachary Marcus, both of Providence, R.I., display their newly obtained marriage certificate at City Hall, in Providence, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013 Gay marriage…
EDWARD SNOWDEN GOT ASYLUM IN RUSSIA, LAWYER SAYS
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV FILE – This Sunday, June 9, 2013 file photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, in Hong Kong. Snowden has left Moscow’s Sheremetyevo…
OBAMA REASSURES DEMS ON HEALTH CARE, IMMIGRATION
By JOSH LEDERMAN and JIM ABRAMS President Barack Obama waves as he arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 31, 2013, to meet with the House Democratic Caucus. There’s…
STUDENT LOAN COMPROMISE HEADS TOWARD FINAL VOTE
By PHILIP ELLIOTT FILE – In this July 17, 2013 file photo, House Education Committee Chairman Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., left, followed by House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of Calif.,…