ZURICH SAYS NO ‘UNDUE PRESSURE’ IN CFO’S SUICIDE
By JOHN HEILPRIN FILE – In this May 2, 2013 file photo then chairman of the Zurich Insurance Group Josef Ackermann and colleague of CFO Pierre Wauthier who committed suicide…
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Iran ‘hopeful’ about next week’s nuclear talks
Tehran Iran’s deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, right, and Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano shake hands prior to a meeting at the International Center…
Syria peace envoy: No talks without opposition
By ALBERT AJI UN-Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi speaks in a press conference in Damascus, Syria, Friday, Nov. 1, 2013. Brahimi urged during his days-long visit to Damascus…
IRAN-UN NUKE TALKS ADVANCE, NEW ROUND NOV. 11
By GEORGE JAHN Iran’s Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Reza Najafi, left, and IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Safeguards Tero Tapio Varjoranta,…
CHEMICAL WEAPONS INSPECTORS IN SYRIA MISS DEADLINE
By MIKE CORDER and RYAN LUCAS U.N.-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, center right, and Deputy Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad arrive to a hotel surrounded by security Monday, Oct. 28,…
MEXICAN DIPLOMAT SAYS OBAMA PROMISES NSA PROBE
By JOHN HEILPRIN Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs Jose Antonio Meade speaks to reports during a news conference at the Mexican U.N. Mission in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013.…
SYRIAN PRESIDENT CASTS DOUBT ON PEACE CONFERENCE
By BASSEM MROUE and RYAN LUCAS In this photo, which AP obtained from Syrian official news agency SANA and which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP…
IRAN PARLIAMENT CHIEF WARNS OVER NUCLEAR PRESSURES
By NASSER KARIMI Iran’s Parliament speaker Ali Larijani, right, sits with Hannes Swoboda of Austrian social democratic party during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, Sunday Oct. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Ebrahim…