ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS ATTACK TIMBUKTU IN NORTH MALI
By BABA AHMED and RUKMINI CALLIMACH FILE In this Feb. 7, 2013 file photo, a Malian soldier walks in Gao, northern Mali. Timbuktu has been hit by a prolonged battle…
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KERRY WARNS IRAQ ON IRAN FLIGHTS TO SYRIA
By MATTHEW LEE U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right meets with Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 24, 2013. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry…
FRANCE CONFIRMS DEATH OF AL-QAIDA CHIEF ABOU ZEID
GREG KELLER French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, left, and Mali’s Foreign Minister Tieman Coulibaly, right, pose for journalists after a meeting in Lyon, central France, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. (AP…
AP INTERVIEW: JORDAN KING SAYS ASSAD DAYS NUMBERED
By JAMAL HALABY King Abdullah II of Jordan poses for the camera after an interview with The Associated Press at the Royal Palace, in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday March, 20, 2013.…
US OK WITH FRANCE, UK ARMING SYRIA’S REBELS
Secretary of State John Kerry, accompanied by Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr, gestures as he speaks to reporters following their meeting at the State Department in Washington, Monday, March 18,…
INDIA-PAKISTAN TENSIONS RISE OVER EXECUTION
By ASHOK SHARMA Activists of India’s right-wing Shiv Sena party shout anti-Pakistan slogans during a protest in Jammu, India, Friday, March 15, 2013. The protest was against Pakistan’s Parliament for…
ISRAELI PRESIDENT: IRAN IS WORLD’S GREATEST DANGER
Israeli President Shimon Peres delivers his statement at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Tuesday March 12, 2013. Peres has been traveling between Brussels, Paris and Strasbourg to meet…
AFGHAN TROUBLES SPELL TOUGH START FOR HAGEL
By LOLITA C. BALDOR U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, left, meets with Afghanistan’s Interior Minister Ghulam Mujtaba Patang at the ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) headquarters in Kabul, Sunday,…