SHIVS, MORE ON DISPLAY AT HISTORIC PHILLY PRISON
By KATHY MATHESON In this Tuesday, March 12, 2013 photo, shown examples of shanks made by inmates at the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia. The defunct and decayed prison that…
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XI VISITS RUSSIA AS CHINA SEEKS BIGGER GLOBAL ROLE
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN In this March 16, 2013 photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping claps as he arrives at a plenary session of the National People’s Congress held in Beijing’s Great…
EX-OFFICIALS CONVICTED IN CALIF. CORRUPTION CASE
By JOHN ROGERS Five former Bell City elected officials listens to the judge as a guilty verdict is read in their trial on Wednesday, March 20, 2013, in Los Angeles.…
CYPRUS HAS 4 DAYS TO FIND BAILOUT SOLUTION
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS and ELENA BECATOROS People queue at an ATM outside a closed Laiki Bank branch in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Thursday, March 21, 2013. The European Central Bank says…
KURDISH REBEL LEADER CALLS FOR CEASE-FIRE
By MUCAHIT CEYLAN and SUZAN FRASER FILE -In this July 24, 2012 file photo, honour guard soldiers carry the flag-covered coffin of Ahmet Caglar, one of four soldiers killed in…
RUSSIA SEARCHES HUNDREDS OF RIGHTS GROUPS, NGOS
By MAX SEDDON Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting on sports issues in Kazan, 720 kilometers (450 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Putin is touring…
OBAMA SAYS HE’S NOT GIVING UP ON MIDEAST PEACE
By JULIE PACE and MATTHEW LEE President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks during a joint news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at the…
FIRST LADY BEARS EASTER GIFTS TO MILITARY FAMILIES
By STACY A. ANDERSON First Lady Michelle Obama looks at four-week-old Shawn Wittaker as he is held by his mother Amanda Wittaker during a visit to the Fisher House, located…