UN OKS MILITARY ACTION IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
By EDITH M. LEDERER Christian children from the village of Bouebou, some 40 kms (30 miles) North of Bangui, Central African Republic, are packed in the trunk of a taxi…
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WESTERN ENVOYS URGE KIEV TO RESPECT HUGE PROTESTS
By JIM HEINTZ Ukraine’s Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, right, along with Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, addresses the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s ministerial council summit in Kiev, Ukraine,…
VENEZUELA CYBER CRACKDOWN ENSNARES WEB’S BITLY
By JOSHUA GOODMAN FILE – In this Feb. 23, 2013 file photo, an anti-government protester in Caracas holds up a fake Venezuelan banknote that reads in Spanish, “This is the…
DILIGENT ASIAN STUDENTS DOMINATE GLOBAL EXAM
By DIDI TANG FILE – In this Nov. 7, 2013 file photo, South Korean students cheer their seniors’ success in the Scholastic Aptitude Test in front of the main gate…
KIEV PROTESTS CONTINUE, RESOLUTION ELUSIVE
By YURAS KARMANAU and JIM HEINTZ A protester collects firewood for heating in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, early Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. Ukraine’s opposition failed to force out the government with…
NATO CHIEF: NOT JUST KARZAI CAN SIGN AFGHAN PACT
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, center, gives opening remarks at the start of the Internal Security Assistance Force (ISAF) meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013.…
HEZBOLLAH COMMANDER KILLED OUTSIDE HOME IN LEBANON
This undated photo released by the Hezbollah Media Relation Office on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2013, shows Hassan al-Laqis, described by Hezbollah as one of the founding members of the group…
IRAN’S TOP DIPLOMAT MEETS WITH EMIRATI LEADER
By ADAM SCHRECK This image released by the Emirates News Agency, WAM, shows UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, right, meeting with the Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad…