Bomber kills 6 in Afghanistan ahead US deal talks
By KATHY GANNON and RAHIM FAIEZ An Afghan policeman secures an area after a suicide vehicle bomb tore through the area on the outskirts of Kabul, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013.…
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Assad gaining ground in Syrian civil war
By RYAN LUCAS FILE – In this Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013 file photo, damages are seen in the town of Hejeira, which Syrian troops captured, in the countryside of Damascus,…
Jolie, Lansbury, Martin, Tosi to accept Oscars
By SANDY COHEN FILE – In this Feb. 11, 2011 file photo, Director Angelina Jolie smiles during the press conference of the film “In the Land of Blood and Honey,”…
White mayor, black wife: NYC shatters an image
By JESSE WASHINGTON FILE – In this Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013 file photo, New York Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio embraces his son Dante, left, daughter Chiara, second left,…
GOP sees health care law as big 2014 opportunity
In this Nov. 15, 2013, photo, Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., walks on on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. In his West Virginia district, the TV ads attacking…
Egypt: Fears replace Christians’ high expectations
By HAMZA HENDAWI In this Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013 photo, Coptic monks and altar boys worship in Mar Girgis, or St. George, Monastery, south of the ancient city of Luxor,…
Activists march in Warsaw against climate change
Climate activists play with a giant Globe during an environmentalist march to campaign against global warming, in downtown Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013. The demonstration coincides with a two-week…
How kids helped buy a copy of Gettysburg Address
By KERRY LESTER In this Friday, Nov. 15, 2013 photo, school groups and visitors view Illinois’ copy of the Gettysburg Address at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum and Library, in…