US envoy was inspired by South African struggle
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA In this photo taken Oct. 18, 2013, US Ambassador to South Africa Patrick Gaspard is photographed during an interview with a local newspaper in Pretroia, South Africa.…
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One by one, pope greets hundreds in wheelchairs
Pope Francis blesses a faithful at the end of his meeting with volunteers of the UNITALSI (Italian National Transport Union of ill to Lourdes and International Sanctuaries), in the Paul…
Maldivians finally vote to elect new president
By HUSSAIN SINAN A Maldivian woman casts her vote in Male, Maldives, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013. After two months of political bickering and repeated failure to hold an election, Maldives…
Legal blog seeks recognition from high court
By MARK SHERMAN Tom Goldstein, who writes SCOTUSblog.com, poses for a photograph in front of the Supreme Court, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013, in Washington. The court’s justices themselves read the…
Over 100 dead as typhoon slams central Philippines
By JIM GOMEZ Tacloban Airport is covered by debris after powerful Typhoon Haiyan hit Tacloban city, in Leyte province in central Philippines, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013. Rescuers in the central…
Talks over Iran’s disputed nuke program hit a snag
By MATTHEW LEE and JOHN HEILPRIN U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, second left, arrives for a meeting with European Union’s top diplomat Catherine Ashton before a second day of…
Journalists in Syria face growing risk of kidnap
By ZEINA KARAM FILE – In this Feb. 24, 2012, file photo,Turkish journalists holding photographs of their colleagues who lost their lives in Syria recently, from left, Anthony Shadid, Remi…
A look at some journalists missing in Syria
FILE – In this November 2012, file photo, posted on the website freejamesfoley.org, shows missing journalist James Foley while covering the civil war in Aleppo, Syria. American freelance journalist Foley…