TALIBAN KILL 12 AFGHAN CIVILIANS, AID WORKERS
By RAHIM FAIEZ An Afghan man looks at the lifeless bodies of his relatives at a hospital in Heart west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013. Afghan officials say…
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UN REFUGEE HEAD: SYRIA ON ‘VERGE OF THE ABYSS’
By ADAM SCHRECK AP10ThingsToSee – FILE – Syrian refugees cross into Iraq at the Peshkhabour border point in Dahuk, 260 miles (430 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 20,…
UN RIGHTS CHIEF MEETS SRI LANKAN WAR SURVIVORS
Family members of disappeared Tamil people holding pictures of their relatives protest during the visit of U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Aug.…
HAGEL: US MILITARY STANDS READY TO STRIKE SYRIA
By MATTHEW LEE and JULIE PACE FILE – This Aug. 26, 2013 file photo shows Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaking in Jakarta, Indonesia. U.S. forces are now ready to act…
KERRY: SYRIA’S CHEMICAL ARMS — USE ‘MORAL OBSCENITY
By MATTHEW LEE and JULIE PACE Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the State Department in Washington, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013, about the situation in Syria. Kerry said chemical…
WESTERN LEADERS MULL MILITARY RESPONSE IN SYRIA
By LORI HINNANT French President Francois Hollande, left, arrives with Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault at a government seminar held at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday Aug. 19, 2013.(AP Photo/Remy…
RUSSIA: NO PROOF SYRIA GOVT BEHIND CHEMICAL STRIKE
By The Associated Press Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks at a news conference in Moscow on Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Western nations calling…
CONGO SOLDIERS, UN FORCES BATTLE M23 REBELS
By NICK LONG Residents carry the body of a person killed hours earlier when a rocket struck a home, as they take to the streets in protest over recent violence,…