UN ADOPTS TREATY TO REGULATE GLOBAL ARMS TRADE
By EDITH M. LEDERER FILE – In this Sept. 13, 2005 file photo, the flags of member nations fly outside the General Assembly building at the United Nations headquarters in…
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SINGAPORE PRIME MINISTER VISITS WHITE HO– USE
By MATTHEW PENNINGTON FILE – In this April 12, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama shakes hands with Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Washington. On Tuesday, Prime Minister…
GOOGLE AND PRIVACY: 6 EU COUNTRIES TAKE ACTION
By LORI HINNANT FILE – In this Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011 file photo, a carpet at the entrance of Google France’s new offices before its inauguration by French President Nicolas…
NY STATE SEN. ARRESTED IN ALLEGED MAYOR RACE PLOT
FILE – In this Dec. 8, 2008 file photo, New York state Sen. Malcolm Smith, D-Queens, speaks with reporters at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. The FBI says Smith and…
NORTH KOREA VOWS TO RESTART NUCLEAR FACILITIES
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and FOSTER KLUG FILE – In this June 27, 2008 file photo from television, the 60-foot-tall cooling tower is seen before its demolition at the main Nyongbyon…
10 SERIOUSLY HURT AFTER CAR HITS VEGAS RESTAURANT
By KEN RITTER Las Vegas firefighters examine the scene of an accident where a car crashed into a crowded restaurant, Monday, April 1, 2013, in Las Vegas. Ten people were…
SACRAMENTO HIGH-RISE DEATH LINKED TO GRAFFITI
People gather near 13th and J streets to watch firefighters as they recover the body a man hanging from a rope tied to a balcony. Fire officials said the man’s…
IN MIAMI, CUBAN DISSIDENT BLOGGER CALLS FOR UNITY
By CHRISTINE ARMARIO Blogger and activist Yoani Sanchez, of Cuba, speaks at the Freedom Tower of Miami Dade College, Monday, April 1, 2013, in Miami. Sanchez has gained thousands of…