SYRIA ACCEPTS WEAPONS PLAN, STRIKE MOMENTUM EASES
By RYAN LUCAS and LORI HINNANT Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem speaks to the media in Moscow, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. Syria’s foreign minister said his country welcomes Russia’s proposal…
War and unrest
FILIPINO REBELS HOLD HOSTAGES AS HUMAN SHIELDS
By BULLIT MARQUEZ Government troops take their positions as about 200 Muslim rebels, enraged by a broken peace deal with the Philippine government, held scores of hostages as human shields…
ALLENDE’S LEGACY STRONG 40 YEARS AFTER CHILE COUP
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO FILE – In this Sept. 11, 1973 file photo, smoke rises from La Moneda presidential palace after being bombed during a military coup led by Gen.…
YEMEN ON ALERT OVER FEAR OF SUICIDE ATTACKS
By AHMED AL-HAJ Forensic experts inspect the site of a damaged bus after a bomb attack in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. Two bombs targeting buses carrying military, exploded,…
ASSAD: ‘EXPECT EVERYTHING’ IN RESPONSE TO ATTACK
By PHILIP ELLIOTT In this frame grab from video taken Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013, and provided by “CBS This Morning,” Syrian President Bashar Assad responds to a question from journalist…
AFGHANS MARK KILLING OF NORTHERN REBEL LEADER
By AMIR SHAH An Afghan guard of honor stands next to a portrait of Ahmad Shah Massoud, during a ceremony commemorating the 12th anniversary of his death in Kabul, Afghanistan,…
SYRIAN REBELS SEIZE CONTROL OF CHRISTIAN VILLAGE
By JAMAL HALABY In this Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian military solider fires a heavy machine gun during clashes with…
US: ‘COMMON-SENSE TEST’ HOLDS ASSAD RESPONSIBLE
By PHILIP ELLIOTT In this photo taken May 19, 2013 White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough returns to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., after a trip with President Barack…