ACROSS US, FEARS, AMBIVALENCE, ANGUISH OVER SYRIA
By THOMAS BEAUMONT and KEN THOMAS In this photo taken Friday, Aug. 30, 2013, Sally and Ralph Whitney of Groton, Conn., talk about Syria during an interview with the Associated…
War and unrest
PUTIN URGES US TO HOLD OFF ON STRIKING SYRIA
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting on the development of civil shipbuilding in Russia’s fareastern port of Vladivostok, Friday, Aug. 30, 2013. Putin visits the Russian Far East where…
SYRIANS BRACING FOR POSSIBLE US STRIKE
By DAVID ESPO and ELAINE GANLEY In this image provided by The White House, President Barack Obama meets with his national security staff to discuss the situation in Syria, in…
SURINAME LEADER’S SON ARRESTED ON US DRUG CHARGE
By DANICA COTO FILE – In this Aug. 26, 2003 file photo, Dino Bouterse, son of Suriname President Desi Bouterse, arrives to a court hearing in Paramaribo, Suriname. A Panamanian…
US SAYS SYRIAN CHEMICAL ATTACK KILLED 1,429
By DAVID ESPO and ELAINE GANLEY Secretary of State John Kerry makes a statement about Syria at the State Department in Washington, Friday, Aug. 30, 2013. Kerry said the U.S.…
RWANDAN TANKS, ARTILLERY SEEN MOVING TOWARD CONGO
By SALEH MWANAMILONGO and RUKMINI CALLIMACHI CORRECTS DATE – A Rwandan armored vehicle with soldiers on top drives past residents of Kigali, Rwanda Friday Aug. 30, 2013 as it heads…
STREET KILLINGS UNDERSCORE IRAQ’S RISING UNREST
By ADAM SCHRECK This undated image made from video posted on a militant website in Aug. 2013, with is consistent with other AP reporting, purports to show a jihadi militant…
EGYPT BROTHERHOOD PROTESTS DRAW TENS OF THOUSANDS
By AYA BATRAWY and TONY G. GABRIEL People raise their hands and banners to show a hand gesture of an open palm with four raised fingers during a protest in…