ZURICH TO LOOK AT ‘UNDUE PRESSURE’ ON CFO
By JOHN HEILPRIN FILE – In this Feb. 2, 2012 file photo then CEO of Deutsche Bank Josef Ackermann speaks during the bank’s annual press conference in Frankfurt, Germany. Ackermann,…
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IRISH POET NOBEL WINNER SEAMUS HEANEY DIES AT 74
By SHAWN POGATCHNIK FILE – A Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2004 photo from files showing former Nobel Prize winning poet Seamus Heaney speaking during a rehearsal for the Northern Irish national…
UK PRIME MINISTER CAMERON LOSES SYRIA WAR VOTE
By RAPHAEL SATTER and GREGORY KATZ In this image taken from video, Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron, centre, speaks during a debate on Syria, in Britain’s parliament, London, Thursday August…
MERKEL’S CHALLENGER PLEDGES QUICK POLICY CHANGES
Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) candidate for the chancellor, Peer Steinbrueck, second from left, attends a news conference for the upcoming general elections in Berlin, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013. Steinbruck…
BRITAIN PROPOSES SYRIA RESOLUTION; RUSSIA OBJECTS
By ALEXANDRA OLSON and PETER JAMES SPIELMANN Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar Ja’afari speaks to reporters after a meeting about Syria at United Nations headquarters Wednesday, Aug. 28,…
RARELY SEEN COPY OF MAGNA CARTA COMING TO HOUSTON
By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI In this courtesy photo provided by the Hereford Cathedral Perpetual Trust, from left, England’s Prince Charles, Christopher James, Chairman of Hereford Perpetual Trust, and Joel A. Bartsch,…
UN ATOMIC AGENCY: IRAN UPS NUKE ACTIVITY
By GEORGE JAHN FILE – In this Aug. 15, 2013, file photo, Iranian President Hasan Rouhani speaks during the debate on the proposed Cabinet at the parliament, in Tehran, Iran.…
UN ENVOY: SYRIA ‘SUBSTANCE’ MAY HAVE KILLED 1,000
By JOHN HEILPRIN The UN Joint Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi speaks on developments related to Syria during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations…