Photos: Egypt’s Coptic Christian Pope criticizes Islamist government
Egypt’s Coptic Christian pope Tawadros II sharply criticized the country’s Islamist leadership in an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, saying the new constitution is...
View ArticlePhotos: Tunisians mourn Chokri Belaid assassination
Supporters mourn assassinated Tunisian opposition leader and outspoken government critic Chokri Belaid after he was shot dead at close range on February 6, 2013, at a clinic in Tunis. President Moncef...
View ArticlePhotos: State of the Union Address, President Obama delivers his fifth
President Barack Obama gives the annual State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. Close 1 of 48 President Barack Obama waves...
View ArticlePhotos: North Korea honors Kim Jong Il’s birthday, protests in south
North Koreans attended ceremonies commemorating the birth anniversary of the late leader Kim Jong-Il on Saturday, February 16, 2013. At the same time, North Korean defectors and South Korean activists...
View ArticlePhotos: Kosovo celebrates 5 years of independence from Serbia
Kosovo marked five years since it seceded from Serbia on Sunday, February 17, 2013 with flag-filled streets, a military parade and growing signs of progress. Majority-Albanian Kosovo declared...
View ArticlePhotos: Protests against the Keystone XL pipeline in the U.S.
Photos from protests against the Keystone XL pipeline on February 17, 2013. The TransCanada Corp pipeline would link the oil sands of northern Alberta, the world’s third largest crude resource, to...
View ArticlePhotos: Hugo Chavez returns to Venezuela 2 months after surgery
Photos of Venezuelans celebrating after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s surprise return to Caracas on Monday, February 18, 2013. Chavez returned from Cuba on Monday, more than two months after...
View ArticlePhotos: Kate visits Hope House in London
Photos from the Duchess of Cambridge’s visit to Hope House in south London on February 19, 2013. As patron of Action on Addiction the Duchess was visiting their project Hope House, a safe, secure...
View ArticlePhotos: 2013 General Elections in Italy
Photos of Italians voting in one of the most important elections in a generation, as Europe looks for signs of stability from the eurozone’s third largest economy on Sunday, February 24, 2013. Close 1...
View ArticlePhotos: Protests in Bulgaria continue in spite of right-wing government’s...
Days of protests and public anger over high energy bills in Bulgaria forced the rightist government of Boiko Borisov to resign, but the move failed to calm the crowds, fed up with low living standards...
View ArticleCartoons: Sequest countdown
The clock is ticking on Congress to avoid the automatic fiscal cuts to take place. So it’s perfect time for our syndicated cartoonists to have some fun with this mess. Close 1 of 22 Michael Ramrez /...
View ArticlePhotos: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visits Egypt’s President Mohamed...
Photos of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit to Cairo, Egypt on Sunday, March 3, 2013. Kerry met with Egypt’s president Mohamed Mursi and appealed for unity and reform. The U.S. is deeply...
View ArticlePhotos: Joe Biden commemorates voting rights marchers
Hundreds gathered Sunday, March 3, 2013 in Selma, Alabama for a brunch with Vice President Joe Biden, followed by a march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma’s annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee. The...
View ArticlePhotos: Hugo Chavez dead
CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez, the fiery populist who declared a socialist revolution in Venezuela, crusaded against U.S. influence and championed a leftist revival across Latin America,...
View ArticlePhotos: Venezuelans wait in long lines for Hugo Chavez’s wake
Photos of countless Venezuelans who waited in lines over a mile long to say their goodbyes and see the remains of the late President Hugo Chavez lying in state at the military academy in Caracas on...
View ArticlePhotos: UN captives on Syria-Israel border
Syrian rebels who seized 21 Filipino U.N. peacekeepers in the Golan Heights want the Red Cross to escort them out of the area because of fighting with Syrian government forces, the Philippine military...
View ArticlePhotos: Pakistani Christian protestors clash with police
Hundreds of Pakistani Christians took to the streets across Pakistan on Sunday, March 10, 2013 demanding better protection after a Christian neighborhood was torched in the city of Lahore a day...
View ArticlePhotos: Hugo Chavez, Inc.
At Caracas’s choked Bolivar Plaza, a favorite hangout for the late Venezuelan president’s supporters, shoppers can find virtually anything Chavez-related the mind can dream up. Close 1 of 12 A doll of...
View ArticlePhotos: Falkland Islands vote to keep British rule
A referendum held on March 10, 2013 in the Falkland Islands saw residents voting almost unanimously to stay under British rule. The official count on Monday showed 99.8 percent of islanders voted in...
View ArticlePhotos: Jewish settlements point of contention ahead of Obama’s visit to Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s incoming cabinet will continue expanding Jewish settlements to the same extent as his previous government said Israel’s new housing minister on Sunday, just...
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