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16 Oct 2013
Galleries Web links WASHINGTON – Democratic leader Harry Reid saysSenate leaders have reached a bipartisan deal to avoid default and end the government shutdown, now in its 16th day. Reid made the announcement at the start of the Senate session on Wednesday. The deal would reopen the government through Jan. 15 and increase the nation’s borrowing…
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16 Oct 2013
October 16, 2013 — Updated 0510 GMT (1310 HKT) Japanese businessmen walk against strong wind and rain as Typhoon Wipha reached Tokyo on Wednesday. Tokyo (CNN) — At least 14 people have died and hundreds of flights have been canceled as Typhoon Wipha pummeled the Tokyo area on Wednesday. A government official in Oshima, a small island 120 km south..
![House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center, walks with Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., left, and Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Calif., after walking off the House floor in protest of a contempt of Congress vote for Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday, June 28, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center, walks with Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., left, and Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Calif., after walking off the House floor in protest of a contempt of Congress vote for Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday, June 28, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington.](http://cdn2.wn.com/vp/i/ad/4e35f0ca514310.jpg)
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![Japan's new Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. Kishida, 55, is an expert on issues relating to frictions on the southern island of Okinawa between local residents and the nearly 20,000 U.S. troops based there. Kishida was in charge of territorial issues in Abe's previous administration of 2006-2007. A former banker, he entered politics to inherit the constituency of his father. Japan's new Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. Kishida, 55, is an expert on issues relating to frictions on the southern island of Okinawa between local residents and the nearly 20,000 U.S. troops based there. Kishida was in charge of territorial issues in Abe's previous administration of 2006-2007. A former banker, he entered politics to inherit the constituency of his father.](http://cdn1.wn.com/vp/i/05/752f1e48548a3a.jpg)
photo: AP / Shizuo Kambayashi
![Policemen attempt to remove a tree toppled by strong wind due to Typhoon Roke at Ginza shopping district in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011. Policemen attempt to remove a tree toppled by strong wind due to Typhoon Roke at Ginza shopping district in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011.](http://cdn0.wn.com/vp/i/23/fefb90af0806ce.jpg)
Typhoon Wipha, projected to become
Tokyo’s biggest storm in about
10 years, was forecast to pass along eastern
Japan, reaching the capital early today and heading northeast to the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant.
Narita airport, just east of Tokyo…
photo: AP / Shizuo Kambayashi
![Sicily declares emergency over migrant influx Sicily declares emergency over migrant influx](http://cdn2.wn.com/vp/i/39/7ceda069acdf1a.jpg)
Sicily has declared a state of emergency due to rising numbers of migrants coming by boats from the
Mediterranean sea.
Drones, warships and helicopters were deployed on Tuesday inside and outside
Italian waters to scare-off people-smugglers,…
photo: WN / Marzena J.
![U.S.-South Korea task force to examine OPCON handover U.S.-South Korea task force to examine OPCON handover](http://cdn2.wn.com/vp/i/af/7a30f780b76877.jpg)
SEOUL — A joint
U.S.-South
Korean task force will study
Seoul’s ability to respond to possible
North Korean provocations as officials consider whether to delay transferring U.S. wartime control of allied troops to
South Korea, according to the…
photo: US DoD / Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo
![Floods hit Indian state in wake of cyclone Floods hit Indian state in wake of cyclone](http://cdn1.wn.com/vp/i/f0/a7df76470074f1.jpg)
At least five people have been killed in the eastern
Indian state of
Odisha in floods triggered by heavy rains that accompanied a fierce cyclone over the weekend. The
Budhabalanga river is overflowing and has flooded two districts, officials…
photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick
![Israel warns against nuclear compromise with Iran Israel warns against nuclear compromise with Iran](http://cdn2.wn.com/vp/i/b6/412263f0049558.jpg)
JERUSALEM:
Israel on Tuesday urged the world to avoid a partial deal with
Iran, which could see a relaxing of sanctions, just hours before a new round of nuclear talks.
Following a meeting late on Monday, the security cabinet warned the international…
photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras
15 Oct 2013
![Floods hit Indian state in wake of cyclone Floods hit Indian state in wake of cyclone](http://cdn1.wn.com/vp/i/f0/a7df76470074f1.jpg)
At least five people have been killed in the eastern
Indian state of
Odisha in floods triggered by heavy rains that accompanied a fierce cyclone over the weekend. The
Budhabalanga river is overflowing and has flooded two districts, officials…
photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick
![Israel warns against nuclear compromise with Iran Israel warns against nuclear compromise with Iran](http://cdn2.wn.com/vp/i/b6/412263f0049558.jpg)
JERUSALEM:
Israel on Tuesday urged the world to avoid a partial deal with
Iran, which could see a relaxing of sanctions, just hours before a new round of nuclear talks.
Following a meeting late on Monday, the security cabinet warned the international…
photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras
![Home Ministry's brainwave: Keep some Lok Sabha seats for PoK, just in case Home Ministry's brainwave: Keep some Lok Sabha seats for PoK, just in case](http://cdn2.wn.com/vp/i/ca/bbfc20e861c78d.jpg)
photo: WN / Imran Nissar
![Palestinian youths face Israeli abuse: report Palestinian youths face Israeli abuse: report](http://cdn3.wn.com/vp/i/bc/27e18bd9d8c1a1.jpg)
The UN Children‘s Fund has said
Israel’s army and police force continue to mistreat
Palestinian youths during arrests and detentions, despite agreeing to test alternative treatment following international pressure. Teh fund’s progress report,…
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb
![Special Forces Soldier killed in insider attack in Afghanistan Special Forces Soldier killed in insider attack in Afghanistan](http://cdn6.wn.com/vp/i/29/d79b6ebafd9b2f.jpg)
photo: US DoD / Public Domain
![Much ado about Italy Much ado about Italy](http://cdn7.wn.com/vp/i/52/0dc39f7f3f04c6.jpg)
photo: WN / Marzena J.
![Damon Albarn's return trip on the Africa Express Damon Albarn's return trip on the Africa Express](http://cdn6.wn.com/vp/i/cf/8e16c2296409b6.jpg)
photo: UN / Marco Dormino
14 Oct 2013
Seven Red Cross workers have been kidnapped in northern Syria after their convoy was ambushed by armed militants. The team from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) had been visiting the area from…
![Safe passage for migrants urged Safe passage for migrants urged](http://cdn0.wn.com/vp/i/c3/c35735d5abe378.jpg)
The Associated Press VALLETTA (AP)—Three deadly
Mediterranean shipwrecks that claimed the lives of hundreds of would-be asylum seekers fleeing war and repression sharpened calls Saturday for humanitarian corridors to allow safe passage to
Europe. At…
photo: WN / Marzena J.
![Hope for endangered Catholics? Hope for endangered Catholics?](http://cdn0.wn.com/vp/i/03/1d94bcd1e41346.jpg)
photo: WN / Marzena J.
![Vatican beatifies over 500 'martyrs of the faith' killed during Spanish civil war Vatican beatifies over 500 'martyrs of the faith' killed during Spanish civil war](http://cdn8.wn.com/vp/i/81/85372a647f555a.jpg)
Mass beatification attended by 25,
000 despite calls for pope to cancel event over church’s support for
General Francisco Franco Priests arrive for the beatification ceremony of 522 priests, monks, nuns and
Catholic laymen killed during the
Spanish…
photo: WN / Marzena J.
![NATO says service member killed by man wearing an Afghan security forces uniform NATO says service member killed by man wearing an Afghan security forces uniform](http://cdn2.wn.com/vp/i/55/d1ad20a33ef7b8.jpg)
KABUL,
Afghanistan —
NATO says a man wearing an
Afghan national security forces uniform killed one of its service members in eastern Afghanistan. The alliance says in a statement that the incident occurred on Sunday, but provided no other…
photo: US Navy / Chad A. Dulac
13 Oct 2013
![NATO soldier killed in insider attack in Afghanistan NATO soldier killed in insider attack in Afghanistan](http://cdn6.wn.com/vp/i/b8/cfa5e278fb7fd1.jpg)
photo: US DoD / Public Domain
![Cyclone Phailin: 500,000 homes evacuated as storm pounds India Cyclone Phailin: 500,000 homes evacuated as storm pounds India](http://cdn3.wn.com/vp/i/3c/f5ebb3c4bc45d2.jpg)
Mass evacuation of towns and villages on
India‘s eastern coast limits death toll as 135mph winds force huge waves inland
A man salvages a table stuck in uprooted trees fallen during cyclone Phailin on a road in Berhampur, India.
Photograph:
Bikas…
photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick
![U.S., Afghanistan concur with outlines of post-2014 security U.S., Afghanistan concur with outlines of post-2014 security](http://cdn0.wn.com/vp/i/02/7fe7e75237c480.jpg)
photo: US DoD / DOD
![Sgt. Chuck Hagel Still: Talking with the Defense Secretary Sgt. Chuck Hagel Still: Talking with the Defense Secretary](http://cdn5.wn.com/vp/i/95/4a7a8e773aed5b.jpg)
photo: US DoD / Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo
![Immigration raids aim to round up illegal workers in Britain's factories Immigration raids aim to round up illegal workers in Britain's factories](http://cdn5.wn.com/vp/i/6d/ecaf90bbb9720d.jpg)
Police clamp down on foreign nationals trafficked by gangs and the rogue employers who turn a blind eye in pursuit of profit An immigration official amid preparations to raid a factory in the UK.
Photograph:
Gary Calton For
The Observer/gary calton…
photo: UN / Amanda Voisard
![Migrant tragedies sharpen calls for safe passage Migrant tragedies sharpen calls for safe passage](http://cdn5.wn.com/vp/i/89/9b815852a9c5a5.jpg)
Three deadly
Mediterranean shipwrecks that claimed the lives of hundreds of would-be asylum-seekers fleeing war and repression sharpened calls Saturday for humanitarian corridors to allow safe passage to
Europe. At least 34 people drowned in Maltese…
photo: UN / Ryan Brown
12 Oct 2013
The strongest cyclone to threaten India in more than a decade bore down on its east coast Saturday as authorities bused and trucked tens of thousands of villagers from their mud and thatch coastal homes to government shelters inland. Officials canceled holy day celebrations and stockpiled emergency supplies in coastal Orissa and Andhra Pradesh…
![Residents brave a raging floodwater brought about by typhoon "Nari" at San Ildefonso township, Bulacan province, north of Manila, Philippines Saturday Oct. 12, 2013. Residents brave a raging floodwater brought about by typhoon "Nari" at San Ildefonso township, Bulacan province, north of Manila, Philippines Saturday Oct. 12, 2013.](http://cdn8.wn.com/vp/i/76/74c4e943a58417.jpg)
photo: AP / Bullit Marquez
![Hamid Siddiq, Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Chief of Protocol, left, walks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, as Kerry arrives for a second meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013. Hamid Siddiq, Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Chief of Protocol, left, walks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, as Kerry arrives for a second meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013.](http://cdn9.wn.com/vp/i/a2/e25d42ba25de83.jpg)
photo: AP / Jacquelyn Mar
![North Korea warns of 'all-out war' North Korea warns of 'all-out war'](http://cdn2.wn.com/vp/i/2d/3fbe302efff2ad.jpg)
SEOUL:
North Korea on Saturday issued a fresh warning of an “all-out war”, urging the
United States to stop military drills and what it described as “nuclear blackmail”. In a thinly veiled threat to strike the United States, the
North’s
National…
photo: US DoD / Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo
![African summit attacks African summit attacks](http://cdn1.wn.com/vp/i/47/b8bf8e67067eca.jpg)
photo: UN / Sarah Fretwell
![Islamists hold scattered protests across Egypt Islamists hold scattered protests across Egypt](http://cdn1.wn.com/vp/i/a2/37969cf2571044.jpg)
CAIRO: Supporters of
Egypt’s ousted Islamist president held scattered protests across the country Friday, calling off a planned rally at
Cairo’s iconic
Tahrir Squarealmost a week after bloody clashes left nearly 60 dead. Since the…
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb
![Republicans, Obama aim to end crisis after meet Republicans, Obama aim to end crisis after meet](http://cdn0.wn.com/vp/i/58/55f8dd1ce1594c.jpg)
photo: WN / Geeta
![Pak Taliban ‘commander’ captured in Afghanistan Pak Taliban ‘commander’ captured in Afghanistan](http://cdn4.wn.com/vp/i/0e/d30e40eb671916.jpg)
photo: US DoD / Ed Drohan
11 Oct 2013
![The "Original Seven" Mercury astronauts. From left: Scott Carpenter, Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton(gm1) The "Original Seven" Mercury astronauts. From left: Scott Carpenter, Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton(gm1)](http://cdn7.wn.com/vp/i/11/8e8b9ff8fd0828.jpg)
DENVER —
Scott Carpenter conquered the heights of space, the depths of the ocean, and the darkness of fear. And in doing so he became the second
Americanto orbit the
Earth, powered by not just a rocket but an insatiable curiosity. “Conquering…
photo: NASA
![Severe storm expected to hit eastern India Severe storm expected to hit eastern India](http://cdn3.wn.com/vp/i/80/ef239981939e9d.jpg)
Indian officials say they are expecting a “very severe storm” that could cause widespread damage and flooding, to hit the country’s eastern seaboard.
Officialssay they have cancelled holy day celebrations in coastal
Orissa and Andhra…
photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick
![FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 27, 2013 file photo, Malala Yousafzai addresses students and faculty after receiving the 2013 Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 27, 2013 file photo, Malala Yousafzai addresses students and faculty after receiving the 2013 Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass.](http://cdn7.wn.com/vp/i/f7/894e5824e44acf.jpg)
photo: AP / Jessica Rinaldi, File
![Ali Zeidan, Prime Minister of Libya, addresses the Council. Ali Zeidan, Prime Minister of Libya, addresses the Council.](http://cdn3.wn.com/vp/i/fd/13d9b648b02162.jpg)
Tweet Cairo,
Oct 10 (
IANS/
ITAR -TASS)
Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was detained Thursday by interior ministry personnel, an official at the ministry’s anti-crime directorate announced. “No one kidnapped him,” the
LANA news agency quoted the…
photo: UN / Rick Bajornas
![Secretary Kerry Shakes Hands With Libyan Prime Minister Zeidan Secretary Kerry Shakes Hands With Libyan Prime Minister Zeidan](http://cdn0.wn.com/vp/i/ab/7a5fdf9bf88407.jpg)
Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was kidnapped from his
Tripoli hotel at dawn on Thursday by an armed group and taken to an unknown location, the government and sources said. “The head of the transitional…
photo: Creative Commons / U.S. Department of State
![Glenn Greenwald, right, a reporter for The Guardian newspaper, speaks to media at a hotel in Hong Kong Monday, June 10, 2013. Greenwald spoke about his interview with Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old contractor who allowed himself to be revealed as the source of disclosures about the U.S. government's secret surveillance programs. Glenn Greenwald, right, a reporter for The Guardian newspaper, speaks to media at a hotel in Hong Kong Monday, June 10, 2013. Greenwald spoke about his interview with Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old contractor who allowed himself to be revealed as the source of disclosures about the U.S. government's secret surveillance programs.](http://cdn3.wn.com/vp/i/71/49a3121d5b403c.jpg)
–> Greenwald, a Rio-based correspondent for Britain’s
Guardian newspaper, also said that if
Brazil wanted more data on alleged US snooping into its affairs it should offer
Snowden asylum. Snowden, a former US spy agency contractor wanted by…
photo: AP / Vincent Yu
![Ali Zeidan, Prime Minister of Libya, addresses the Council. Ali Zeidan, Prime Minister of Libya, addresses the Council.](http://cdn3.wn.com/vp/i/fd/13d9b648b02162.jpg)
Tweet Cairo,
Oct 10 (
IANS/
ITAR -TASS)
Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was detained Thursday by interior ministry personnel, an official at the ministry’s anti-crime directorate announced. “No one kidnapped him,” the
LANA news agency quoted the…
photo: UN / Rick Bajornas
![Secretary Kerry Shakes Hands With Libyan Prime Minister Zeidan Secretary Kerry Shakes Hands With Libyan Prime Minister Zeidan](http://cdn0.wn.com/vp/i/ab/7a5fdf9bf88407.jpg)
Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was kidnapped from his
Tripoli hotel at dawn on Thursday by an armed group and taken to an unknown location, the government and sources said. “The head of the transitional…
photo: Creative Commons / U.S. Department of State
![Glenn Greenwald, right, a reporter for The Guardian newspaper, speaks to media at a hotel in Hong Kong Monday, June 10, 2013. Greenwald spoke about his interview with Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old contractor who allowed himself to be revealed as the source of disclosures about the U.S. government's secret surveillance programs. Glenn Greenwald, right, a reporter for The Guardian newspaper, speaks to media at a hotel in Hong Kong Monday, June 10, 2013. Greenwald spoke about his interview with Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old contractor who allowed himself to be revealed as the source of disclosures about the U.S. government's secret surveillance programs.](http://cdn3.wn.com/vp/i/71/49a3121d5b403c.jpg)
–> Greenwald, a Rio-based correspondent for Britain’s
Guardian newspaper, also said that if
Brazil wanted more data on alleged US snooping into its affairs it should offer
Snowden asylum. Snowden, a former US spy agency contractor wanted by…
photo: AP / Vincent Yu
![A masked Egyptian protester part of the Black Bloc, flashes the victory sign during clashes with riot police, background, near Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. A masked Egyptian protester part of the Black Bloc, flashes the victory sign during clashes with riot police, background, near Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013.](http://cdn8.wn.com/vp/i/b6/6034ac9a0ec0a5.jpg)
The United States on Wednesday cut hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to its
Mideast ally
Egypt, responding to the military ouster last summer of the nation’s first democratically elected president and the crackdown on protesters that has sunk…
photo: AP / Khalil Hamra
![View from Yavapai Point. Brignt Angel Canyon, opposite Yavapai Point, (South Rim, view of Kaibab Plateau, North Rim). View from Yavapai Point. Brignt Angel Canyon, opposite Yavapai Point, (South Rim, view of Kaibab Plateau, North Rim).](http://cdn1.wn.com/vp/i/2d/9732bdb9460eef.jpg)
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GFDL / tom bernard anyz; Tenji at de.wikipedia
![Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke looks on as President Barack Obama makes remarks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 10, 2009 Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke looks on as President Barack Obama makes remarks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 10, 2009](http://cdn4.wn.com/vp/i/84/b4cd2701347194.jpg)
photo: AP / Gerald Herbert
10Oct 2013
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Francois Lenoir / Reuters
Pervez Musharraf, the former president and military ruler of Pakistan, has been granted bail in the Akbar Bugti murder case and could leave the country as early as Thursday, Reuters reported.
“Musharraf can fly to Dubai tomorrow once these legal formalities are completed,” Ahmed Raza Kasuri, who heads the Musharraf defense team, told Reuters.
Musharraf has already been granted bail in two other cases after being arrested last spring, one involving the murder of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who was assassinated in 2007. But the Supreme Court was originally refusing to grant bail in the Bugti case as early as last month.
The former army chief, who has been under house arrest in a villa on the outskirts of Islamabad since April 19, took power in a 1999 coup, and later became president. He stepped down after Bhutto’s party won election in 2008.
After moving to London for nearly four years of self-imposed exile, Musharraf returned to Pakistan last March to contest a May 11 general election, but the pending court cases disqualified him from standing.
The most recent bail was regarding the death of Nawab Akbar Bugti, a veteran Baloch nationalist leader and former chief minister of Balochistan who was killed in a 2006 military operation. A case was brought against Musharraf for the death in 2009.
It’s possible that the 70-year-old former dictator’s departure is due to failing health.
Who are the world’s 10 most dangerous terrorists?
By Tim Lister, CNN
October 9, 2013 —
Ayman al-Zawahiri is the leader of al Qaeda. A reward up to $25 million has been offered by the U.S. government. Click through to see the men allegedly plotting, directing and, in some cases, carrying out acts of terror around the world.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Al Qaeda’s leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, tops the list
- Other names include figures from Yemen, Somalia and Iraq
- Many groups pledge allegiance to al Qaeda
09 Oct 2013
![Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev casts his ballot paper during the voting at a polling station in Baku, Azerbaijan, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013. Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev casts his ballot paper during the voting at a polling station in Baku, Azerbaijan, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013.](http://cdn4.wn.com/vp/i/be/9cc5aaa3465e38.jpg)
photo: AP / Sergei Grits
![Special Foods Fight Malnutrition in Syria Special Foods Fight Malnutrition in Syria](http://cdn5.wn.com/vp/i/60/3439017dc1cacf.jpg)
As the war continues in
Syria, so does the risk of deadly malnutrition for children. Special-nutrient rich foods, like those being distributed by the
UN World Food Programme (
WFP) can save their lives. Spokesperson Laure Chadraoui told me last week…
photo: UN / UN
![Central Pennsylvania's fallen in Afghanistan and Iraq: updated Central Pennsylvania's fallen in Afghanistan and Iraq: updated](http://cdn4.wn.com/vp/i/cf/dc48c952cb3450.jpg)
photo: USAF / Ben Bloker
![Key US-Afghan security deal faltering Key US-Afghan security deal faltering](http://cdn6.wn.com/vp/i/7c/607150f57b3b7d.jpg)
photo: US DoD / Ed Drohan
![A worker tests the amber LED lights on electronic cigarettes at the Ruyan factory in Tianjin, China A worker tests the amber LED lights on electronic cigarettes at the Ruyan factory in Tianjin, China](http://cdn5.wn.com/vp/i/e3/481b8d950a3c4d.jpg)
European lawmakers on Tuesday were set to tighten rules governing the multibillion-dollar tobacco market by imposing bigger and bolder warnings on cigarette packs, banning most flavorings like menthol and strengthening regulation of electronic…
photo: AP / Greg Baker
![Brazil's President-elect Dilma Rousseff, of the Workers Party, gestures to supporters as she arrives to give her victory speech after winning the election runoff in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday Oct. 31, 2010. Brazil's President-elect Dilma Rousseff, of the Workers Party, gestures to supporters as she arrives to give her victory speech after winning the election runoff in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday Oct. 31, 2010.](http://cdn1.wn.com/vp/i/e3/1c3f99dafe23b2.jpg)
RIO DE JANEIRO —
Brazil’s president,
Dilma Rousseff, crisply demanded an explanation on Monday from
Canada over revelations that a
Canadian intelligence agency had spied on Brazil’s mining and energy ministry and a top Brazilian diplomat, a…
photo: AP / Eraldo Peres
![US govt shutdown enters second week US govt shutdown enters second week](http://cdn4.wn.com/vp/i/ae/b0a295405f8e24.jpg)
WASHINGTON:
Stock markets fell on day as the federal government shutdown entered its seventh day with no end in sight and the prospect of a US default loomed. Lawmakers appeared to be making little headway in raising the
US debt ceiling,…
photo: Creative Commons / Martin Falbisoner
08 Oct 2013
![A worker tests the amber LED lights on electronic cigarettes at the Ruyan factory in Tianjin, China A worker tests the amber LED lights on electronic cigarettes at the Ruyan factory in Tianjin, China](http://cdn5.wn.com/vp/i/e3/481b8d950a3c4d.jpg)
European lawmakers on Tuesday were set to tighten rules governing the multibillion-dollar tobacco market by imposing bigger and bolder warnings on cigarette packs, banning most flavorings like menthol and strengthening regulation of electronic…
photo: AP / Greg Baker
![Brazil's President-elect Dilma Rousseff, of the Workers Party, gestures to supporters as she arrives to give her victory speech after winning the election runoff in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday Oct. 31, 2010. Brazil's President-elect Dilma Rousseff, of the Workers Party, gestures to supporters as she arrives to give her victory speech after winning the election runoff in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday Oct. 31, 2010.](http://cdn1.wn.com/vp/i/e3/1c3f99dafe23b2.jpg)
RIO DE JANEIRO —
Brazil’s president,
Dilma Rousseff, crisply demanded an explanation on Monday from
Canada over revelations that a
Canadian intelligence agency had spied on Brazil’s mining and energy ministry and a top Brazilian diplomat, a…
photo: AP / Eraldo Peres
![US govt shutdown enters second week US govt shutdown enters second week](http://cdn4.wn.com/vp/i/ae/b0a295405f8e24.jpg)
WASHINGTON:
Stock markets fell on day as the federal government shutdown entered its seventh day with no end in sight and the prospect of a US default loomed. Lawmakers appeared to be making little headway in raising the
US debt ceiling,…
photo: Creative Commons / Martin Falbiso
![Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner addresses the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, Thursday, June 14, 2012 at United Nations headquarters. Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner addresses the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, Thursday, June 14, 2012 at United Nations headquarters.](http://cdn1.wn.com/vp/i/a4/f6369fff88b925.jpg)
Argentina‘s
President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will undergo surgery later to treat bleeding on her brain. Ms Kirchner, 60, was initially ordered her to rest for a month on Saturday after doctors found the subdural haematoma following a blow to…
photo: AP / Mary Altaffer
![A New York City police uniform was displayed at St. Andrew's on Liardet Church for the 9/11 memorial. A New York City police uniform was displayed at St. Andrew's on Liardet Church for the 9/11 memorial.](http://cdn4.wn.com/vp/i/82/88cb26726dfc8b.jpg)
BROOKLYN,
N.Y. — A lawyer for
New York City on Monday denied that the
NYPDhas a surveillance program to spy on Muslims. Responding to an
ACLU lawsuit claiming religious discrimination that seeks to force police to turn over surveillance records,…
photo: Public Domain / Lance Cpl. Isis M. Ramirez
![Afghan president Hamid Karzai meets with the new Secretary General of NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen, left, at the presidential palace in Kabul on Wednesday Aug 5, 2009 Afghan president Hamid Karzai meets with the new Secretary General of NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen, left, at the presidential palace in Kabul on Wednesday Aug 5, 2009](http://cdn5.wn.com/vp/i/30/85aa382c862087.jpg)
KABUL:
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday condemned the
NATO mission in his country for causing “a lot of suffering” without delivering any gains. The outgoing leader also suggested to the
BBC that he might not
sign a bilateral security deal…
photo: AP / Massoud Hossaini
![Dilma Rousseff with Brazil's Roberto Azevedo ex-ambassador newly named World Trade Organization ( WTO ) director arrives in Malabo ( Guinea Equatorial ) Dilma Rousseff with Brazil's Roberto Azevedo ex-ambassador newly named World Trade Organization ( WTO ) director arrives in Malabo ( Guinea Equatorial )](http://cdn8.wn.com/vp/i/34/d69f8c4064f27d.jpg)
photo: Flickr / PR / Roberto Stuckert Filho
07 Oct 2013
CAIRO — Egypt stumbled deeper into turmoil after a national holiday celebrating the military turned to mayhem, leaving 51 dead across the country and exposing the deep divisions plaguing the nation. The high death toll in Sunday’s clashes between security forces and Islamist protesters came as crowds from Egypt’s two rival camps —…
![A Pakistani man, who was injured in a bomb explosion, in brought to a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Oct. 7, 2013. A Pakistani man, who was injured in a bomb explosion, in brought to a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Oct. 7, 2013.](http://cdn2.wn.com/vp/i/61/a0b432f4b6bd90.jpg)
The head of
Pakistan’s powerful military has said he will stand down when his term ends next month, apparently scotching rumours that he was seeking to further extend his position. In an announcement that surprised many observers,
General Ashfaq…
photo: AP / Mohammad Sajjad
![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013.](http://cdn1.wn.com/vp/i/60/a80504f78b4418.jpg)
photo: AP / Gali Tibbon
![Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi mourn relatives killed during clashes with security forces in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi mourn relatives killed during clashes with security forces in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013.](http://cdn5.wn.com/vp/i/06/dd486abc3e7ab2.jpg)
At least 34 people have been killed and dozens hurt in
Egypt in clashes between police and supporters of the deposed Islamist
President Mohammed Morsi. More than 200 members of the
Muslim Brotherhood were arrested in
Cairo, where 26 of the deaths…
photo: AP / Hassan Ammar
![Germany hands over military base to Afghans Germany hands over military base to Afghans](http://cdn1.wn.com/vp/i/72/bf51835aac2ebd.jpg)
BERLIN (AP) â??
Germany is handing over a key military base in northern
Afghanistan to local security forces as part of the gradual pullout of
Western forces in the coming years. According to prepared…
photo: US DoD / Ed Droha
![People inspect the aftermath of a car bomb attack at a convenience store in the Shaab neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013. A wave of car bombings targeting those celebrating the end of Ramadan across Iraq killed scores of people Saturday, a bloody reminder of the inability of Iraqi authorities to stop violence threatening to spiral out of control. People inspect the aftermath of a car bomb attack at a convenience store in the Shaab neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013. A wave of car bombings targeting those celebrating the end of Ramadan across Iraq killed scores of people Saturday, a bloody reminder of the inability of Iraqi authorities to stop violence threatening to spiral out of control.](http://cdn6.wn.com/vp/i/ba/85aadfa93ad819.jpg)
At least 66 people have died in
Iraq after a suicide bomber blew himself up among a crowd of
Shiite pilgrims passing through a mainly
Sunni neighbourhood in
Baghdad and another detonated his explosives inside a cafe north of the capital. The…
photo: AP / Karim Kadim
![Teach Your Children Well Teach Your Children Well](http://cdn3.wn.com/vp/i/f4/52b10dd9d666fa.jpg)
photo: UN / Tobin Jones
![Weakened Karen continues move toward Gulf Coast Weakened Karen continues move toward Gulf Coast](http://cdn0.wn.com/vp/i/2d/e813ec714ce952.jpg)
BRAITHWAITE, La. (AP) —
Tropical Storm Karen continued to chug toward the
Gulf Coast on Saturday, threatening to bring heavy winds and high rains, despite a general weakening of the storm.
Officials still urged residents to be vigilant, even as an…
photo: USAF / John Bainter
06 Oct 2013
Authorities in Egypt have warned against anti-army protests on Sunday when the country celebrates the 40th anniversary of an attack on Israel, saying the protesters will be regarded as agents of foreign powers. “Protesters against the army on the anniversary of [October 6] victory will be carrying out the duties of agents, not activists,”…
![People inspect the aftermath of a car bomb attack at a convenience store in the Shaab neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013. A wave of car bombings targeting those celebrating the end of Ramadan across Iraq killed scores of people Saturday, a bloody reminder of the inability of Iraqi authorities to stop violence threatening to spiral out of control. People inspect the aftermath of a car bomb attack at a convenience store in the Shaab neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013. A wave of car bombings targeting those celebrating the end of Ramadan across Iraq killed scores of people Saturday, a bloody reminder of the inability of Iraqi authorities to stop violence threatening to spiral out of control.](http://cdn6.wn.com/vp/i/ba/85aadfa93ad819.jpg)
At least 66 people have died in
Iraq after a suicide bomber blew himself up among a crowd of
Shiite pilgrims passing through a mainly
Sunni neighbourhood in
Baghdad and another detonated his explosives inside a cafe north of the capital. The…
photo: AP / Karim Kadim
![Teach Your Children Well Teach Your Children Well](http://cdn3.wn.com/vp/i/f4/52b10dd9d666fa.jpg)
photo: UN / Tobin Jones
![Weakened Karen continues move toward Gulf Coast Weakened Karen continues move toward Gulf Coast](http://cdn0.wn.com/vp/i/2d/e813ec714ce952.jpg)
BRAITHWAITE, La. (AP) —
Tropical Storm Karen continued to chug toward the
Gulf Coast on Saturday, threatening to bring heavy winds and high rains, despite a general weakening of the storm.
Officials still urged residents to be vigilant, even as an…
photo: USAF / John Bainter
![Defense, diplomacy chiefs sidestep US-Japan SOFA Defense, diplomacy chiefs sidestep US-Japan SOFA](http://cdn4.wn.com/vp/i/76/9a82e8a64c7469.jpg)
OSAKA — Thursday’s agreement between the
United States and
Japan to revise defense cooperation guidelines touched on a number of core issues, such as transferring
U.S. Marines to
Guam, building a contentious replacement in
Okinawafor the
Futenma…
photo: US DoD / Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo
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photo: UN/UN
![Children among five Afghans killed in NATO airstrike Children among five Afghans killed in NATO airstrike](http://cdn4.wn.com/vp/i/ca/2f1625622defb6.jpg)
At least five civilians, including three children, were killed overnight in a
NATOairstrike in eastern
Afghanistan, officials said yesterday. The civilians, aged between 12 and 20, were killed while they were out hunting birds in the area of…
photo: US DoD / Ed Drohan
![Syria submits more chemical arms details Syria submits more chemical arms details](http://cdn8.wn.com/vp/i/83/ad0e0c482a5ced.jpg)
Syria has given international experts additional details about its chemical weapons program that go beyond a
Sept. 21 declaration of its poison gas arsenal, the UN said on Friday. The team consists of experts from the
Organisation for the
Prohibition…
photo: UN / Sarah Fretwell
05 Oct 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan — The United States and Afghanistan have reached an impasse in their talks over the role that American forces will play here beyond next year, officials from both countries say, raising the distinct possibility of a total withdrawal — an outcome that the Pentagon’s top military commanders dismissed just months ago. Connect With…
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Lucy Poni JUBA —
Scores of children in
South Sudan‘s
Upper Nile state have been diagnosed with measles in the last few weeks, prompting officials to launch a vaccination campaign, a top health official said. “
As of August we have been…
photo: UN / Tobin Jones
![A pedestrian crosses Madison Avenue as New York waits on Hurricane Irene, on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011 A pedestrian crosses Madison Avenue as New York waits on Hurricane Irene, on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011](http://cdn5.wn.com/vp/i/22/0819684afdf795.jpg)
photo: AP / Mike Groll
![The Lampedusa boat sinking was no accident The Lampedusa boat sinking was no accident](http://cdn7.wn.com/vp/i/f2/3614e7a265e757.jpg)
The last thing you can call these tragedies is fatal accidents. The umpteenth tragedy involving
African migrants off the tiny island of
Lampedusa could and should have been prevented, like the countless other deaths that have occurred over the last…
photo: UN / Ryan Brown
![Central Asia concerns over US pullout from Afghanistan Central Asia concerns over US pullout from Afghanistan](http://cdn9.wn.com/vp/i/f8/8d0bf47e5817ad.jpg)
photo: US Army / Eddie Siguenza
![USAID Co-hosts LGBT Global Initiatives Meeting During UN General Assembly USAID Co-hosts LGBT Global Initiatives Meeting During UN General Assembly](http://cdn6.wn.com/vp/i/73/169d5c275a24ec.jpg)
photo: UN / Amanda Voisard
![Syria's Agony in Numbers: The Growing Refugee Crisis Syria's Agony in Numbers: The Growing Refugee Crisis](http://cdn7.wn.com/vp/i/a0/9c02f2c504cf87.jpg)
When politicians become fixated on numbers instead of people, the result can be somewhat grotesque. In
Syria for example, the number of dead in the chemical weapons attack has been disputed, with numbers ranging from 400 to 1,400 casualties,…
photo: UN / Ryan Brown
![Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon attends a meeting of the high level panal on girls and womens education for impowerment and gender equality at UNESCO HQ. with DG of UNESCO Ms. Irina Bokova Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon attends a meeting of the high level panal on girls and womens education for impowerment and gender equality at UNESCO HQ. with DG of UNESCO Ms. Irina Bokova](http://cdn9.wn.com/vp/i/c2/5211059d9b287a.jpg)
PARIS –
Irina Bokova has been nominated by
UNESCO‘s executive board as the agency’s director-general – all but ensuring her another four-year term. The 61-year-old
Bulgarian former career diplomat was selected Friday over Rachad
Farahof
Djibouti and…
photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe
04 Oct 2013
International experts were on Friday gearing up to disable the chemical weapons programme in war-hit Syria after reporting “encouraging” progress in a day of meetings with regime officials. The Syrian regime and its armed opponents have both been accused of carrying out numerous atrocities in the 30-month conflict, which began as a popular uprising…
![Bodies of drowned migrants are lined up in the port of Lampedusa Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. Bodies of drowned migrants are lined up in the port of Lampedusa Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013.](http://cdn0.wn.com/vp/i/c2/5e68d4934c8b26.jpg)
photo: AP / Nino Randazzo, Health Care Service
![Not raising debt ceiling could result in 2008-like situation: US Dept of Treasury Not raising debt ceiling could result in 2008-like situation: US Dept of Treasury](http://cdn3.wn.com/vp/i/d1/8120593c7f86bb.jpg)
photo: WN / Geeta
![A puppet representing Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi during the demonstration in Rome. A puppet representing Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi during the demonstration in Rome.](http://cdn7.wn.com/vp/i/88/b81ac08b0b8ff5.jpg)
ROME: An
Italian senate committee is likely to start a process on Friday to expel
Silvio Berlusconi from parliament following his conviction for tax fraud, meaning the former prime minister’s fate could be sealed within weeks.
Berlusconi, who has…
photo: Creative Commons / Gacio
![Mentor of 9/11 kingpin joins president race in Afghanistan Mentor of 9/11 kingpin joins president race in Afghanistan](http://cdn7.wn.com/vp/i/7c/b1019d62cfac0d.jpg)
KABUL: A former Islamist warlord who is said to be responsible for bringing al-Qaida to
Afghanistan and who trained the mastermind behind the
9/11 attacks, announced he was running for president on Thursday, a move likely to be greeted with…
photo: AP / Kamran Jebreili
![Specialist Frank Masiello, left, directs trades at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. Specialist Frank Masiello, left, directs trades at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Nov. 1, 2010.](http://cdn2.wn.com/vp/i/ed/74f428138ac750.jpg)
photo: AP / Richard Drew
![Leader of the extreme far-right Golden Dawn party, Nikos Michaloliakos, center, smiles toward his supporters as he escorted by anti-terror police upon his arrival to a court for a preliminary hearing into charges of participating in a criminal organization in Athens, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. Leader of the extreme far-right Golden Dawn party, Nikos Michaloliakos, center, smiles toward his supporters as he escorted by anti-terror police upon his arrival to a court for a preliminary hearing into charges of participating in a criminal organization in Athens, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013.](http://cdn1.wn.com/vp/i/07/dcff8125de1694.jpg)
Golden Dawn leader
Nikos Michaloliakos has been ordered to remain in custody pending trial on charges of belonging to a criminal group. During a marathon session at the Evelpidon court complex in
Athens that went on until the early hours of Thursday,…
photo: AP / Thanassis Stavrakis
![Italian Premier Enrico Letta, left, gives the v-sign as he sits beside Deputy Premier Angelino Alfano, ahead of a confidence vote at the Lower Chamber, in Rome, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. Italian Premier Enrico Letta, left, gives the v-sign as he sits beside Deputy Premier Angelino Alfano, ahead of a confidence vote at the Lower Chamber, in Rome, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013.](http://cdn5.wn.com/vp/i/3d/5e8b2cc50498b0.jpg)
photo: AP / Andrew Medichini
03 Oct 2013
At least 82 migrants have been killed and scores are missing after a boat caught fire and capsized near a Sicilian island. About 150 people have been pulled from the water off Lampedusa, as emergency workers race to rescue more survivors. The coastguard said it appeared that there were between 400 and 500 migrants on the boat when it sank. The UN…
03 Oct 2013
Click photo to enlarge This aerial photo shows the storage tank, fifth from left at left plot, which workers detected the water dripping from the top, at theFukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant at Okuma town in Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. Japan’s crippled nuclear plant has a new leak of highly radioactive water…
photo: AP / Tokyo Electric Power Co.
![Leader of the extreme far-right Golden Dawn party, Nikos Michaloliakos, center, smiles toward his supporters as he escorted by anti-terror police upon his arrival to a court for a preliminary hearing into charges of participating in a criminal organization in Athens, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. Leader of the extreme far-right Golden Dawn party, Nikos Michaloliakos, center, smiles toward his supporters as he escorted by anti-terror police upon his arrival to a court for a preliminary hearing into charges of participating in a criminal organization in Athens, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013.](http://cdn1.wn.com/vp/i/07/dcff8125de1694.jpg)
Golden Dawn leader
Nikos Michaloliakos has been ordered to remain in custody pending trial on charges of belonging to a criminal group. During a marathon session at the Evelpidon court complex in
Athens that went on until the early hours of Thursday,…
photo: AP / Thanassis Stavrakis
![Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) colorized topographic map of the western hemisphere of Mars, Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) colorized topographic map of the western hemisphere of Mars,](http://cdn8.wn.com/vp/i/4d/61788599517418.jpg)
Ancient Mars was
home to giant volcanoes capable of eruptions a thousand times more powerful than the one that shook
Mount St. Helens in
1980, scientists said on Wednesday. The finding raises fresh questions about conditions on Mars in its early…
photo: NASA
![Netanyahu warns UN not to trust Iran’s Rouhani Netanyahu warns UN not to trust Iran’s Rouhani](http://cdn9.wn.com/vp/i/ab/547f5b12aff906.jpg)
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The world‘s population will rise to 9.7 billion in 2050 from the current level of
7.1billion and
India will overtake
China as the world’s most populous nation, a
Frenchstudy said on Wednesday. A bi-annual report by the
French Institute of…
photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick
![Hagel: Pentagon lawyers hoping to minimize how many Defense workers are furloughed Hagel: Pentagon lawyers hoping to minimize how many Defense workers are furloughed](http://cdn0.wn.com/vp/i/5d/79d8af36119381.jpg)
SEOUL –
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the
Pentagon is trying to reduce the number of civilian employees who are slated to be furloughed Tuesday and added that some could eventually be called back to work even if the federal government…
photo: US DoD / Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo
![Pope outlines hopes for church reform Pope outlines hopes for church reform](http://cdn5.wn.com/vp/i/ca/6604f4c9dda018.jpg)
VATICAN
CITY (AP) —
Pope Francis says he wants a missionary church with a modern spirit that gives hope to the poor, young and elderly, speaking as key meetings begin on church reform. Francis gave a lengthy interview to the editor of
Rome daily La…
photo: WN / Marzena J.
![UN agencies say one in eight people worldwide going hungry UN agencies say one in eight people worldwide going hungry](http://cdn6.wn.com/vp/i/f5/ea13efb49f8117.jpg)
One in eight people around the world is chronically undernourished, the
United Nations‘ food agencies said on this morning. They warned world leaders that some regions would fail in halving the number of hungry by
2015. In their , the
UN agencies…
photo: UN / Amanda Voisard
Full ArticleSan Francisco Chronicle
01 Oct 2013
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Before stepping out of his house, Asif Ali gives his route careful consideration. The 28-year-old builder from Pakistan blames far-right street gangs for three attacks he suffered near his home in a poor area ofAthens where a recent murder triggered Greece’s crackdown on the Nazi-inspired Golden Dawn party. Ali says he was…
![Hagel: Pentagon lawyers hoping to minimize how many Defense workers are furloughed Hagel: Pentagon lawyers hoping to minimize how many Defense workers are furloughed](http://cdn0.wn.com/vp/i/5d/79d8af36119381.jpg)
SEOUL –
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the
Pentagon is trying to reduce the number of civilian employees who are slated to be furloughed Tuesday and added that some could eventually be called back to work even if the federal government…
photo: US DoD / Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo
![Pope outlines hopes for church reform Pope outlines hopes for church reform](http://cdn5.wn.com/vp/i/ca/6604f4c9dda018.jpg)
VATICAN
CITY (AP) —
Pope Francis says he wants a missionary church with a modern spirit that gives hope to the poor, young and elderly, speaking as key meetings begin on church reform. Francis gave a lengthy interview to the editor of
Rome daily La…
photo: WN / Marzena J.
![UN agencies say one in eight people worldwide going hungry UN agencies say one in eight people worldwide going hungry](http://cdn6.wn.com/vp/i/f5/ea13efb49f8117.jpg)
One in eight people around the world is chronically undernourished, the
United Nations‘ food agencies said on this morning. They warned world leaders that some regions would fail in halving the number of hungry by
2015. In their , the
UN agencies…
photo: UN / Amanda Voisard
![South Korea's cruise missiles are paraded to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Armed Forces Day at Seoul military airport in Seongnam, South Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. South Korea's cruise missiles are paraded to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Armed Forces Day at Seoul military airport in Seongnam, South Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013.](http://cdn5.wn.com/vp/i/6f/03f8a87efddeb3.jpg)
SEOUL:
South Korea displayed its longest-range missile capable of striking all of
North Korea and other sophisticated weapons at a massive military ceremony on Tuesday, a display of force meant to show
Pyongyang that any provocation would be met with…
photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon
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photo: US DoD / Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo
![People collect copies of the Quran, Islam's holy book, and religious books from the ruins of al-Hussein Shiite mosque, damaged by Sunday's suicide bombing in Musayyib, about 40 miles (60 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. People collect copies of the Quran, Islam's holy book, and religious books from the ruins of al-Hussein Shiite mosque, damaged by Sunday's suicide bombing in Musayyib, about 40 miles (60 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013.](http://cdn0.wn.com/vp/i/64/bdb29dbf53b004.jpg)
A wave of car bombs exploded across
Baghdad this morning, killing at least 51 people and wounding more than
100, officials said.
The attacks were all on busy areas, markets and car parks, and predominantly in
Shi’ite neighbourhoods. The deadliest…
photo: AP / Hadi Mizban
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Colorado transportation managers aren’t waiting for emergency highway dollars to filter in before they send crews out to repair roads and bridges washed out by September flooding. “We have people that need to get
home and to work.
We can‘t wait for…
photo: USAF / R.J. Oriez
30 Sep 2013
US Secretary of State John Kerry said a deal on Iran‘s nuclear programme could be reached relatively quickly. He said it would have the potential to dramatically improve the relationship between the two countries. Mr Kerry said intensifying diplomatic efforts to resolve the dispute over Iran’s nuclear programme could produce an agreement…
![Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey hold a courtyard ceremony to remember victims working in the Pentagon on the 9/11 Sept. 11, 2013. Hagel and Dempsey thanked Pentagon workers who dedicated themselves to rebuilding and who serve the country and the department. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey hold a courtyard ceremony to remember victims working in the Pentagon on the 9/11 Sept. 11, 2013. Hagel and Dempsey thanked Pentagon workers who dedicated themselves to rebuilding and who serve the country and the department.](http://cdn0.wn.com/vp/i/78/ad8e75b4096161.jpg)
photo: US DoD / Erin A. Kirk Cuomo
![Italian Democratic Party lawmaker Enrico Letta gives his statement to the media after talks with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, in Rome's Quirinale presidential palace, Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Italy's president has appointed Enrico Letta as premier, asking him to try to form a government to end Italy's political paralysis and set the country back on the path of reform and economic growth. Letta, a 46-year-old longtime center-left lawmaker, told reporters Wednesday he accepted the job knowing it's an enormous responsibility and that Italy's political class "has lost all credibility." Italian Democratic Party lawmaker Enrico Letta gives his statement to the media after talks with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, in Rome's Quirinale presidential palace, Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Italy's president has appointed Enrico Letta as premier, asking him to try to form a government to end Italy's political paralysis and set the country back on the path of reform and economic growth. Letta, a 46-year-old longtime center-left lawmaker, told reporters Wednesday he accepted the job knowing it's an enormous responsibility and that Italy's political class "has lost all credibility."](http://cdn0.wn.com/vp/i/8f/bfaae777f7a0f1.jpg)
photo: AP / Gregorio Borgia
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photo: UN / Evan Schneider
![In this Tuesday, May 25, 2010 photo, a worker walks past solar panels in a 20 Mega Watt solar farm in Shilin near Kunming, in southwest China's Yunnan province. China passed the United States last year as the biggest clean power market, stoking hopes for Western sales of wind turbines, solar cells and other gear. In this Tuesday, May 25, 2010 photo, a worker walks past solar panels in a 20 Mega Watt solar farm in Shilin near Kunming, in southwest China's Yunnan province. China passed the United States last year as the biggest clean power market, stoking hopes for Western sales of wind turbines, solar cells and other gear.](http://cdn8.wn.com/vp/i/3b/f390bf5fc95e48.jpg)
photo: AP
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ESTES
PARK,
Colo. •
Estes Park, a prime vacation spot that attracts thousands each year, has begun to mend after the epic
Colorado flooding two weeks ago. But getting to the village for the changing of seasons, traditionally a big draw for tourists,…
photo: US DoD / Nicole Manzanares
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photo: USMC / Demetrius L. Munnerlyn
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Lily Newman – On Friday the UN
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change put its collective foot down about global warming. Its happening and its our fault. But as with any issue that affects all of humanity, the most important question is…
photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras
29 Sep 2013
Five ministers from Silvio Berlusconi‘s centre-right political party have resigned, effectively bringing down the government of Enrico Letta, the current prime minister. Talks will now start to find a new parliamentary majority to back a new cabinet and avoid going back to elections just seven months after the last one. The political jockeying that…
![A Pakistani man carrying a child rushes away from the site of a blast shortly after a car exploded in Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013. A Pakistani man carrying a child rushes away from the site of a blast shortly after a car exploded in Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013.](http://cdn5.wn.com/vp/i/15/848dbbb7225882.jpg)
PESHAWAR,
Pakistan (AP) — A car bomb exploded on a crowded street in northwestern Pakistan Sunday, killing 33 people in the third blast to hit the troubled city of
Peshawar in a week, officials said. The latest explosion appeared to have been a bomb…
photo: AP / Mohammad Sajjad
![Leader of the extreme far-right Golden Dawn party Nikos Michaloliakos is escorted by anti-terror police as he exits Greek Police headquarters in Athens, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013. Leader of the extreme far-right Golden Dawn party Nikos Michaloliakos is escorted by anti-terror police as he exits Greek Police headquarters in Athens, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013.](http://cdn1.wn.com/vp/i/44/6930dc0d687639.jpg)
September 29, 2013 — Updated 0700
GMT (1500
HKT)
Athens (
CNN) — The leader of
Greece‘s extreme right wing
Golden Dawn party and four party lawmakers were charged Sunday with forming and participating in a criminal gang.
NikosMichaloliakos and the…
photo: AP / Fosphotos/Panayiotis Tzamaros
![Buddhist monks look a the jade piece as it was unveiled on Monday, Jan. 18, 2010 in Hai Duong province, Vietnam. The jade imported from Myanmar measures 3 meters high, 2.15 meters wide and 2.2 meters deep and weighs 35 tons is seen as one of the world's biggest pieces of jade. Flamboyant entrepreneurs Dao Trong Cuong, making it big in booming Vietnam, unveiled the massive precious stone on Monday that he plans to transform into the world's largest jade Buddha. Buddhist monks look a the jade piece as it was unveiled on Monday, Jan. 18, 2010 in Hai Duong province, Vietnam. The jade imported from Myanmar measures 3 meters high, 2.15 meters wide and 2.2 meters deep and weighs 35 tons is seen as one of the world's biggest pieces of jade. Flamboyant entrepreneurs Dao Trong Cuong, making it big in booming Vietnam, unveiled the massive precious stone on Monday that he plans to transform into the world's largest jade Buddha.](http://cdn4.wn.com/vp/i/a0/f877a90acfee92.jpg)
HPAKANT,
Myanmar (Reuters) –
Tin Tun picked all night through teetering heaps of rubble to find the palm-sized lump of jade he now holds in his hand. He hopes it will make him a fortune.
It’s happened before. “
Last year I found a stone worth 50…
photo: AP / Tran Van Minh
![In this photo taken March 21, 2013, Malian soldiers stand around the debris left after a jihadist suicide bomber blew himself up at a Malian army checkpoint near the airport in Timbuktu, Mali. In this photo taken March 21, 2013, Malian soldiers stand around the debris left after a jihadist suicide bomber blew himself up at a Malian army checkpoint near the airport in Timbuktu, Mali.](http://cdn4.wn.com/vp/i/1e/463872cbd0a355.jpg)
VOA News At least four people have been killed and several others wounded in a suicide bomb attack in northern
Mali.
Officials say a car bomb went off Saturday near a military camp in…
photo: AP
![New Jersey Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection, Bob Martin, left, and Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, right, listen as Gov. Chris Christie addresses a gathering Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in Brick, N.J., after he toured some of the region devastated by Monday's storm surge from superstorm Sandy. New Jersey Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection, Bob Martin, left, and Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, right, listen as Gov. Chris Christie addresses a gathering Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in Brick, N.J., after he toured some of the region devastated by Monday's storm surge from superstorm Sandy.](http://cdn3.wn.com/vp/i/52/bb00137c9c15f2.jpg)
— A judge’s ruling Friday that
New Jersey must allow gay couples to marry will not be the last word on the issue after Gov.
Chris Christie‘s administration said it would appeal to a higher court. The judge,
Mary Jacobson, sided with gay and lesbian…
photo: AP / Mel Evans
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photo: AP / Firdia Lisnawati
![Italian Democratic Party lawmaker Enrico Letta makes his statement to the media after talks with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, in Rome's Quirinale presidential palace, Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Italian Democratic Party lawmaker Enrico Letta makes his statement to the media after talks with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, in Rome's Quirinale presidential palace, Wednesday, April 24, 2013.](http://cdn2.wn.com/vp/i/14/b693c6dc53a945.jpg)
photo: AP / Gregorio Borgia
28 Sep 2013
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously Friday night to secure and destroy Syria?s chemical weapons stockpile, a landmark decision aimed at taking poison gas off the battlefield in the escalating 2½-year conflict. The vote after two weeks of intense negotiations marked a major breakthrough in the paralysis that…
![File - President Barack Obama confers with Chief of Staff Denis McDonough as he talks on the phone in the Oval Office, Feb. 6, 2013. File - President Barack Obama confers with Chief of Staff Denis McDonough as he talks on the phone in the Oval Office, Feb. 6, 2013.](http://cdn8.wn.com/vp/i/e9/9fb21ddd222f34.jpg)
photo: White House / Pete Souza
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![Climate Warnings Climate Warnings](http://cdn7.wn.com/vp/i/73/c8c31777c5e30c.jpg)
It is more certain than ever that human civilisation is the main cause of global warming, putting the world on track for dangerous temperature rises, the latest major UN assessment of climate change science has found. The Intergovernmental Panel on…
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![UN Security Council agrees to rid Syria of chemical weapons, endorses peace process UN Security Council agrees to rid Syria of chemical weapons, endorses peace process](http://cdn5.wn.com/vp/i/4a/a2d49c3bb48acf.jpg)
VOA News The United Nations Security Council has voted unanimously to adopt a resolution that requires
Syria to eliminate its arsenal of chemical weapons. The resolution places binding obligations on the nation. The vote late Friday by the…
photo: UN / Mark Garten
![File - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon briefs the General Assembly on what the UN and Member States have achieved together over the past year and “where concerted action today can yield great gains tomorrow.” Among the challenges and priorities he cited for 2013 were the situations in Syria, Mali and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. File - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon briefs the General Assembly on what the UN and Member States have achieved together over the past year and “where concerted action today can yield great gains tomorrow.” Among the challenges and priorities he cited for 2013 were the situations in Syria, Mali and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.](http://cdn8.wn.com/vp/i/90/eb619d7d82beee.jpg)
photo: UN / Rick Bajornas
![In this photo released by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), gray smoke rises from Unit 3 of the tsunami-stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, Monday, March 21, 2011. In this photo released by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), gray smoke rises from Unit 3 of the tsunami-stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, Monday, March 21, 2011.](http://cdn4.wn.com/vp/i/35/f904dbf5f2d423.jpg)
photo: AP / Tokyo Electric Power
![Philippine Army soldiers march in unison during a pass in review on the 75th anniversary of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010 at Camp Aguinaldo in suburban Quezon City, north of Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Pat Roque) Philippine Army soldiers march in unison during a pass in review on the 75th anniversary of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010 at Camp Aguinaldo in suburban Quezon City, north of Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)](http://cdn3.wn.com/vp/i/d5/86592f7f3a6803.jpg)
photo: AP / Pat Roque
27 Sep 2013
September 27, 2013 — Updated 0857 GMT (1657 HKT) (CNN) — Human activity has caused at least half of climate change in the last half century, hundreds of scientists say. They are 95% certain of this, the surest they’ve ever been, says a United Nations report published Friday. That activity?Driving cars, running power plants on coal and oil,…
![Syria Weapon Inspections To Start Next Week Syria Weapon Inspections To Start Next Week](http://cdn2.wn.com/vp/i/ca/2706944d152b0c.jpg)
Experts from the world’s chemical weapons watchdog will begin inspecting
Syria‘s stockpile of toxic munitions by Tuesday, according to reports. Syria is instructed to provide inspectors with security and “immediate and unfettered” access to…
photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras
![US, Russia agree UN draft resolution on Syria chemical arms US, Russia agree UN draft resolution on Syria chemical arms](http://cdn8.wn.com/vp/i/ba/820723cc1914a1.jpg)
photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras
![Palestine asks world to remain alert to stop any action undermining peace talks Palestine asks world to remain alert to stop any action undermining peace talks](http://cdn1.wn.com/vp/i/36/8ccbde4686a23a.jpg)
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 26 (
Xinhua) —
Palestine on Thursday called upon the international community “to remain alert to condemn and stop any actions on the ground that would undermine negotiations,” such as the continuation of settlement construction…
photo: UN / Devra Berkowitz
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Re: “Put a price on carbon,” by Shawn Reeder, Tuesday
Letters, and “
Temperaturedata clouds report —
Scientists unsure how to explain surface warming…
photo: USAF / Nicole Manzanares
![EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, left, smiles, as Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili walks away, after a photo call at a start of high-level talks between world powers and Iranian officials in Almaty, Kazakhstan on Friday, April 5, 2013. EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, left, smiles, as Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili walks away, after a photo call at a start of high-level talks between world powers and Iranian officials in Almaty, Kazakhstan on Friday, April 5, 2013.](http://cdn4.wn.com/vp/i/69/6fdbbe4e47e478.jpg)
photo: AP / Shamil Zhumatov
![The cruise ship Costa Concordia leans on its side after running aground the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. The cruise ship Costa Concordia leans on its side after running aground the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012.](http://cdn4.wn.com/vp/i/31/4f4a531504644d.jpg)
Reuters
ROME — Divers on Thursday recovered what they believe could be the remains of the last two missing bodies from the sea where the
Costa Concordiacruise liner sank last year off the
Italian island…
photo: AP / Gregorio Borgia
![U.N. scientists aim to pitch climate case to widest audience U.N. scientists aim to pitch climate case to widest audience](http://cdn0.wn.com/vp/i/ff/fce72666f95125.jpg)
By
Environment Correspondent Alister
Doyle STOCKHOLM (Reuters) –
A U.N. panel of global climate scientists were set to work through Thursday night to ensure that their strongest case yet for man-made global warming would make sense to the widest…
photo: WN / Marzena J.
26 Sep 2013
![Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General , addresses the President of the General Assembly's Special Event Towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General , addresses the President of the General Assembly's Special Event Towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals](http://cdn3.wn.com/vp/i/16/91bf32de463b5d.jpg)
UNITED NATIONS: UN leader
Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday pressed the major powers to overcome differences on the
Syria war amid difficult talks on a
UN Security Council resolution on Syria’s chemical arms. Countries suffering the refugee fallout…
photo: UN / Rick Bajornas
![6 more people found alive, well after Colorado floods 6 more people found alive, well after Colorado floods](http://cdn1.wn.com/vp/i/cc/44bd0e3d9bb339.jpg)
DENVER – Six people who were unaccounted for after massive flooding in
Colorado have been found safe and well, authorities said Tuesday. Only one person remained missing and presumed dead. Eight deaths have been confirmed. It was a remarkable outcome…
photo: US Army / Joseph K. VonNida
![Armando Emilio Guebuza, President of the Republic of Mozambique, addresses the 5th plenary meeting of the General Assembly 68th session: General Debate Armando Emilio Guebuza, President of the Republic of Mozambique, addresses the 5th plenary meeting of the General Assembly 68th session: General Debate](http://cdn8.wn.com/vp/i/1d/d1597aa5a8a1cf.jpg)
photo: UN / Amanda Voisard
![Rossen Plevneliev, President of the Republic of Bulgaria, addresses the 5th plenary meeting of the General Assembly 68th session: Rossen Plevneliev, President of the Republic of Bulgaria, addresses the 5th plenary meeting of the General Assembly 68th session:](http://cdn6.wn.com/vp/i/14/d5bbe58355b326.jpg)
24 September 2013 –
The President of
Bulgaria appealed for substantial progress in fighting poverty, ending conflicts and preserving the environment under the overall objective of safeguarding human dignity as he took the podium at the high-level…
photo: UN / Amanda Voisard
![Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil, addresses the Opening of the General Debate the 5th plenary meeting of the General Assembly 68th session: Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil, addresses the Opening of the General Debate the 5th plenary meeting of the General Assembly 68th session:](http://cdn9.wn.com/vp/i/0c/ad44f1dad0b1ea.jpg)
photo: UN / Rick Bajornas
![Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, addresses the Opening of the General Debate the 5th plenary meeting of the General Assembly 68th session: Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, addresses the Opening of the General Debate the 5th plenary meeting of the General Assembly 68th session:](http://cdn4.wn.com/vp/i/2c/cae69f9c46ad9e.jpg)
photo: UN / Rick Bajornas
![World Bank to invest $700 mln on women, children's health World Bank to invest $700 mln on women, children's health](http://cdn5.wn.com/vp/i/28/e059dc09fa5f32.jpg)
photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras
25 Sep 2013
![6 more people found alive, well after Colorado floods 6 more people found alive, well after Colorado floods](http://cdn1.wn.com/vp/i/cc/44bd0e3d9bb339.jpg)
DENVER – Six people who were unaccounted for after massive flooding in
Colorado have been found safe and well, authorities said Tuesday. Only one person remained missing and presumed dead. Eight deaths have been confirmed. It was a remarkable outcome…
photo: US Army / Joseph K. VonNida
![Armando Emilio Guebuza, President of the Republic of Mozambique, addresses the 5th plenary meeting of the General Assembly 68th session: General Debate Armando Emilio Guebuza, President of the Republic of Mozambique, addresses the 5th plenary meeting of the General Assembly 68th session: General Debate](http://cdn8.wn.com/vp/i/1d/d1597aa5a8a1cf.jpg)
photo: UN / Amanda Voisard
![Rossen Plevneliev, President of the Republic of Bulgaria, addresses the 5th plenary meeting of the General Assembly 68th session: Rossen Plevneliev, President of the Republic of Bulgaria, addresses the 5th plenary meeting of the General Assembly 68th session:](http://cdn6.wn.com/vp/i/14/d5bbe58355b326.jpg)
24 September 2013 –
The President of
Bulgaria appealed for substantial progress in fighting poverty, ending conflicts and preserving the environment under the overall objective of safeguarding human dignity as he took the podium at the high-level…
photo: UN / Amanda Voisard
![Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil, addresses the Opening of the General Debate the 5th plenary meeting of the General Assembly 68th session: Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil, addresses the Opening of the General Debate the 5th plenary meeting of the General Assembly 68th session:](http://cdn9.wn.com/vp/i/0c/ad44f1dad0b1ea.jpg)
photo: UN / Rick Bajornas
![Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, addresses the Opening of the General Debate the 5th plenary meeting of the General Assembly 68th session: Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, addresses the Opening of the General Debate the 5th plenary meeting of the General Assembly 68th session:](http://cdn4.wn.com/vp/i/2c/cae69f9c46ad9e.jpg)
photo: UN / Rick Bajornas
![World Bank to invest $700 mln on women, children's health World Bank to invest $700 mln on women, children's health](http://cdn5.wn.com/vp/i/28/e059dc09fa5f32.jpg)
photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras
![Pope Francis tells the poor: ‘Don’t let yourselves be robbed of hope’ Pope Francis tells the poor: ‘Don’t let yourselves be robbed of hope’](http://cdn3.wn.com/vp/i/dd/b9a000cff295da.jpg)
photo: WN / Marzena J.
24 Sep 2013
![World Bank to invest $700 mln on women, children's health World Bank to invest $700 mln on women, children's health](http://cdn5.wn.com/vp/i/28/e059dc09fa5f32.jpg)
photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras
![Pope Francis tells the poor: ‘Don’t let yourselves be robbed of hope’ Pope Francis tells the poor: ‘Don’t let yourselves be robbed of hope’](http://cdn3.wn.com/vp/i/dd/b9a000cff295da.jpg)
photo: WN / Marzena J.
![Philipp Roesler, chairman of the Free Democratic party FDP looks down after he declared to resign on the day after the elections in Berlin, Monday, Sept. 23, 2013. German Free Democrats failed to enter Parliament for the very first time. Chancellor Angela Merkel led her conservatives to a stunning victory in Germany's election Sunday. But she will need to reach out to center-left rivals to form a new government after her coalition partner, FDP, crashed out of Parliament. Philipp Roesler, chairman of the Free Democratic party FDP looks down after he declared to resign on the day after the elections in Berlin, Monday, Sept. 23, 2013. German Free Democrats failed to enter Parliament for the very first time. Chancellor Angela Merkel led her conservatives to a stunning victory in Germany's election Sunday. But she will need to reach out to center-left rivals to form a new government after her coalition partner, FDP, crashed out of Parliament.](http://cdn4.wn.com/vp/i/8a/eb8da39352eaba.jpg)
BERLIN: The leader of
Germany‘s
Free Democrats (
FDP) resigned on Monday after the party’s worst-ever election defeat, which saw it kicked out of parliament where it was junior partner to
Chancellor Angela Merkel‘s conservatives. Outgoing vice…
photo: AP / Martin Meissner
![Pakistani Christians chant slogans as they burn materials during a protest against a suicide attack on a church, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013 in Karachi, Pakistan. A suicide bomb attack on a historic church in northwestern Pakistan killed scores of people Sunday, officials said, in one of the worst assaults on the country’s Christian minority in years. Pakistani Christians chant slogans as they burn materials during a protest against a suicide attack on a church, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013 in Karachi, Pakistan. A suicide bomb attack on a historic church in northwestern Pakistan killed scores of people Sunday, officials said, in one of the worst assaults on the country’s Christian minority in years.](http://cdn8.wn.com/vp/i/70/220b3866ae9bd9.jpg)
PESHAWAR,
Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistan police official says the death toll from a church bombing has risen to 81 as angry Christians protested the deadliest attack ever in Pakistan…
photo: AP / Fareed Khan
![File - Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans and hold placards showing an open palm with four raised fingers, which has become a symbol of the Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, where Morsi supporters had held a sit-in for weeks that was violently dispersed in August during a protest in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. File - Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans and hold placards showing an open palm with four raised fingers, which has become a symbol of the Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, where Morsi supporters had held a sit-in for weeks that was violently dispersed in August during a protest in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Sept. 13, 2013.](http://cdn3.wn.com/vp/i/08/d1f4991b10ccf7.jpg)
Egypt is likely to completely rewrite the constitution adopted under Mohamed Morsi, a spokesman for the committee amending it said on Sunday, in a further push to reverse changes introduced under the deposed president. The 50-member…
photo: AP / Hassan Ammar
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photo: EC / EU
![Soldiers walk through a newly constructed municipal building, ransacked by anti-government protesters nine days earlier in the Ratoma neighborhood of Conakry, Guinea Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2007. Two waves of violent anti-government protests and rioting in Guinea since mid-January have left at least 115 dead in the capital. President Lansana Conte declared martial law a week ago, saying a military crackdown was the only way to prevent a civil war. Soldiers walk through a newly constructed municipal building, ransacked by anti-government protesters nine days earlier in the Ratoma neighborhood of Conakry, Guinea Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2007. Two waves of violent anti-government protests and rioting in Guinea since mid-January have left at least 115 dead in the capital. President Lansana Conte declared martial law a week ago, saying a military crackdown was the only way to prevent a civil war.](http://cdn8.wn.com/vp/i/1b/acef13e1123080.jpg)
CONAKRY,
Guinea —
Security forces in Guinea’s capital used tear gas to break up clashes that erupted Sunday between supporters of the opposition and ruling parties campaigning for long-delayed and hotly-contested legislative elections, resulting in…
photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell
23 Sep 2013
A powerful typhoon that slammed into southern China with winds that blew cars off the road has caused more deaths, bringing the toll in Asia to at least 33. Typhoon Usagi, which was the season’s strongest storm at its peak, forced hundreds of flight cancellations and shut down shipping and train lines before weakening to a tropical depression over…
![Pakistani Christians chant slogans as they burn materials during a protest against a suicide attack on a church, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013 in Karachi, Pakistan. A suicide bomb attack on a historic church in northwestern Pakistan killed scores of people Sunday, officials said, in one of the worst assaults on the country’s Christian minority in years. Pakistani Christians chant slogans as they burn materials during a protest against a suicide attack on a church, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013 in Karachi, Pakistan. A suicide bomb attack on a historic church in northwestern Pakistan killed scores of people Sunday, officials said, in one of the worst assaults on the country’s Christian minority in years.](http://cdn8.wn.com/vp/i/70/220b3866ae9bd9.jpg)
PESHAWAR,
Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistan police official says the death toll from a church bombing has risen to 81 as angry Christians protested the deadliest attack ever in Pakistan…
photo: AP / Fareed Khan
![File - Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans and hold placards showing an open palm with four raised fingers, which has become a symbol of the Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, where Morsi supporters had held a sit-in for weeks that was violently dispersed in August during a protest in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. File - Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans and hold placards showing an open palm with four raised fingers, which has become a symbol of the Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, where Morsi supporters had held a sit-in for weeks that was violently dispersed in August during a protest in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Sept. 13, 2013.](http://cdn3.wn.com/vp/i/08/d1f4991b10ccf7.jpg)
Egypt is likely to completely rewrite the constitution adopted under Mohamed Morsi, a spokesman for the committee amending it said on Sunday, in a further push to reverse changes introduced under the deposed president. The 50-member…
photo: AP / Hassan Ammar
![Soldiers walk through a newly constructed municipal building, ransacked by anti-government protesters nine days earlier in the Ratoma neighborhood of Conakry, Guinea Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2007. Two waves of violent anti-government protests and rioting in Guinea since mid-January have left at least 115 dead in the capital. President Lansana Conte declared martial law a week ago, saying a military crackdown was the only way to prevent a civil war. Soldiers walk through a newly constructed municipal building, ransacked by anti-government protesters nine days earlier in the Ratoma neighborhood of Conakry, Guinea Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2007. Two waves of violent anti-government protests and rioting in Guinea since mid-January have left at least 115 dead in the capital. President Lansana Conte declared martial law a week ago, saying a military crackdown was the only way to prevent a civil war.](http://cdn8.wn.com/vp/i/1b/acef13e1123080.jpg)
CONAKRY,
Guinea —
Security forces in Guinea’s capital used tear gas to break up clashes that erupted Sunday between supporters of the opposition and ruling parties campaigning for long-delayed and hotly-contested legislative elections, resulting in…
photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell
![Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir speaks to reporters during a visit to Tripoli, Libya Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir speaks to reporters during a visit to Tripoli, Libya](http://cdn1.wn.com/vp/i/ef/04ef0b7c0d8a59.jpg)
photo: AP / Abdel Magid al-Fergany
![Ahead of General Assembly summit, UN and AU chiefs discuss stronger partnership Ahead of General Assembly summit, UN and AU chiefs discuss stronger partnership](http://cdn8.wn.com/vp/i/8d/45fe545a68453f.jpg)
photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras
![Catholics cheer pope's remarks on gays, abortion Catholics cheer pope's remarks on gays, abortion](http://cdn9.wn.com/vp/i/79/65a78137e2e6f6.jpg)
Catholics around the globe are reacting mostly positively to
Pope Francis‘ recent remarks that the church has become too focused on “small-minded rules” on hot-button issues like homosexuality, abortion and contraceptives. At
Masses over the weekend,…
photo: WN / Marzena J.
![Colorado's massive pet rescue initiative helps survivors evacuate flood areas Colorado's massive pet rescue initiative helps survivors evacuate flood areas](http://cdn0.wn.com/vp/i/4b/77626af7872b24.jpg)
As
Hurricane Katrina devastated
New Orleans in
2005, thousands of pets were forced to be left behind, but
Colorado‘s massive pet rescue in
Boulder taught emergency personnel that keeping humans and their four-legged friends together have made the…
photo: US DoD / DOD
22 Sep 2013
22 Sep 2013
Tweet JINAN, China – A Chinese court sentenced ousted senior politician Bo Xilai to life in jail on Sunday after finding him guilty on all counts following his dramatic five-day trial last month on charges of corruption, taking bribes and abuse of power. Bo was a rising star in China’s leadership circles when his career was stopped short last year…
![Mali needs sustained support — Prez Mahama Mali needs sustained support — Prez Mahama](http://cdn0.wn.com/vp/i/28/0bd203bca943aa.jpg)
photo: UN / Marco Dormino
![German Chancellor Angela Merkel smiles during an election campaign event in Hannover, Germany, Friday Sept. 20, 2013. The German federal elections take place on Sept. 22, 2013. German Chancellor Angela Merkel smiles during an election campaign event in Hannover, Germany, Friday Sept. 20, 2013. The German federal elections take place on Sept. 22, 2013.](http://cdn7.wn.com/vp/i/2e/547706d802332a.jpg)
BERLIN — She enjoys overwhelming popularity and leads an economy that’s the envy of
Europe. But
Angela Merkel is in a fight to clinch a new term for her ruling coalition in Sunday’s national election, with polls showing her center-right…
photo: AP / dpa,Jochen Luebke
![Jim Balsillie, Co-CEO of Research In Motion, RIM, maker of BlackBerry, presents the BlackBerry PlayBook as he provides an update on the latest BlackBerry product developments during the GITEX exhibition in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday Oct. 18, 2010. Jim Balsillie, Co-CEO of Research In Motion, RIM, maker of BlackBerry, presents the BlackBerry PlayBook as he provides an update on the latest BlackBerry product developments during the GITEX exhibition in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday Oct. 18, 2010.](http://cdn1.wn.com/vp/i/ea/fb821e60002b60.jpg)
photo: AP / Kamran Jebreili
![A view of New Scotland Yard, the headquarters building of the Metropolitan Police, with its sign in London, Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. A view of New Scotland Yard, the headquarters building of the Metropolitan Police, with its sign in London, Monday, Dec. 20, 2010.](http://cdn4.wn.com/vp/i/e3/102328e0f02d17.jpg)
photo: AP / Akira Suemori
![Egyptian police honor guard members stand at the side of the casket, covered by national flag, of Giza Police Gen. Nabil Farrag during his funeral in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Sept. 20, 2013. Egyptian police honor guard members stand at the side of the casket, covered by national flag, of Giza Police Gen. Nabil Farrag during his funeral in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Sept. 20, 2013.](http://cdn3.wn.com/vp/i/90/475d944b21bf48.jpg)
September 20: Joined by
Egypt‘s top interim leaders, Egypt’s military chief led a funeral procession today for a police general killed in a raid on an Islamist stronghold near
Cairo, aiming to show a national front against supporters of the ousted…
photo: AP / Hassan Ammar
![UN chief calls for key role from world business leaders in sustainable development UN chief calls for key role from world business leaders in sustainable development](http://cdn9.wn.com/vp/i/b4/c2895cf2ccb204.jpg)
NEW YORK, Sept. 20 (
Xinhua) —
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Friday called on world business leaders to do even more in conjunction with the
United Nations to promote sustainable development worldwide, saying that “we cannot accept a rising…
photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras
![Deep Impact (space mission). Deep Impact (space mission).](http://cdn2.wn.com/vp/i/9a/c14c41992cc08c.jpg)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (
Xinhua) —
U.S. space agency
NASA on Friday announced an end to the eight-year
Deep Impact mission that included an unprecedented impact, comet flybys and the return of approximately
500,
000 images of celestial objects. The…
photo: Public Domain / Mosesofmason
21 Sep 2013
In the short term, the White House‘s decision to strike a deal with Russia overSyria‘s chemical weapons bailed President Barack Obama out of a Syria use-of-force vote that he was likely to lose. But in the medium term, what has transpired after the August 21 chemical weapons attack in Damascus has clearly favored Assad, Russia,…
![German Chancellor Angela Merkel smiles during an election campaign event in Hannover, Germany, Friday Sept. 20, 2013. The German federal elections take place on Sept. 22, 2013. German Chancellor Angela Merkel smiles during an election campaign event in Hannover, Germany, Friday Sept. 20, 2013. The German federal elections take place on Sept. 22, 2013.](http://cdn7.wn.com/vp/i/2e/547706d802332a.jpg)
BERLIN — She enjoys overwhelming popularity and leads an economy that’s the envy of
Europe. But
Angela Merkel is in a fight to clinch a new term for her ruling coalition in Sunday’s national election, with polls showing her center-right…
photo: AP / dpa,Jochen Luebke
![Jim Balsillie, Co-CEO of Research In Motion, RIM, maker of BlackBerry, presents the BlackBerry PlayBook as he provides an update on the latest BlackBerry product developments during the GITEX exhibition in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday Oct. 18, 2010. Jim Balsillie, Co-CEO of Research In Motion, RIM, maker of BlackBerry, presents the BlackBerry PlayBook as he provides an update on the latest BlackBerry product developments during the GITEX exhibition in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday Oct. 18, 2010.](http://cdn1.wn.com/vp/i/ea/fb821e60002b60.jpg)
photo: AP / Kamran Jebreili
![A view of New Scotland Yard, the headquarters building of the Metropolitan Police, with its sign in London, Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. A view of New Scotland Yard, the headquarters building of the Metropolitan Police, with its sign in London, Monday, Dec. 20, 2010.](http://cdn4.wn.com/vp/i/e3/102328e0f02d17.jpg)
photo: AP / Akira Suemori
![Egyptian police honor guard members stand at the side of the casket, covered by national flag, of Giza Police Gen. Nabil Farrag during his funeral in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Sept. 20, 2013. Egyptian police honor guard members stand at the side of the casket, covered by national flag, of Giza Police Gen. Nabil Farrag during his funeral in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Sept. 20, 2013.](http://cdn3.wn.com/vp/i/90/475d944b21bf48.jpg)
September 20: Joined by
Egypt‘s top interim leaders, Egypt’s military chief led a funeral procession today for a police general killed in a raid on an Islamist stronghold near
Cairo, aiming to show a national front against supporters of the ousted…
photo: AP / Hassan Ammar
![Deep Impact (space mission). Deep Impact (space mission).](http://cdn2.wn.com/vp/i/9a/c14c41992cc08c.jpg)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (
Xinhua) —
U.S. space agency
NASA on Friday announced an end to the eight-year
Deep Impact mission that included an unprecedented impact, comet flybys and the return of approximately
500,
000 images of celestial objects. The…
photo: Public Domain / Mosesofmason
![Barrack Obama, President of the United States of America, addresses the general debate of the sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly, 23 September, 2009. Barrack Obama, President of the United States of America, addresses the general debate of the sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly, 23 September, 2009.](http://cdn6.wn.com/vp/i/96/ee7f77ff24a1a3.jpg)
photo: UN / Mark Garten
![File - Nigeria troops man a checkpoint in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Wednesday, Sept, 28. 2011. Security forces have arrested a commander of a radical Muslim sect known as Boko Haram, who allegedly ordered various sectarian killings in the northeastern city. File - Nigeria troops man a checkpoint in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Wednesday, Sept, 28. 2011. Security forces have arrested a commander of a radical Muslim sect known as Boko Haram, who allegedly ordered various sectarian killings in the northeastern city.](http://cdn8.wn.com/vp/i/32/2f1e5a8770edc7.jpg)
Islamist
Boko Haram militants killed 159 people in two roadside attacks in northeast
Nigeria this week, officials said, far more than was originally reported and a
sign that a four-month-old army offensive has yet to stabilise the region. In the…
photo: AP / Sunday Alamba
20 Sep 2013
![In this Monday, Dec. 10, 2012 file photo, Free Syrian Army fighters cover two dead bodies they found between rubble during heavy clashes with government forces in Aleppo, Syria. In this Monday, Dec. 10, 2012 file photo, Free Syrian Army fighters cover two dead bodies they found between rubble during heavy clashes with government forces in Aleppo, Syria.](http://cdn1.wn.com/vp/i/37/80f3fa03fe2110.jpg)
Syria&aposs government says it will call for a cease-fire at a proposed
UnitedNations-backed peace conference aimed at ending the country&aposs civil war.
Deputy Prime Minister Qadri Jamil told
The Guardian the conflict has reached a stalemate,…
photo: AP / Narciso Contreras
![Ecuador's President Rafael Correa reacts after listening favorable reports about a referendum he proposed as he is interviewed during a TV broadcast at GamaTV station in Quito, Ecuador, Saturday, May 7, 2011. Ecuador's President Rafael Correa reacts after listening favorable reports about a referendum he proposed as he is interviewed during a TV broadcast at GamaTV station in Quito, Ecuador, Saturday, May 7, 2011.](http://cdn0.wn.com/vp/i/2f/b92514ba48eac6.jpg)
photo: AP / Dolores Ochoa
![An unidentified man stands near a gas flare belonging to the Agip Oil company in Idu Ogba, Niger Delta area of Nigeria, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006. OPEC and the European Union agreed in Vienna Wednesday to maintain a close "energy dialogue," stressing the importance of working together to help stabilize and secure the world's oil markets. Edmund Daukoru, Nigeria's oil minister and president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, met with Martin Bartenstein, the energy minister of Austria, which holds the EU's rotating presidency. In a statement, the EU presidency said both reaffirmed the need to stay in close touch on energy issues. An unidentified man stands near a gas flare belonging to the Agip Oil company in Idu Ogba, Niger Delta area of Nigeria, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006. OPEC and the European Union agreed in Vienna Wednesday to maintain a close "energy dialogue," stressing the importance of working together to help stabilize and secure the world's oil markets. Edmund Daukoru, Nigeria's oil minister and president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, met with Martin Bartenstein, the energy minister of Austria, which holds the EU's rotating presidency. In a statement, the EU presidency said both reaffirmed the need to stay in close touch on energy issues.](http://cdn3.wn.com/vp/i/61/8015d9f7a65503.jpg)
DAKAR,
Senegal — Oil is being stolen on an “industrial scale” in
Nigeria, the world’s 13th largest producer, and the country’s politicians and security officials are among those profiting, according to a new report from a prominent
Britishresearch…
photo: AP / George Osodi
![A police officer walks past an engine block of last Friday suicide bomber's vehicle by the wall of the state police headquarters in Kano, Nigeria, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. The radical Islamist group Boko Haram were responsible for the attack. A police officer walks past an engine block of last Friday suicide bomber's vehicle by the wall of the state police headquarters in Kano, Nigeria, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. The radical Islamist group Boko Haram were responsible for the attack.](http://cdn2.wn.com/vp/i/3c/2eab588aecdfb9.jpg)
Nigerian officials spent Thursday collecting corpses in northeastern
Nigeria where Islamist
Boko Haram militants killed at least 87 people during an attack earlier this week. The…
photo: AP / Sunday Alamba
![Interpol's Secretary General Ronald Noble gestures during a press conference after the meeting with Pakistan's Interior Ministry Chief Rehman Malik in Islamabad, Pakistan on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008. Noble said Pakistan has agreed to work with his organization to help India investigate last month's deadly terrorist attacks in Mumbai. Interpol's Secretary General Ronald Noble gestures during a press conference after the meeting with Pakistan's Interior Ministry Chief Rehman Malik in Islamabad, Pakistan on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008. Noble said Pakistan has agreed to work with his organization to help India investigate last month's deadly terrorist attacks in Mumbai.](http://cdn0.wn.com/vp/i/0d/8a238c9fe334c3.jpg)
photo: AP / Anjum Naveed
![Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., emerges after a unanimous vote by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approving him to become America's next top diplomat, replacing Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., emerges after a unanimous vote by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approving him to become America's next top diplomat, replacing Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013.](http://cdn2.wn.com/vp/i/d6/bea09a6c2421c6.jpg)
photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite
![Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attends the high level meeting on rule of law in the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters Monday, Sept. 24, 2012. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attends the high level meeting on rule of law in the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters Monday, Sept. 24, 2012.](http://cdn7.wn.com/vp/i/f5/5d0a1d150f10e5.jpg)
photo: AP / Richard Drew
19 Sep 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Iranian President Hasan Rouhani said Wednesday that his country has never sought and will never seek a nuclear bomb, tellingNBC News in an interview that he has full authority to resolve a standoff with the West. Rouhani spoke to the American television network in Tehran just days before he is to make his first appearance as…
![In this file photo taken on Sept. 27, 2009, Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi gestures as he attends a meeting in Milan, Italy. In this file photo taken on Sept. 27, 2009, Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi gestures as he attends a meeting in Milan, Italy.](http://cdn5.wn.com/vp/i/20/3bd21cc9de7573.jpg)
Silvio Berlusconi says he will remain at the heart of
Italian politics even if senators vote to throw him out of parliament. The former prime minister and convicted fraudster was speaking before a preliminary vote by a
Senate panel. “I will…
photo: AP / Alberto Pellaschiar
![Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) President Morgan Tsvangirai greets the crowd at the launch of the party's election campaign in Marondera, east of Harare, Sunday, July, 7, 2013. Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) President Morgan Tsvangirai greets the crowd at the launch of the party's election campaign in Marondera, east of Harare, Sunday, July, 7, 2013.](http://cdn1.wn.com/vp/i/40/124f5f379321e4.jpg)
Reuters
September 18, 2013 – 17:12 By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) –
Zimbabwe‘s opposition leader
Morgan Tsvangirai said on Wednesday he would remain leader of his
MDC party despite an internal call for him to quit after an overwhelming…
photo: AP / Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi
![File - A resident of Homs, Syria, shows UN observers a building heavily damaged in the renewed rounds of shelling which rained down on the city this weekend, 11 June, 2012. File - A resident of Homs, Syria, shows UN observers a building heavily damaged in the renewed rounds of shelling which rained down on the city this weekend, 11 June, 2012.](http://cdn3.wn.com/vp/i/49/6b7583c54365bc.jpg)
BERLIN,
Sept 18 (Reuters) –
Germany exported
111 tonnes of chemicals to
Syriabetween
2002 and
2006 that could be used in the production of sarin gas, according to a government document published on Wednesday. But the government rejected a suggestion…
photo: UN / David Manyua
![File - The MQ-9 Reaper lands on an air field in Afghanistan Nov. 17, 2007. The Reaper is the Air Force's unmanned aerial attack vehicle, able to carry both precision-guided bombs and missiles. File - The MQ-9 Reaper lands on an air field in Afghanistan Nov. 17, 2007. The Reaper is the Air Force's unmanned aerial attack vehicle, able to carry both precision-guided bombs and missiles.](http://cdn0.wn.com/vp/i/f4/c84adf5715d8e2.jpg)
photo: USAF / Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson
![Starbucks Coffee at Changi Airport, Singapore Starbucks Coffee at Changi Airport, Singapore](http://cdn1.wn.com/vp/i/e0/e5096e4facb68f.jpg)
By JULIE JARGON
Starbucks Corp. thrust itself deeper into the national debate over guns, with
Chief Executive Howard Schultz saying the coffee giant wants firearm owners to stop carrying their weapons in its stores. Mr. Schultz, in an open letter…
photo: WN / RTayco
![Afghans to receive first C-130 aircraft from US Air Force Afghans to receive first C-130 aircraft from US Air Force](http://cdn8.wn.com/vp/i/75/5faf9eff28d50b.jpg)
photo: US DoD / Glenn Fawcett
![Dilma Rousseff, presidential candidate for the governing Workers Party, gestures to photographers after voting in Brazil's presidential election runoff in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Sunday Oct. 31, 2010. Dilma Rousseff, presidential candidate for the governing Workers Party, gestures to photographers after voting in Brazil's presidential election runoff in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Sunday Oct. 31, 2010.](http://cdn7.wn.com/vp/i/87/d5de31ada18e19.jpg)
photo: AP / Felipe Dana
18 Sep 2013
Storms leave 40,000 holidaymakers cut off and locals in shelters, with supplies running short and airports waterlogged A police car in a flooded parking lot of Acapulco international airport. Photograph: Victor Lopez/Rex Thousands of tourists were still trapped and locals evacuated from their homes in Acapulco after roads to Mexico‘s most famous…
photo: AP / Guillermo Aria
![Civilians inspect the aftermath of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Civilians inspect the aftermath of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 24, 2013.](http://cdn1.wn.com/vp/i/94/bd4b10339a1659.jpg)
A wave of car bombs rocked commercial streets in
Baghdad on Tuesday, part of a series of attacks across the country that left 31 victims and 4 attackers dead. The bombings were believed to have been carried out by
Sunnis aiming to undermine…
photo: AP / Karim Kadim
![Palestinians wait near their luggage at the Rafah border terminal in the southern Gaza Strip before crossing into neighbouring Egypt on August 24, 2013. A week after Cairo closed down the passage that bypasses Israel it reopened today for four hours daily, for humanitarian cases and Palestinians with foreign nationalities. Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN Palestinians wait near their luggage at the Rafah border terminal in the southern Gaza Strip before crossing into neighbouring Egypt on August 24, 2013. A week after Cairo closed down the passage that bypasses Israel it reopened today for four hours daily, for humanitarian cases and Palestinians with foreign nationalities. Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN](http://cdn3.wn.com/vp/i/ee/2f631959536975.jpg)
Israel plans to allow building materials meant for private projects into the
Gaza Strip for the first time in six years, an
Israeli defense official said Tuesday.
Gazahas been struggling with a shortage of building materials that has worsened since…
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb
![President Dilma Rousseff receives members of the Movement Free Pass, at the Presidential Palace President Dilma Rousseff receives members of the Movement Free Pass, at the Presidential Palace](http://cdn1.wn.com/vp/i/4b/6e78badb27dfcc.jpg)
photo: ABr / Aguinaldo Ribeiro
![Swaziland´s King Mswati III, arrives at the Royal Kraal where he was presented with a draft copy of the country´s new constitution from Jim Gama, governor of the royal residence, right, in Eludzidzini, Swaziland, Friday, Nov. 14, 2003. Mswati Swaziland´s King Mswati III, arrives at the Royal Kraal where he was presented with a draft copy of the country´s new constitution from Jim Gama, governor of the royal residence, right, in Eludzidzini, Swaziland, Friday, Nov. 14, 2003. Mswati](http://cdn5.wn.com/vp/i/2f/dc30029acd0953.jpg)
SWAZILAND’S
King Mswati III has chosen an 18-year-old beauty-pageant contestant as his 15th wife, a palace spokesman said on Tuesday, days before a much-criticised parliamentary vote. “I can confirm that the king has introduced to the nation a new…
photo: AP/Themba Hadebe
![President Paul Kagame speaks to Rwandans on his election campaign stop in Nyagatare, Rwanda, Thrusday, Aug. 5, 2010. President Paul Kagame speaks to Rwandans on his election campaign stop in Nyagatare, Rwanda, Thrusday, Aug. 5, 2010.](http://cdn6.wn.com/vp/i/00/962aa799cf02a1.jpg)
Rwanda‘s governing
RPF party has won a resounding victory in parliamentary elections, securing 76% of the vote.
The party of
President Paul Kagame, which came to power after the genocide of
1994, won 40 of the 53 seats directly elected on…
photo: AP / Marc Hofer
![Dutch King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima, right, and Princess Beatrix wave from the balcony of the Royal Palace in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Tuesday April 30, 2013. Dutch King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima, right, and Princess Beatrix wave from the balcony of the Royal Palace in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Tuesday April 30, 2013.](http://cdn4.wn.com/vp/i/75/7c30056781855a.jpg)
King Willem-Alexander delivered a message to the
Dutch people from the government in a nationally televised address: the welfare state of the
20th centuryis gone. In its place a “participation society” is emerging, in which people must…
photo: AP / Dusan Vranic
![Colorado flooding could help keep tourists away Colorado flooding could help keep tourists away](http://cdn0.wn.com/vp/i/a0/12dedd160c0362.jpg)
DENVER — A little more than a year after
Colorado Gov.
John Hickenlooperinsisted his wildfire-ravaged state was still “open for business,” he may have to throw another lifeline to the state’s billion-dollar tourism industry as the world takes in the…
photo: US DoD / Joseph K. VonNida
17 Sep 2013
AMSTERDAM — King Willem-Alexander delivered a message to the Dutch people from the government Tuesday in a nationally televised address: the welfare state of the 20th century is gone. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow@nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors In its place will be a…
![Colorado flooding could help keep tourists away Colorado flooding could help keep tourists away](http://cdn0.wn.com/vp/i/a0/12dedd160c0362.jpg)
DENVER — A little more than a year after
Colorado Gov.
John Hickenlooperinsisted his wildfire-ravaged state was still “open for business,” he may have to throw another lifeline to the state’s billion-dollar tourism industry as the world takes in the…
photo: US DoD / Joseph K. VonNida
![Syria crisis: Doubts over UN deal emerge as Russia insists rebels carried out chemical weapon ... Syria crisis: Doubts over UN deal emerge as Russia insists rebels carried out chemical weapon ...](http://cdn6.wn.com/vp/i/b8/ca647ede1da18c.jpg)
photo: UN / Jean-Marc Ferr
![Eight dead, 1,600 homes destroyed in Colorado floods Eight dead, 1,600 homes destroyed in Colorado floods](http://cdn7.wn.com/vp/i/77/54cbaa443faa61.jpg)
By
Keith Coffman, Reuters DENVER –
Search-and-rescue teams bolstered by
National Guard troops fanned out across
Colorado’s flood-stricken landscape on Monday, as a week of torrential rains blamed for eight deaths and the destruction of at…
photo: US DoD / Joseph K. VonNida
![UN confirms sarin was used in Syria UN confirms sarin was used in Syria](http://cdn6.wn.com/vp/i/b7/5bb704a329fdb2.jpg)
Careful not to blame either side for a deadly chemical weapon attack, UN inspectors reported that rockets loaded with the nerve agent sarin had been fired from an area where
Syria‘s military has bases, but said the evidence could have been…
photo: UN / Jean-Marc Ferré
![FILE - This Tuesday, May 21, 2013 file citizen journalism image provided by Qusair Lens, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian citizens inspecting the rubble of damaged buildings that were damaged from a Syrian forces air strike in the town of Qusair, near the Lebanon border, Homs province, Syria. FILE - This Tuesday, May 21, 2013 file citizen journalism image provided by Qusair Lens, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian citizens inspecting the rubble of damaged buildings that were damaged from a Syrian forces air strike in the town of Qusair, near the Lebanon border, Homs province, Syria.](http://cdn6.wn.com/vp/i/37/8e45820f9f9524.jpg)
The UN has confirmed that the worst chemical weapons attack in 25 years took place in eastern
Damascus last month, involving specially designed rockets that spread sarin nerve agent over rebel-held suburbs of the
Syrian capital. The report did not…
photo: AP / Qusair Lens
![Kandahar, Afghanistan: Top Afghan policewoman dies of bullet wound Kandahar, Afghanistan: Top Afghan policewoman dies of bullet wound](http://cdn6.wn.com/vp/i/2f/197cd325b9806f.jpg)
A top policewoman in southern
Afghanistan died Monday after being shot by unknown attackers, months after her predecessor was also slain. Her death, one of the latest in a string of attacks on prominent
Afghan women, could make it even harder to…
photo: US DoD / Glenn Fawcett
![A boy hostage is reunited with his parents after being processed at the Philippine National Police Camp in Zamboanga city in southern Philippines Tuesday Sept. 17, 2013. A boy hostage is reunited with his parents after being processed at the Philippine National Police Camp in Zamboanga city in southern Philippines Tuesday Sept. 17, 2013.](http://cdn5.wn.com/vp/i/ae/fd44de4ff4c60f.jpg)
Dozens of people trapped in a deadly urban battle between Muslim rebels and
Philippine troops rushed to safety on Tuesday as the guerillas lost ground in more heavy fighting, authorities said. Sixty-one people have died and 70,
000 residents been…
photo: AP / Bullit Marquez
16 Sep 2013
ACAPULCO, Mexico — The remnants of Tropical Storm Manuel continued to deluge Mexico’s southwestern Pacific shoulder with dangerous rains whileHurricane Ingrid headed for a Monday landfall on the country’s opposite coast in an unusual double onslaught that federal authorities said had caused at least 21 deaths. The heaviest blow Sunday fell on the…
![E.U. High Representative for Foreign Affairs Addresses Security Council Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Vice-President of the European Commission, addresses the Security Council. E.U. High Representative for Foreign Affairs Addresses Security Council Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Vice-President of the European Commission, addresses the Security Council.](http://cdn7.wn.com/vp/i/19/c5f83decc0f6ac.jpg)
Reuters
September 16, 2013 – 12:04 BRUSSELS (Reuters) –
The European Unionpledged an additional 650 million euros (
541 million pounds) in aid for
Somaliaon Monday to back a three-year reconstruction plan aimed at building on fragile security…
photo: UN / Devra Berkowitz
![U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, speaks with French President Francois Hollande, second from right, before taking leave as French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, left, and British Foreign Secretary William Hague stand alongside following their meeting on Syria, at the Elysee Palace, Paris, Monday, Sept. 16, 2013. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, speaks with French President Francois Hollande, second from right, before taking leave as French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, left, and British Foreign Secretary William Hague stand alongside following their meeting on Syria, at the Elysee Palace, Paris, Monday, Sept. 16, 2013.](http://cdn8.wn.com/vp/i/66/2ccfa9d7f6a780.jpg)
photo: AP / Michel Euler
![Government troops man an intersection where renewed fighting between government forces and Muslim rebels enters its second week Monday, Sept. 16, 2013 at Zamboanga city in southern Philippines. Government troops man an intersection where renewed fighting between government forces and Muslim rebels enters its second week Monday, Sept. 16, 2013 at Zamboanga city in southern Philippines.](http://cdn9.wn.com/vp/i/a3/e155c93eddc645.jpg)
The fighting has been a stark reminder that decades-old grievances fester in the Catholic-majority country despite strong economic growth and an agreement with the biggest Muslim rebel group that was meant to pave the way to peace. The army said at…
photo: AP / Bullit Marquez
![A police boat sails by the grounded cruise ship Costa Concordia, off the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012. A police boat sails by the grounded cruise ship Costa Concordia, off the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012.](http://cdn5.wn.com/vp/i/be/5ee4d9abadf033.jpg)
GIGLIO ISLAND,
Italy — A complex system of pulleys and counterweights on Monday gently began lifting up the
Costa Concordia cruise ship from its side on a Tuscan reef where it capsized in
2012, an anxiously awaited operation of a kind that has never…
photo: AP / Pier Paolo Cito
![Toyohashi (???, Toyohashi-shi?) is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on August 1, 1906. As of October 1, 2005, the city has an estimated population of 379,830 and a density of 1,413.94 persons per km². The total area is 261.26 km2 (261,260,000 m2). Toyohashi (???, Toyohashi-shi?) is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on August 1, 1906. As of October 1, 2005, the city has an estimated population of 379,830 and a density of 1,413.94 persons per km². The total area is 261.26 km2 (261,260,000 m2).](http://cdn7.wn.com/vp/i/9c/d91e0f3474c9ad.jpg)
photo: Creative Commons / Lombroso
![Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, right, gestures a he and European Union Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton address the media prior to an EU Somalia conference at the Egmont Palace in Brussels Monday, Sept. 16, 2013. Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, right, gestures a he and European Union Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton address the media prior to an EU Somalia conference at the Egmont Palace in Brussels Monday, Sept. 16, 2013.](http://cdn4.wn.com/vp/i/3b/b1a60ddf930d5d.jpg)
photo: AP / Geert Vanden Wijngaert
![E.U. High Representative for Foreign Affairs Addresses Security Council Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Vice-President of the European Commission, addresses the Security Council. E.U. High Representative for Foreign Affairs Addresses Security Council Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Vice-President of the European Commission, addresses the Security Council.](http://cdn7.wn.com/vp/i/19/c5f83decc0f6ac.jpg)
Thousands of workers from both
South and
North Korea returned to the joint
Kaesong industrial complex to restore operations after escalating threats of war forced its shutdown five months ago. Hundreds of trucks carrying factory managers and company…
photo: UN / Devra Berkowitz
15 Sep 2013
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AP) — Nearly 100 Muslim guerrillas who have held scores of people hostage for a week in a southern Philippine city have been killed or captured in an offensive to retake rebel-held coastal communities, officials said Sunday. Army troops and police special forces have regained rebel-held grounds and are pressing an assault…
![Fifth Fatality Feared, More Than 200 Unaccounted For As Colorado Floods Force More Evacuations Fifth Fatality Feared, More Than 200 Unaccounted For As Colorado Floods Force More Evacuations](http://cdn6.wn.com/vp/i/ad/fdd2e8204d41b3.jpg)
photo: US DoD / Joseph K. VonNida
![Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013.](http://cdn4.wn.com/vp/i/ff/4c78991fa0156c.jpg)
BAGHDAD — A new wave of insurgent attacks, mostly car bombs targeting Shiite-dominated cities in central and southern
Iraq, killed at least 35 people on Sunday, officials said.
The attacks continue a surge in bloodshed that has engulfed the…
photo: AP / Nabil al-Jurani
![Supporters of Cambodia's opposition parties pray in front of Royal Palace during a gathering in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. Supporters of Cambodia's opposition parties pray in front of Royal Palace during a gathering in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013.](http://cdn0.wn.com/vp/i/78/5e6142778c9602.jpg)
By Prak
Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) –
Police fired teargas and water cannons to disperse hundreds of demonstrators who had rallied in
Cambodia‘s capital on Sunday to push for an independent investigation into a July election they say was fixed to…
photo: AP / Heng Sinith
![In this photo released by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), India’s nuclear-capable missile Agni-V is test fired in Wheelar’s Island, off the coast of Odisha, India, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. In this photo released by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), India’s nuclear-capable missile Agni-V is test fired in Wheelar’s Island, off the coast of Odisha, India, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013.](http://cdn4.wn.com/vp/i/e7/2f89530bdfd295.jpg)
photo: AP / DRDO
![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, attends a weekly cabinet meeting in his Jerusalem office in Israel Sunday, July 14, 2013. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, attends a weekly cabinet meeting in his Jerusalem office in Israel Sunday, July 14, 2013.](http://cdn7.wn.com/vp/i/2d/616c3f69f7499a.jpg)
photo: AP / Abir Sultan
![Afghan civilians killed in suicide blast Afghan civilians killed in suicide blast](http://cdn2.wn.com/vp/i/ff/a16a0e31c68b51.jpg)
Three civilian lives have been claimed in a Taliban suicide attack in a failed attempt to target foreign forces in the
Daman district of
Kandahar province in
Afghanistan, officials have said. The attacker prematurely triggered…
photo: US Army / Chad Carlson
![With pullout looming, NATO forces now disassembling larger bases in Afghanistan With pullout looming, NATO forces now disassembling larger bases in Afghanistan](http://cdn0.wn.com/vp/i/18/cb86b06018c46b.jpg)
KUNDUZ,
Afghanistan –
Sometime in the next few weeks, local workers will rip out the fancy cooking equipment in the gleaming, $20 million armored dining hall on the German-run military base at
Kunduz, Afghanistan, and replace it with crude…
photo: US DoD / Public Domain
14 Sep 2013
BALTIMORE — MANY scientists believe that by transforming the earth’s natural landscapes, we are undermining the very life support systems that sustain us. Like bacteria in a petri dish, our exploding numbers are reaching the limits of a finite planet, with dire consequences. Disaster looms as humans exceed the earth’s natural carrying capacity….
![Local resident Chris Rodes gets help from emergency responders as he helps salvage a friend's belongings after floods left homes and infrastructure in a shambles Lyons, Colo., Friday Sept. 13, 2013. Local resident Chris Rodes gets help from emergency responders as he helps salvage a friend's belongings after floods left homes and infrastructure in a shambles Lyons, Colo., Friday Sept. 13, 2013.](http://cdn6.wn.com/vp/i/95/7319becc554260.jpg)
The rescue of hundreds of people stranded by epic mountain flooding in
Coloradohas been stepped up as food and water supplies run low.
Meanwhile thousands more were driven from their homes on the plains as debris-filled rivers became muddy seas…
photo: AP / Brennan Linsley
![Michael Bloomberg Michael Bloomberg](http://cdn2.wn.com/vp/i/10/b32224e307205b.jpg)
photo: Creative Commons / David Shankbone
![Italian Integration Minister Cecile Kashetu Kyenge listens to a question during a press conference at the Foreign Press Club in Rome, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Kyenge on Wednesday acknowledged "racist episodes" in Italy but declined to brand the country as a whole racist. She has so far tempered her reaction to racist attacks, saying it's for Italians to respond, not her. Italian Integration Minister Cecile Kashetu Kyenge listens to a question during a press conference at the Foreign Press Club in Rome, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Kyenge on Wednesday acknowledged "racist episodes" in Italy but declined to brand the country as a whole racist. She has so far tempered her reaction to racist attacks, saying it's for Italians to respond, not her.](http://cdn6.wn.com/vp/i/10/1938f18e67a24d.jpg)
CALI,
Colombia –
Italy’s first black minister defended her adopted homeland Friday, insisting it is not racist even though she endured a series of racially-charged threats and taunts since assuming her post. Speaking to a gathering in Colombia of…
photo: AP / Domenico Stinellis
![Blood stains the walls and debris is strewn throughout the inside of a Sunni mosque after a suicide bomber struck during Friday prayers in the village of Umm al-Adham in Diyala province, a former militant stronghold 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. Blood stains the walls and debris is strewn throughout the inside of a Sunni mosque after a suicide bomber struck during Friday prayers in the village of Umm al-Adham in Diyala province, a former militant stronghold 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Sept. 13, 2013.](http://cdn0.wn.com/vp/i/32/432e459615a9b1.jpg)
Attacks across
Iraq, including a bombing at a
Sunni mosque north of
Baghdad, killed 33 people Friday in the latest eruption of violence to rock the country, officials said. The deadliest of Friday’s attacks occurred when a bomb exploded inside a…
photo: AP
![British bank Abbey National on Monday approved a takeover proposal from Spain´s biggest bank, Santander Central Hispano. British bank Abbey National on Monday approved a takeover proposal from Spain´s biggest bank, Santander Central Hispano.](http://cdn3.wn.com/vp/i/45/d0f420bb36fb9b.jpg)
Four men have been charged over an attempt to take control of computers at a bank branch to steal millions of pounds,
Scotland Yard said.
Police thwarted the cyber gang after one of the plotters allegedly posed as an engineer to fit a computer in a…
photo: WN
![UN report boosts Assam's fight against Bangla influx UN report boosts Assam's fight against Bangla influx](http://cdn8.wn.com/vp/i/68/8576bbec9b6c30.jpg)
photo: UN / Evan Schneider
![U.S. President Barack Obama looks on during the G8 Summit, in L'Aquila, Italy, Thursday, July 9, 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama looks on during the G8 Summit, in L'Aquila, Italy, Thursday, July 9, 2009](http://cdn3.wn.com/vp/i/82/02e92872647f19.jpg)
photo: AP / Haraz N. Ghanbari
13 Sep 2013
Philippine officials were trying to negotiate a surrender of Muslim rebels who were holding more than 100 civilians hostage, as President Benigno Aquino IIIwarned that his government would not hesitate to use force to end the five-day standoff. On Friday Aquino visited troops and some of the 15,000 displaced people in southern Zamboanga…
![U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, walk with the U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, center, into a meeting at the United Nations offices in Geneva to discuss the ongoing problems in Syria, Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, walk with the U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, center, into a meeting at the United Nations offices in Geneva to discuss the ongoing problems in Syria, Friday, Sept. 13, 2013.](http://cdn2.wn.com/vp/i/cf/86ce162f0eebf2.jpg)
photo: AP / Larry Downing, Pool
![This citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows dead bodies on a street in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. Syrian activists say at least 65 bodies, some of them with their hands tied behind their back, found on a river bank in the northern city of Aleppo. This citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows dead bodies on a street in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. Syrian activists say at least 65 bodies, some of them with their hands tied behind their back, found on a river bank in the northern city of Aleppo.](http://cdn5.wn.com/vp/i/82/e98b1c0891da78.jpg)
photo: AP / Aleppo Media Center AMC
![Egyptian soldiers keep guard on the border between Egypt and Rafah in southern Gaza Strip, on July 8, 2013. A series of attacks on security checkpoints in the North Sinai towns of Sheikh Zuweid and El Arish close to Egypt's border with Israel and Gaza, where one soldier was killed. The Rafah border crossing with Egypt and Gaza remained closed since Friday. Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN Egyptian soldiers keep guard on the border between Egypt and Rafah in southern Gaza Strip, on July 8, 2013. A series of attacks on security checkpoints in the North Sinai towns of Sheikh Zuweid and El Arish close to Egypt's border with Israel and Gaza, where one soldier was killed. The Rafah border crossing with Egypt and Gaza remained closed since Friday. Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN](http://cdn9.wn.com/vp/i/0e/0b8e6220747d36.jpg)
In recent days the
Egyptian army has launched a major military campaign against militants in the northern
Sinai Peninsula.
Government spokesmen have said they intend to “fully cleanse” the area of militants, and military sources say 22,
000…
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb
![File - A peacekeeper with the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) stands atop strategic Mount Goma in the eastern part of the country. File - A peacekeeper with the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) stands atop strategic Mount Goma in the eastern part of the country.](http://cdn6.wn.com/vp/i/f2/40db80be98e79f.jpg)
UNITED NATIONS — Congolese and
U.N. troops have pushed back the
M23 rebel group that had been entrenched in the hills above
Goma and the rebels no longer pose a threat to the strategically important city in eastern
Congo, the U.N. peacekeeping chief…
photo: UN / Sylvain Liechti
![Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Reza Najafi talks to the media after the IAEA board of governors meeting at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013. Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Reza Najafi talks to the media after the IAEA board of governors meeting at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013.](http://cdn6.wn.com/vp/i/36/81329ceaf4f036.jpg)
Reuters
September 12, 2013 – 15:24 By
Fredrik Dahl VIENNA (Reuters) –
Iran will cooperate with the
U.N. nuclear agency to find ways to “overcome existing issues once and for all”,
Tehran‘s new envoy said on Thursday, hinting at a more flexible…
photo: AP / Hans Punz
![Duke and Duchess of Cambridge waving to the crowd at The Mall shortly after the wedding. The wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine Middleton took place on 29 April 2011 at Westminster Abbey in London. Duke and Duchess of Cambridge waving to the crowd at The Mall shortly after the wedding. The wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine Middleton took place on 29 April 2011 at Westminster Abbey in London.](http://cdn5.wn.com/vp/i/99/3bfab8cdf77f6c.jpg)
photo: Creative Commons / Robbie Dale
![Italian Navy scuba divers return after working on the grounded cruise ship Costa Concordia off the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. Italian Navy scuba divers return after working on the grounded cruise ship Costa Concordia off the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012.](http://cdn4.wn.com/vp/i/ff/c68dce92a47cd0.jpg)
ROME — An international team of engineers is expressing confidence a never-before attempted strategy to set upright a luxury liner which capsized off
Italy will work. They devised no “
Plan B” if the
Concordia falls back on its crippled side or splits…
photo: AP / Pier Paolo Cito
![Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev speak before a meeting with officials in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev speak before a meeting with officials in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013.](http://cdn2.wn.com/vp/i/43/2ae58e24bc92e2.jpg)
photo: AP / RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service
![Philippine marines take their positions to engage Muslim rebels who are holding scores of hostages being used as human shields for the fourth straight day Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013 at Zamboanga city in southern Philippines. Philippine marines take their positions to engage Muslim rebels who are holding scores of hostages being used as human shields for the fourth straight day Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013 at Zamboanga city in southern Philippines.](http://cdn9.wn.com/vp/i/a0/c07714fd0c7e21.jpg)
photo: AP / Bullit Marquez
![File - In this Wednesday, April 11, 2012 photo, a Tuareg separatist rebel from the NMLA (National Movement for the Liberation of the Azawad) stands guard at a checkpoint near the airport in Timbuktu, Mali. File - In this Wednesday, April 11, 2012 photo, a Tuareg separatist rebel from the NMLA (National Movement for the Liberation of the Azawad) stands guard at a checkpoint near the airport in Timbuktu, Mali.](http://cdn1.wn.com/vp/i/a3/8152826b638dda.jpg)
Three Malian soldiers have been wounded in the first clashes with
Tuareg rebels since the two sides signed a ceasefire deal in June, the army has said, A Malian capitain warned the clash could endanger the truce. The fighting took place near the…
photo: AP
![Somalia's Shebab hail 'courageous' 9/11 hijackers Somalia's Shebab hail 'courageous' 9/11 hijackers](http://cdn9.wn.com/vp/i/78/a89d656f2d7145.jpg)
photo: UN / STUART PRICE
![President Zuma Welcomes Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan President Zuma Welcomes Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan](http://cdn1.wn.com/vp/i/4b/b2ce6f970c0ac9.jpg)
photo: Flickr / The Presidency of the Republic of South Africa
![Supporters of center-right Catalan Nationalist Coalition (CiU) leader, Artur Mas, wave their pro-independence "estelada" flags during the last day of campaigning in a meeting in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Nov. 23, 2012. Supporters of center-right Catalan Nationalist Coalition (CiU) leader, Artur Mas, wave their pro-independence "estelada" flags during the last day of campaigning in a meeting in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Nov. 23, 2012.](http://cdn3.wn.com/vp/i/dd/5cd2df69f3c84e.jpg)
BARCELONA,
Spain — Several hundred thousand people demanding an independent
Catalonia have joined hands to form a 400-kilometer (250-mile) human chain across the northeastern region of Spain. The demonstration Wednesday aimed to illustrate local…
photo: AP / Emilio Morenatti
![The cruise ship Costa Concordia leans on its side, after it ran aground off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. The cruise ship Costa Concordia leans on its side, after it ran aground off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012.](http://cdn1.wn.com/vp/i/bf/004cb53186c472.jpg)
photo: AP / Gregorio Borgia
11 Sep 2013
Prosecutors on Wednesday asked for a “death sentence” for four men who participated in the rape and murder of a 23-year-old student last December, a goal long sought by the victim’s family and many Indians who were horrified by the case, Ellen Barry wrote in The New York Times. “There can be nothing more diabolic than a helpless girl…
11 Sep 2013
Rebel fighters holding scores of hostages in the southern Philippines have demanded international mediation, an official said. The rebels, enraged by a broken peace deal with the government, are holding the civilian hostages as human shields near the port city of Zamboanga. Troops have surrounded…
![Egyptian army personnel guard the road just outside Rafah, Egypt, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. Egypt's military vowed on Monday to hunt down those behind the killing of at least 16 soldiers at a checkpoint along the Sinai border with Israel on Sunday Aug. 5, 2012. Egyptian army personnel guard the road just outside Rafah, Egypt, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. Egypt's military vowed on Monday to hunt down those behind the killing of at least 16 soldiers at a checkpoint along the Sinai border with Israel on Sunday Aug. 5, 2012.](http://cdn3.wn.com/vp/i/d5/f0ae39075af2ab.jpg)
EL-ARISH,
Egypt (AP) — A pair of suicide bombers rammed their explosives-laden cars into military targets in Egypt’s volatile
Sinai on Wednesday, killing at least four soldiers and wounding 20 people, security officials said. One bombing brought…
photo: AP
![Government troopers 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 in a continuing standoff with government forces for the third day Wednesday Sept. 11, 2013 Government troopers 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 in a continuing standoff with government forces for the third day Wednesday Sept. 11, 2013](http://cdn3.wn.com/vp/i/d7/137a5a640b0f51.jpg)
ZAMBOANGA: Thousands of residents fled as fighting between
Philippine troops and Muslim rebels intensified Wednesday on the third day of a deadly siege in a key southern city. At least 13,
000 people crammed into Zamboanga city sports stadium seeking…
photo: AP / Bullit Marquez
![In this photo released by the South Korean Unification Ministry, South Korea's Unification Policy Officer Chun Hae-sung, left, and the head of North Korea's delegation Kim Song Hye read statements during their meeting at the southern side of Panmunjom In this photo released by the South Korean Unification Ministry, South Korea's Unification Policy Officer Chun Hae-sung, left, and the head of North Korea's delegation Kim Song Hye read statements during their meeting at the southern side of Panmunjom](http://cdn6.wn.com/vp/i/0b/f7e058a0a5b25b.jpg)
photo: AP / South Korean Unification Ministry
![FILE - In this June 6, 2013 file photo National Security Agency plaques are seen at the compound at Fort Meade, Md. The NSA was founded in 1952 but only publicly acknowledged years later, which explains its nickname “No Such Agency.” FILE - In this June 6, 2013 file photo National Security Agency plaques are seen at the compound at Fort Meade, Md. The NSA was founded in 1952 but only publicly acknowledged years later, which explains its nickname “No Such Agency.”](http://cdn1.wn.com/vp/i/05/703ecd8ad39474.jpg)
WASHINGTON —
The National Security Agency admitted in documents released Tuesday that it had wrongly put 16,
000 phone numbers on an “alert list” so their incoming calls could be monitored, a mistake that a judge on the secret surveillance court…
photo: AP / Patrick Semansky, File
![President Barack Obama addresses the nation in a live televised speech from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. President Barack Obama addresses the nation in a live televised speech from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013.](http://cdn1.wn.com/vp/i/66/4bb4299cba9cb4.jpg)
What could be worse for
America‘s standing in the world than a
Congress refusing to support a
President‘s proposal for military action against a rogue regime that used
WMD? Here’s one idea:
A U.S. President letting that rogue be rescued from military…
photo: AP / Evan Vucci
![Former President Michelle Bachelet waves to supporters after winning presidential primaries in Santiago, Chile, Sunday June 30, 2013. Bachelet won the country's first ever presidential primary and will represent the center-left coalition in November's presidential election. Bachelet, a pediatrician who ended her 2006-2010 presidency with high popularity ratings, won the vote to lead the center-left New Majority coalition with 74 percent of the votes. Former President Michelle Bachelet waves to supporters after winning presidential primaries in Santiago, Chile, Sunday June 30, 2013. Bachelet won the country's first ever presidential primary and will represent the center-left coalition in November's presidential election. Bachelet, a pediatrician who ended her 2006-2010 presidency with high popularity ratings, won the vote to lead the center-left New Majority coalition with 74 percent of the votes.](http://cdn1.wn.com/vp/i/0b/63abded66af9eb.jpg)
photo: AP / Luis Hidalgo
![Village in Africa .On this image, we can see the life of its people. Gboto est un village à 90 km de Lomé la capitale. Sur ces images, nous pouvons voir le quotidien de ses habitants. un groupe de conducteur de taximoto Togo, Africa on Wednesday, August 3, 2011. Village in Africa .On this image, we can see the life of its people. Gboto est un village à 90 km de Lomé la capitale. Sur ces images, nous pouvons voir le quotidien de ses habitants. un groupe de conducteur de taximoto Togo, Africa on Wednesday, August 3, 2011.](http://cdn0.wn.com/vp/i/a8/d910fea9060d7a.jpg)
photo: WN / Eteh
![Somalia: Al Shabaab militants target Federal Govt positions with mortar shells Somalia: Al Shabaab militants target Federal Govt positions with mortar shells](http://cdn9.wn.com/vp/i/a6/1bd147d64eacd8.jpg)
photo: UN / STUART PRICE
![Top world chefs help out bombed Somali restaurant Top world chefs help out bombed Somali restaurant](http://cdn1.wn.com/vp/i/69/55a42cc17f9a3d.jpg)
NAIROBI : Chefs from
Denmark’s world famous
Noma restaurant have launched an appeal to support a colleague in war-torn
Somalia after his establishment was targeted again by Al-Qaeda inspired insurgents.
The Village, set up in 2008 by restaurateur…
photo: UN / STUART PRICE
![Ahead of the working meeting between G20 heads of state and government. President of the United States Barack Obama (centre). Ahead of the working meeting between G20 heads of state and government. President of the United States Barack Obama (centre).](http://cdn4.wn.com/vp/i/41/5e0c85513c2254.jpg)
Barack Obama has said he will delay a military strike against
Syria if the Assad regime agrees to place its chemical weapons under international control.
The US president said he was “absolutely” prepared to pause plans for military action…
photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office
![Soldiers check a comrade who was hit by a sniper following a clash between Philippine navy patrol and suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels aboard several boats off Zamboanga city in southern Philippines Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. Soldiers check a comrade who was hit by a sniper following a clash between Philippine navy patrol and suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels aboard several boats off Zamboanga city in southern Philippines Monday, Sept. 9, 2013.](http://cdn2.wn.com/vp/i/21/24ef58aa0fd86a.jpg)
ZAMBOANGA,
Philippines : Muslim rebels seized scores more hostages and traded gunfire with Philippines troops today, in the second day of a stand-off after mounting a deadly attack on a southern city, officials said. Gunshots rang out at dawn…
photo: AP
![George Zimmerman arrives for his trial in Seminole circuit court in Sanford, Fla. Thursday, July 11, 2013. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin. George Zimmerman arrives for his trial in Seminole circuit court in Sanford, Fla. Thursday, July 11, 2013. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin.](http://cdn0.wn.com/vp/i/c4/447a2ab1fbb47b.jpg)
The estranged wife of a former neighbourhood watch volunteer cleared over the fatal shooting of a black teenager has accused him of threatening her and her father with a gun in a call to police. Shellie Zimmerman called police, said
Police Chief…
photo: AP / Orlando Sentinel, Gary W. Green, Pool
![Egyptian soldiers keep guard on the border between Egypt and Rafah in southern Gaza Strip, on July 8, 2013. A series of attacks on security checkpoints in the North Sinai towns of Sheikh Zuweid and El Arish close to Egypt's border with Israel and Gaza, where one soldier was killed. The Rafah border crossing with Egypt and Gaza remained closed since Friday. Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN Egyptian soldiers keep guard on the border between Egypt and Rafah in southern Gaza Strip, on July 8, 2013. A series of attacks on security checkpoints in the North Sinai towns of Sheikh Zuweid and El Arish close to Egypt's border with Israel and Gaza, where one soldier was killed. The Rafah border crossing with Egypt and Gaza remained closed since Friday. Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN](http://cdn5.wn.com/vp/i/d9/f3560a3bdebab2.jpg)
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb
![Van Gogh Museum Van Gogh Museum](http://cdn2.wn.com/vp/i/5a/dacdd77fe90458.jpg)
AMSTERDAM: A painting that sat for six decades in a Norwegian industrialist’s attic after he was told it was a fake
Van Gogh was pronounced the real thing Monday, making it the first full-size canvas by the tortured
Dutch artist to be…
photo: Creative Commons / Cribananda (talk | contribs)
09 Sep 2013
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has denied ordering an alleged chemical weapons attack said to have killed hundreds of civilians in the Damascuscountryside on August 21st. He also warned that US military operations designed to degrade his forces could change the course of the war in favour of rebels and radical jihadis, causing regional chaos,…
![Indian policemen watch an elderly woman walk on a road scattered with bricks and stones thrown during a communal clash in Muzaffarnagar, about 125 kilometers (78 miles) north of New Delhi, India, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. Indian policemen watch an elderly woman walk on a road scattered with bricks and stones thrown during a communal clash in Muzaffarnagar, about 125 kilometers (78 miles) north of New Delhi, India, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013.](http://cdn5.wn.com/vp/i/b1/52955c89464df2.jpg)
Police in northern
India are investigating the role of six politicians they believe may have been responsible for inciting violence between members of different religious communities that has left at least 28 people dead. Hundreds of troops and…
photo: AP / Rajesh Kumar Singh
![Villagers flee as soldiers guard to secure the area following a clash between a Philippine navy patrol and suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels aboard several boats off Zamboanga city in southern Philippines Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. Villagers flee as soldiers guard to secure the area following a clash between a Philippine navy patrol and suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels aboard several boats off Zamboanga city in southern Philippines Monday, Sept. 9, 2013.](http://cdn1.wn.com/vp/i/68/6433ffe6961580.jpg)
Tweet MANILA – Muslim rebels took 30 civilian hostages in the southern
Philippines on Monday and held security forces in a standoff as part of a drive to derail peace talks, officials said.
Police commandos cordoned off parts of
Zamboanga City on the…
photo: AP
![Parliamentary head Dioncounda Traore is sworn in as interim president at a ceremony in Bamako, Mali Thursday, April 12, 2012. Traore took office as interim president Thursday, returning the country to constitutional rule three weeks after mutinous soldiers overthrew the nation's democratically elected leader in a coup. Parliamentary head Dioncounda Traore is sworn in as interim president at a ceremony in Bamako, Mali Thursday, April 12, 2012. Traore took office as interim president Thursday, returning the country to constitutional rule three weeks after mutinous soldiers overthrew the nation's democratically elected leader in a coup.](http://cdn8.wn.com/vp/i/14/1ae7b5242c4371.jpg)
DAKAR,
Senegal –
Mali‘s new prime minister has selected a 34-person
Cabinetthat includes a post focused on reconciliation and development of the country’s north, which fell under rebel control following a coup last year.
The new Cabinet, disclosed…
photo: AP / Harouna Traore
![Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, center, greets the guards of honor as he arrives to the Presidential Palace for his inauguration in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, center, greets the guards of honor as he arrives to the Presidential Palace for his inauguration in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009](http://cdn7.wn.com/vp/i/ca/c724176da74cfe.jpg)
KABUL,
Afghanistan —
Afghan officials said Sunday that a
NATO air strike in the eastern part of the country killed 16 people, including 11 civilians, a version countered by the international coalition, which said in a statement its attack killed 10…
photo: AP / Anja Niedringhaus
![President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, speaks about the health care reform bill, Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at the Interior Department in Washington President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, speaks about the health care reform bill, Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at the Interior Department in Washington](http://cdn9.wn.com/vp/i/06/6730637a4cca13.jpg)
photo: AP / Gerald Herbert
!['Continued hesitation' won't solve Syria problem 'Continued hesitation' won't solve Syria problem](http://cdn9.wn.com/vp/i/43/aecb1d7404060e.jpg)
The question of a military intervention in
Syria continues to divide the international community. Syria expert
Petra Becker sheds light on possible scenarios if the US were to go ahead with such an attack. DW: At the
G20 summit in
St. Petersburg, it…
photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe
![On International Day, UN spotlights literacy as foundation for a more sustainable future On International Day, UN spotlights literacy as foundation for a more sustainable future](http://cdn2.wn.com/vp/i/04/3878062c711e42.jpg)
Print 8 September 2013 –
United Nations senior officials highlighted the role of literacy in achieving a more sustainable future, stressing that knowledge can help combat poverty and improve people’s livelihoods. “In our knowledge-based…
photo: UN / Evan Schneider
08 Sep 2013
David Cameron‘s remarks at the G20 summit suggesting that the supporters of a military strike on Syria bypass the UN Security Council have once again cast a harsh light on the workings of a body founded in 1945 with the avowed aim of keeping the world’s peace. If the prime minister has identified a problem, his solution is the worst imaginable….
![Japanese supporters of the Tokyo Bid 2020 team celebrate in Tokyo early Sunday morning, Sept. 8, 2013, upon learning Tokyo won the bid to host the 2020 Olympics at the IOC voting as they watch a live broadcast from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Tokyo competed with Madrid, Istanbul for the right to host the 2020 games. Japanese supporters of the Tokyo Bid 2020 team celebrate in Tokyo early Sunday morning, Sept. 8, 2013, upon learning Tokyo won the bid to host the 2020 Olympics at the IOC voting as they watch a live broadcast from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Tokyo competed with Madrid, Istanbul for the right to host the 2020 games.](http://cdn1.wn.com/vp/i/29/4aa265ec91cc56.jpg)
In the end it was a comfortable win –
Tokyo beating
Istanbul 60-36. In fact Tokyo were so far out in front here that they almost won in the first round. It was all very different four years ago. Then Tokyo polled just 20 votes as they went out in the…
photo: AP / Shizuo Kambayashi
![Opposition leader Tony Abbott makes a speech to party supporter in Sydney, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013 Opposition leader Tony Abbott makes a speech to party supporter in Sydney, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013](http://cdn9.wn.com/vp/i/f9/e50d83d18d71e5.jpg)
Australia‘s
PM-elect Tony Abbott has said his top priorities are to abolish a tax on carbon emissions and to stop asylum-seekers arriving by boat. Mr
Abbott‘s Liberal-National coalition ended the
Labor party‘s six-year rule in a…
photo: AP / Rick Rycroft
![Pakistan militants preparing for Afghanistan civil war Pakistan militants preparing for Afghanistan civil war](http://cdn7.wn.com/vp/i/e4/a9af096d435f04.jpg)
photo: US Army / Joshua B. Dwyer
![Suicide Crisis Among Active-Duty Troops and Veterans: Time for Action Suicide Crisis Among Active-Duty Troops and Veterans: Time for Action](http://cdn4.wn.com/vp/i/56/6a4ed7a82e9832.jpg)
It is difficult that
America has lost so many young men and women in the wars in
Iraq and
Afghanistan.
It hurts, and yet we expect casualties when there is war. We honor our fallen and still active troops and veterans with gratitude whenever we can….
photo: US Army / Joshua B. Dwyer
![More motorcycle companies report increasing sales More motorcycle companies report increasing sales](http://cdn4.wn.com/vp/i/db/5497f86110e4c2.jpg)
The good economic news keeps coming. The latest motorcycle manufacturers to report good sales figures are Harley-Davidson and Ducati. Harley today released its fourth quarter world-wide sales results for…
photo: WN / Marzena J.
![Putin says Russia will help Syria if US launches strikes Putin says Russia will help Syria if US launches strikes](http://cdn7.wn.com/vp/i/01/048695a331ca64.jpg)
photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe
![Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, center right, and wife Therese Rein, center left, are greeted by well wishers after casting their votes in Brisbane, Australia Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, center right, and wife Therese Rein, center left, are greeted by well wishers after casting their votes in Brisbane, Australia Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013.](http://cdn3.wn.com/vp/i/8b/f1f575330d8192.jpg)
Asylum seeker activists held placards and yelled: ‘
Refugees are welcome here!’ The leaders cast their votes, amid some chaotic scenes “Ah, the vultures on
Vulture Street,” a protester yelled as the media covering
Kevin Rudd arrived ahead…
photo: AP / John Pryke
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photo: US DoD / Ed Drew
![Kerry to push EU for support on Syria strikes Kerry to push EU for support on Syria strikes](http://cdn4.wn.com/vp/i/27/ac1cb851e262b6.jpg)
photo: US DoD / Daniel Hinton
![President Barack Obama gestures during his news conference at the G-20 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Sept. 6, 2013. President Barack Obama gestures during his news conference at the G-20 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Sept. 6, 2013.](http://cdn0.wn.com/vp/i/05/7941863a0d3054.jpg)
photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais
![Where G20 members stand on military action against Syria Where G20 members stand on military action against Syria](http://cdn4.wn.com/vp/i/83/6c30f41a221b39.jpg)
President Barack Obama had mixed results as he lobbied members of the
G20leading world economies to bolster international support for a military response to the
Syrian government‘s alleged use of chemical weapons against civilians. Here is…
photo: EC / EC
![Egyptian security personnel investigate the scene of a bomb attack targeting the convoy of Egypt's Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim, in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013. Egyptian security personnel investigate the scene of a bomb attack targeting the convoy of Egypt's Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim, in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013.](http://cdn4.wn.com/vp/i/10/050141315f9336.jpg)
CAIRO (Reuters) –
Egypt‘s army-backed government has dissolved the
Muslim Brotherhood as a registered non-governmental organization, the state-run Al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Friday, pressing a crackdown on deposed…
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![FILE - In this Saturday, March 2, 2013 file photo, then Kenyan Presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta, left, and his running mate William Ruto, right, talk together at the final election rally of Kenyatta's The National Alliance party at Uhuru Park in Nairobi, Kenya. Kenya's parliament began action Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013 to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, just before the country's President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto face trial at The Hague for allegedly inciting post-election violence, although even if Kenya formally withdraws from the Rome Statute the country is still obligated to cooperate with the court for the two trials. FILE - In this Saturday, March 2, 2013 file photo, then Kenyan Presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta, left, and his running mate William Ruto, right, talk together at the final election rally of Kenyatta's The National Alliance party at Uhuru Park in Nairobi, Kenya. Kenya's parliament began action Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013 to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, just before the country's President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto face trial at The Hague for allegedly inciting post-election violence, although even if Kenya formally withdraws from the Rome Statute the country is still obligated to cooperate with the court for the two trials.](http://cdn3.wn.com/vp/i/da/e4f051d03b28e9.jpg)
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