Tag: Associated Press

Egypt’s police to get 100,000 9mm pistols

Egypt’s police to get 100,000 9mm pistols

Associated Press · February 16, 2013 5:00 am

Jets escort plane from where Obama is vacationing

Jets escort plane from where Obama is vacationing

Associated Press · February 16, 2013 5:00 am

Arnold Pistorius, right, uncle of Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, comforts his niece after making a statement to selected press in Pretoria, South Africa, Feb. 16, 2013. Pistorius said that Oscar is "numb with shock, as well as grief" after the shooting death of his model girlfriend at his home in South Africa, Thursday, and his family strongly refuted prosecutors' claims that he murdered her. At left is Aimee Pistorius, sister of Oscar Pistorius. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

Pistorius’ family strongly denies murder charge

Associated Press · February 16, 2013 5:00 am

Romanian movie ‘Child’s Pose’ wins at Berlin fest

Romanian movie ‘Child’s Pose’ wins at Berlin fest

Associated Press · February 16, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this March 20, 2012, file photo taken in Chicago, then-Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill. speaks at a Democratic primary election night party. The former and his wife Sandra were charged Feb. 15, 2013, with spending $750,000 in campaign funds on personal expenses. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Jackson Jr.’s downfall tied to objects, not power

Associated Press · February 16, 2013 5:00 am

This citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows anti-Syrian regime protesters holding a caricature placard during a demonstration, at Kafr Nabil town, in Idlib province, northern Syria, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. Heavy fighting for control of the international airport in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo and a major military air base nearby has killed some 150 rebels and government soldiers over the past two days, activists said Friday. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)

Syria: Power outage hits capital and south

Associated Press · February 16, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013 file photo, Bangladeshi activists participate in a rally demanding the execution of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah and others convicted of war crimes in Dhaka, Bangladesh. For many in Bangladesh, the ''V'' for victory sign was more than they could bear. They had waited more than four decades for justice in the mass killings and rapes during their independence war. But there was a smiling Mollah apparently celebrating his life sentence - given in place of an expected death sentence - for his role in the killing of 381 civilians. Within hours, thousands of university students demanding his death poured into the streets of Dhaka, the seeds of what has grown into a mass protest that has exposed again the unhealed wounds from the nation's 1971 war for independence from Pakistan. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad, File)

Bangladeshis demand death for war crimes convict

Associated Press · February 16, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2013, file photo, Republican Chuck Hagel, President Obama's choice for Defense Secretary, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate Republicans on Feb. 14, 2013, temporarily blocked a full Senate vote on Hagel's nomination as defense secretary.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senate GOP blocks Hagel vote for now

Associated Press · February 14, 2013 5:00 am

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The Washington Capitals won their third straight game on Thursday night, beating the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Capitals beat Lightning for third straight victory

Associated Press · February 14, 2013 5:00 am

The Washington Nationals' Bryce Harper has high expectations for his sophomore season. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Nationals’ Bryce Harper comfortable in sophomore season

Associated Press · February 14, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2010 file photo, an unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan, on a moon-lit night. A U.N. expert on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013 launched a special investigation into drone warfare and targeted killings, which the United States relies on as a front-line weapon in its global war against al-Qaida. The civilian killings and injuries that result from drone strikes on suspected terrorist cells will be part of the focus of the probe by British lawyer Ben Emmerson, the U.N. rapporteur on Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights. His office announced the investigation in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Senators delay Brennan CIA vote over drone memos

Associated Press · February 13, 2013 5:00 am

Pope Benedict XVI leaves at the end of his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Wednesday Feb. 13, 2013. Looking tired but serene, Pope Benedict XVI told thousands of faithful Wednesday that he was stepping down for "the good of the church," speaking in his first public appearance since dropping the bombshell announcement of his resignation. The 85-year-old Benedict basked in more than a minute-long standing ovation when he entered the packed audience hall for his traditional Wednesday general audience. He was interrupted by applause by the thousands of people, many of whom had tears in their eyes. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Benedict’s final hours as pope far from Vatican

Associated Press · February 13, 2013 5:00 am