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Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono delivers the opening keynote address at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO Summit in Bali, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Disputes cloud Asia-Pacific summit focus on trade

Asia-Pacific leaders vowed Tuesday to cooperate on stabilizing a global economic recovery threatened by resource scarcity and bottlenecks to growth. Leaders of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum wrapped up their annual summit with a pledge to protect security of food, energy and water from threats posed by climate change ...

Fotografía de archivo del 17 de febrero de 2011 muestra a combatientes de al-Shabab marchando durante ejercicios militares en Mogadiscio, Somalia. (Foto AP/Mohamed Sheikh Nor, archivo)

Targets of US raids planned terrorism in Kenya

U.S. interrogators headed to an American warship in the Mediterranean to question a suspected Libyan al-Qaida operative linked to the bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa, as new details emerged Monday about plots planned by a Kenyan militant who escaped a U.S. raid in Somalia. The two operations, thousands of ...

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview with the German magazine Der Spiegel, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Oct. 7, 2013. Assad has conceded making mistakes and says no side in his country's civil war is entirely free of blame. (AP Photo/SANA)

Syrian army reopens key road to Aleppo

Syrian troops wrested control of a key road linking the government-held heartland with the embattled northern city of Aleppo, reopening the crucial supply route after heavy fighting with rebels, state media and activists said Monday. Government forces and opposition fighters have been locked in a bloody, block-by-block fight for Aleppo ...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers his keynote address at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in Bali, Indonesia, Monday, Oct. 7, 2013. Kerry is seeking to assure Asia-Pacific business leaders that nothing will shake America's commitment to the region and that the current government shutdown in Washington will soon be over and forgotten. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Kerry assures CEOs on US role in Asia-Pacific

Filling in for an absent U.S. President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday sought to assure Asia-Pacific business leaders that nothing will shake America's commitment to the region and that the current government shutdown in Washington will soon be over and forgotten. In an address to executives ...

Libya wants 'clarification' in al-Qaida leader nab

Libya said Sunday it has asked the United States for "clarifications" regarding the abduction in Tripoli of an al-Qaida leader linked to the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in East Africa, adding that Libyan nationals should be tried in their own country. The government's reaction came a day after U.S special ...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to officials during a visit to a tuna packaging factory in Bali, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. Kerry said Sunday that a pair of U.S. military raids against militants in North Africa sends the message that terrorists "can run but they can't hide." Kerry, in Bali for an economic summit, was the highest-level administration to speak about the operations yet. (AP Photo)

Kerry pleased with Syria chemical disarmament

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that the United States and Russia are "very pleased" with the progress made so far in destroying Syria's chemical weapons stocks. And, he offered some rare, if qualified, U.S. praise for Syrian President Bashar Assad. Kerry, speaking at a press conference with ...

Raids suggest future shape of counterterror bids

The U.S. commando raids in Libya and Somalia suggest the future shape of U.S. counterterrorism efforts — brief, targeted raids against highly sought extremist figures — and highlight the rise of Africa as a terrorist haven. The strikes also raise questions about where to interrogate and try captured terrorist suspects ...

Kerry: Capture of terror suspect in Libya legal

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday defended the capture of a terrorism suspect by American forces in Libya, saying complaints about the operation from Libya and others are unfounded. Kerry said the weekend seizure in Tripoli of the suspected al-Qaida operative Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai complied with U.S. law. ...

Kerry 'pleased' with Syria chemical disarmament

Secretary of State John Kerry says the United States and Russia are "very pleased" with the progress made so far in destroying Syria's chemical weapons stocks. He says Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime deserves credit for its compliance with a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for the elimination of the ...

FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2008 file photo, armed al-Shabab fighters just outside Mogadishu prepare to travel into the city in pickup trucks after vowing there would be new waves of attacks against Ethiopian troops. International military forces carried out a pre-dawn strike Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013, against foreign fighters in the same southern Somalia village where U.S. Navy SEALS four years ago killed a most-wanted al-Qaida operative, officials said. The strike comes exactly two weeks after al-Shabab militants attacked Nairobi's Westgate Mall, a four-day terrorist assault that killed at least 67 people in neighboring Kenya. Al-Shabab has a formal alliance with al-Qaida, and hundreds of foreign fighters from the U.S., Britain and Middle Eastern countries fight alongside Somali members of al-Shabab. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)

Libya bristles at US raid that captured militant

A suspected Libyan al-Qaida figure nabbed by U.S. special forces in a dramatic operation in Tripoli was living freely in his homeland for the past two years, after a trajectory that took him to Sudan, Afghanistan and Iran, where he had been detained for years, his family said Sunday. The ...

U.S. State Secretary John Kerry walks with other delegate members during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) ministerial meeting in Bali, Indonesia, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. Kerry says talks on a trans-Pacific trade pact are forging ahead despite President Barack Obama's absence due to the government shutdown. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Kerry: terrorists can run, but can't hide

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday that a pair of U.S. military raids against militants in north Africa sends the message that terrorists "can run but they can't hide." In raids in Somalia and in Libya's capital, U.S. special forces on Saturday struck against Islamic extremists who have ...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., center, accompanied by Democratic leaders, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, where he told reporters that House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, and House Republicans are the obstacle to ending the government shutdown crisis. From left are, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Reid, Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., and Senate Budget Committee Chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

DOD recall, back-pay bill mark Day 5 of shutdown

For days lawmakers have debated which federal workers should be put back to work. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ended the argument Saturday for most Pentagon civilian employees, ordering nearly all 350,000 back on the job. That's a large chunk of the estimated 800,000 federal workers on furlough because of the ...

A nine year old Israeli girl is brought to a hospital in Jerusalem Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013 after being shot in Pasgot, a Jewsih settlement, near Ramallah, West Bank. The girl was playing in the backyard of her parents home when she was hit by a single shot in the chest, Israeli police spokesman said. (AP Photo/Emeil Salman) ISRAEL OUT

Israeli girl wounded in attack in West Bank

A 9-year-old Jewish girl was seriously injured in a suspected Palestinian militant attack while playing outside her home Saturday in a settlement in the West Bank, Israeli police said. Initial reports indicated the attack was carried out by a sniper but police said they were investigating all options, including the ...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a press conference at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Bali, Indonesia, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. Kerry is heading the U.S. delegation in the economic summit of Asian leaders after President Barack Obama canceled his travel plans to remain in Washington and deal with the partial government shutdown, now into its fifth day. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

US pushes Pacific trade agenda despite shutdown

Talks on a Pacific trade pact are forging ahead with hopes of meeting a year-end deadline still intact, officials said Saturday, despite President Barack Obama's absence due to the government shutdown. Obama had intended to thrash out issues with leaders of the 11 other trans-Pacific Partnership member countries on the ...

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NYC sisters of woman killed by police in DC following chase question use of deadly force NEW YORK (AP) — The sisters of a woman who was fatally shot in Washington after trying to ram her car through a White House barrier say she was not a criminal and police ...

U.S. State Secretary John Kerry, right, greets Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird prior to their bilateral meeting on the sideline of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) ministerial meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Kerry: US will stay the course despite shutdown

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned Congress on Saturday to think "long and hard" about the negative message that the partial government shutdown is sending around the world, even as he disputed the perception that the deadlock in Washington is a sign of weakness. The seemingly contradictory points underscored ...

A Muslim protester holds a banner featuring a photo of U.S. President Barack Obama during a protest against the visit of Obama or Secretary of State John Kerry, scheduled for Oct. 11, outside the U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013. Obama is canceling a trip to Asia to stay in Washington and push for an elusive funding bill to get the nation’s business back up and running. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)

Analysis: US reliability questioned overseas

An unmistakable sense of unease has been growing in capitals around the world as the U.S. government from afar looks increasingly befuddled — shirking from a military confrontation in Syria, stymied at home by a gridlocked Congress and in danger of defaulting on sovereign debt, which could plunge the world's ...

A sign hangs on the window of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Prospect for quick end to shutdown is remote

Prospects for a swift end to the 4-day-old partial government shutdown all but vanished Friday as lawmakers squabbled into the weekend and increasingly shifted their focus to a midmonth deadline for averting a threatened first-ever default. "This isn't some damn game," said House Speaker John Boehner, as the White House ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping, foreground right, bows as he inspects a guard of honor during a welcoming ceremony at Parliament Square in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013. Xi is on a three-day state visit to Malaysia. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)

Obama's no-show in Asia a boost for China

President Barack Obama's decision to scrap his Asia trip is a setback for his much-advertised pledge to shift the focus of foreign policy to the Pacific and a boost for China's attempt to gain influence in the region. By staying home because of the partial government shutdown, Obama hands new ...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, arrives at Bali's international airport in Denpasar, Indonesia, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013. President Barack Obama is canceling a trip to Asia to stay in Washington and push for an elusive funding bill to get the nation’s business back up and running. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

Kerry to play lead US role at Asia summits

Nearly a decade after his unsuccessful 2004 bid for the White House, John Kerry is getting the chance to be presidential as he fills in for U.S. President Barack Obama at heads of state summits in Asia. The secretary of state learned Friday while flying from Japan to Indonesia that ...

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