Abuse of Power

File - Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, left, and CIA Dir.ector John Brennan, right, take their seats on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, prior to testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on current and projected national security threats against the US.

CIA Launches Probe of Possible Spying on US Senate Staffers
Voa News VOA News | The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has launched an internal review into allegations that its officers had improperly monitored congressional staffers assigned to investigate the agency... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Costa Rica candidate quits election bid, paves way for leftist
Swissinfo | Reuters | Image Caption: | Ruling National Liberation Party presidential candidate Araya leaves after speaking to the media in San Jose (reuters tickers) | March 5, 2014 - 21:41 | SAN JOSE (R... (photo: Public Domain / )

Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi hugs with his supporters at the inaguration of Asia's largest cold store at Lasipora industrial area in South kashmir Pulwama district 40 kms From Srinagar on Thrusday 07, November 2013.

We will send BJP packing, with love: Rahul Gandhi
Newstrack India Tweet | Aurangabad (Maharashtra), March 5 (IANS) Emphasising that the Congress is an ideology imbibed in the Indian psyche for years, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said here Wednesday that "any... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)

Newly-named Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, front left, poses with newly-named Chinese President Xi Jinping, while delegates clap when Li was announced to be the nation's new premier during a plenary session of the National People's Congress held in Beijing's Great Hall of the People Friday, March 15, 2013.

China vows tough reforms, stronger defense
Stars and Stripes BEIJING — China's government responded to public demands for bold leadership with vows Wednesday to press long-sought market reforms, defend against terrorism after a horrific slashing attack, and h... (photo: AP / Alexander F. Yuan)

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with members of non-governmental organizations in Cairo, Egypt

Standoffs persist in Crimea as Kerry prepares to meet Russian counterpart
The Washington Post SEVASTOPOL, Ukraine — As Secretary of State John F. Kerry prepared to meet with his Russian counterpart in Paris, standoffs continued Wednesday between Russian and ... (photo: AP / Jacquelyn Martin)

File - In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a motorized division of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) takes part in a military exercise in central China's Henan Province, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2006.

Amid Regional Worries, China Boosts Defense Spending
Voa News China has announced another double-digit increase in defense spending, amid regional worries about its growing military assertiveness. | Premier Li Keqiang announced the ... (photo: AP / Xinhua, Li Gang)

India sets dates for world's biggest election
New Straits/Business Times India, the world's largest democracy, announced Wednesday it would stage a five-week election from April 7 that is expected to bring Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi to po... (photo: PIB of India)

India to hold national elections from April 7-May 12
New Straits/Business Times NEW DELHI: India said Wednesday that it will hold national elections from April 7 to May 12, kicking off a vote that many observers see as the most important election in ... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon responds to questions during a news interview

Ban Ki-moon arrives in Freetown
Independent online Freetown - | United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon arrived in Sierra Leone on Tuesday to oversee the closure of the organisation's peace mission, with the nation in recovery a... (photo: AP / Frank Franklin II)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads the weekly cabinet meeting in his Jerusalem office

Israeli PM urges more sanctions against Iran
CNTV WASHINGTON, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday reiterated his long-held distrust of Iran over its nuclear program and called for mor... (photo: AP / Abir Sultan)

In Kiev, Kerry visits protest sites, promises aid
The Guardian LARA JAKES | AP National Security Writer= KIEV, Ukraine (AP) â In a somber show of U.S. support for Ukraine's new leadership, Secretary of State John Kerry walked th... (photo: AP / Jim Young)

Russia's President Vladimir Putin addresses the media, at the end of the EU-Russia summit, at the European Council building in Brussels

An ideology that Putin can't stop
New Straits/Business Times UKRAINE CRISIS: Can Putin control the nationalism that his vision of Russia has unleashed? | EVEN cynics like to feel moral. Even hard-eyed men who play power politics ne... (photo: AP / Yves Logghe)

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks about his trip to the Middle East during a news conference in Tel Aviv, Israel on Sunday, June 30, 2013. Kerry engaged in breakneck shuttle diplomacy to coax Israel and the Palestinians back into peace talks over a four-day span with multiple trips to Jordan and Israel and a stop in the West Bank town of Ramallah.

John Kerry offers Ukraine $US1B in loan guarantees
Sydney Morning Herald Ukraine crisis: Latest news | Kiev, Ukraine: In a demonstration of support for Ukraine's fledgling government, US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived here Tuesday with ... (photo: AP / Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)