Abuse of Power

File - On December 14th in Kabul, Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, Commander ISAF and Commander USFOR-A, shook the hand of an Afghan National Civil Order Police (ANCOP) patrolman, 14 December, 2010.

FBI and Justice department said to seek charges for Petraeus
The Times Of India WASHINGTON: The F.B.I. and Justice Department prosecutors have recommended bringing felony charges against retired Gen David H Petraeus for providing classified information to his former mistress whil... (photo: US Army)

Opposition Phue Thai party's Yingluck Shinawatra gives Thai traditional "wai" greeting after a press conference at the party headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, July 3, 2011.

Yingluck Impeachment Trial Revisits Thailand's Political Divide
Voa News Ron Corben | Thailand’s former prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, appeared in the National Legislative Assembly Friday to face impeachment charges over the country’s rice price subsidy s... (photo: AP / Wason Wanichkorn)

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, meeting with HE Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 27-5-14.

Rajapaksa faces tough test as voting ends with high turnout
The Hindu Sri Lankans on Thursday voted in large numbers in the tightest-ever presidential race in which incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa, seeking a record third term, is involved in a grim battle for survival. | Mr... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)

In this Wednesday, May 14, 2014 photo, recording artist and actress Lucy Hale poses for a portrait in Burbank, Calif. Hale's debut country album Road Between, releases June 3, 2014. She will be performing at the Grand Ole Opry on June 21, 2014 in Nashville, Tenn.

Lucy Hale: My house is haunted
Music News Lucy Hale had a "vibe" her mom's house is haunted. | The Pretty Little Liars star lives in Los Angeles but visits her hometown of Tennessee as often as she can. She spent Christmas with her family the... (photo: AP / Jordan Strauss)

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President Barack Obama and President Pena Nieto of Mexico share a toast prior to a working dinner at Los Pinos

Obama, Mexico’s president meet
Longview News Journal WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama pledged to stand with Mexico against “the scourge of violence and the drug cartels” as he met Tuesday with President Enriqu... (photo: White House / Pete Souza)

A Syrian girl eats a sandwich as others fill water containers at a refugee camp in Deir Zannoun village, Bekaa valley, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015.

Lebanon has just done the unthinkable
Al Jazeera Lebanon has just done the apparently unthinkable and placed visa control on the entry of Syrians into the country. Before, the situation was effectively a free flow that ... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla)

Afghanistan's presidential election candidates Abdullah Abdullah, center left, and Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, center right, shake hands after signing a power-sharing deal at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014. Afghanistan's two presidential candidates signed a power-sharing deal Sunday, capped with a hug and a handshake, three months after a disputed runoff that threatened to plunge the country into turmoil and complicate the withdrawal of U.S. and foreign troops.

100 days in power for Afghan president, but no government
The Times Of India KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani marked his first 100 days in power on Tuesday, still struggling to form a government as a new political stalemate threatens to fuel t... (photo: AP / Massoud Hossaini)

Prince Ali to challenge Blatter
Al Jazeera Jordan’s Ali bin Al-Hussein will stand against Sepp Blatter for presidency of football's world governing body FIFA, and declared on Tuesday that years of controvers... (photo: Creative Commons)

Taiwan former President Chen Shui-bian is seen behind barbed-wire at the Tucheng Detention Center in Taipei County, Taiwan, Friday, Sept. 11, 2009.

Taiwan's ex-president receives medical parole after 6 years in prison
The Los Angeles Times After serving about one-third of a 20-year sentence on corruption charges, Taiwan’s ex-president, Chen Shui-bian, was granted medical parole Monday. The move was se... (photo: AP)

Ex-president granted medical parole
Belfast Telegraph Taiwan's former president Chen Shui-bian has been granted a one-month medical parole for treatment of neural degeneration, more than four years into his 20-year prison se... (photo: AP)

File - Photograph of the grave of Alexander Litvinenko, Highgate Cemetery, London, United Kingdom.

A son seeking justice for Litvinenko
The Guardian Ahead of an inquiry into the 2006 poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, the Russian agent’s son Anatoly talks to Peter Marshall about family life with his father and the l... (photo: Public Domain)

File - Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, left, and Chinese businessman Wang Jing shake hands before signing a concession agreement for the construction of a multibillion-dollar canal at the Casa de los Pueblos in Managua, Nicaragua, Friday, June 14, 2013.

Will 2015 Be the Year of Canals, Including Nicaragua's?
WorldNews.com Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | What transcontinental railroads are to large land masses, trans-isthmus canals are to oceans and seas. Their locations an... (photo: AP / Esteban Felix)

Angelique Kidjo: 'Africa Isn't Just Diseases'
Peace FM Online Singer Angelique Kidjo is a symbol of Africa's creativity, energy and beauty. | Through her work with the United Nations and her own foundation, she has travelled across ... (photo: Creative Commons / Henryk Kotowski Kotoviski)