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FILE - In this July 28, 2002 file photo, a Muslim man prays as he enters Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. Brunei on Thursday, May 1, 2014 embraced a form of Islamic Shariah criminal law that includes harsh penalties, a move slammed by international rights group as a step backward for human rights. From Thursday, Brunei citizens can be fined or jailed by Islamic courts for offences like not performing Friday prayers, pregnancy out of wedlock, propagating other religions and indecent behavior. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File)

Shariah law comes to first East Asian nation; Brunei blasted for ‘horrific and sickening’ move

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Hessel, France’s surprise elder icon, dies at 95

By LORI HINNANT - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: OSCE observers impartial

The Washington Times

Alaeddin Boroujerdi (left), head of Iran's powerful parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy, meets with Syrian Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012.
Mr. al-Sharaa's appearance at the meeting ended rumors that he had defected to Jordan. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)

Mass burials in Damascus suburb amid massacre report

By Jamal Halaby - Associated Press

U.N. report on Congo genocide strengthened

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times