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A Pakistani polio worker administers the oral polio vaccine to an infant in a Christian colony in the slums of Islamabad on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Pakistani polio workers get police protection

By Sebastian Abbot - Associated Press

Briefly: Nelson Mandela spends 12th day in hospital

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A Pakistani polio worker administers the oral polio vaccine to an infant in a Christian colony in the slums of Islamabad on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Pakistan: 8 working on polio vaccinations slain in 48 hours

By Jamal Khan - Associated Press

Syrian rebels under attack, camp bombed

By Barbara Surk - Associated Press

A boy runs for cover after a mortar shell hit a street and killed several people in the Bustan Al-Qasr district of Aleppo, Syria, on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

Syrian troops battle rebels in Damascus suburbs

By Barbara Surk - Associated Press

** FILE ** Construction is underway at a site in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Sholmo on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. (Associated Press)

Netanyahu vows more Israeli construction in east Jerusalem

By Ian Deitch - Associated Press

Rescue workers at a hospital morgue in Karachi, Pakistan, carry the body of a female polio worker killed by unknown gunmen on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Gunmen kill 5 female polio workers in Pakistan

By Adil Jawad - Associated Press

An Indian student shows the inexpensive Aakash 2 computer she received during its launch in New Delhi. The $25 basic touchscreen tablet aimed for students can be used for functions like word processing, Web browsing and video conferencing. The Indian government intends to deliver 10 million tablets to students across India. (Associated Press)

India defends its $25 computer with China parts

By Stewart Stogel - Special to The Washington Times

North Koreans dance near a slogan which reads “(we) fervently celebrate the successful launch of the second version of the Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite" during a mass rally organized to celebrate the success of a rocket launch that sent a satellite into space, on Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Dec. 14, 2012. As the U.S. led international condemnation of what it calls a covert test of missile technology, top North Korean officials denied the allegations and maintained the country's right to develop its space program. (Associated Press)

N. Korea rocket launch shows young leader as gambler

By Jean H. Lee - Associated Press

Sen. John F. Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. (Associated Press)

Kerry, Hagel front-runners to lead State, Defense

Associated Press

**FILE** Palestinian supporters of Hamas wave flags during a rally in the West Bank city of Tulkarem on Dec. 14, 2012, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the militant group. (Associated Press)

Diplomat: Palestinians to oppose Israeli settlements

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

UN group gives nod for greater Internet oversight

By BRIAN MURPHY - Associated Press

**FILE** U.N. Ambassador Susan E. Rice (center), listens as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks Nov. 29, 2012, during a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly prior to a vote on a resolution on the issue of upgrading the Palestinian Authority's status to non-member observer state at the United Nations headquarters. (Associated Press)

Battered by Benghazi, Susan Rice withdraws as secretary of state candidate

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

"Diplomatic immunity must not become diplomatic impunity" - Mark P. Lagon, who headed the State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons under President George W. Bush. (State.gov)

Diplomats immuned to charges of human trafficking

By Chuck Neubauer - The Washington Times

US leads Western snub of UN telecoms treaty

By BRIAN MURPHY - Associated Press

US warns of treaty snub over Internet rules

By BRIAN MURPHY - Associated Press

U.N. group gives nod for greater Internet oversight

By Brian Murphy - Associated Press

Illustration Parents' Rights by John Camejo for The Washington Times

DIAZ: U.N. disabilities treaty threatens parents’ rights

By Mario Diaz

An displaced Afghan child stands at a refugee camp on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. More than 2 million Afghans are at risk from cold, disease and malnutrition this winter as an international appeal for funds to help one of the world's poorest countries has fallen drastically short of its goal, the United Nations and several humanitarian agencies warned on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

U.N.: More than 2 million Afghans at risk this winter

By Patrick Quinn - Associated Press

In this image made from video, displays show the Unha-3 rocket launch at North Korea's space agency's General Launch Command Center on the outskirts of Pyongyang, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. (AP Photo via APTN)

North Korea launch increases threat of weapons

By Andrew Salmon and Kristina Wong - The Washington Times