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Sister Souljah speaks at an event in New York in 1992, the year presidential candidate Bill Clinton blasted her comments after the Rodney King beating. (Associated Press)
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Philippine President Benigno Aquino III said Sunday “this framework agreement paves the way for final and enduring peace in Mindanao,” the southern Philippine region that is the homeland of the country’s Muslims. (Associated Press)
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In announcing the plant closing last week, Hallmark Senior Vice President Pete Burney admits that “competition in our industry is indeed formidable.” The closing will eliminate 300 jobs. (Associated Press)
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Imran Khan (center), Pakistan’s ex-cricket star-turned-politician, talks to backers during a march in Tank, Pakistan, on Sunday. The Pakistani military blocked a convoy carrying thousands of Pakistanis and a contingent of U.S. anti-war activists. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, arrive in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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On Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Afghan Gen. Majid Rouzi, a former civil war commander who now is an adviser to the Ministry of Interior, shows off his favorite civil war photograph, in which he is pictured with one of the best-known Afghan military leaders, Ahmad Shah Massoud. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)
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A protester holds a banner that translates as "Financial cuts to banks and church" in Madrid on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012, as another shouts slogans against health care austerity measures announced by the Spanish government. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (center) walks with Peruvian Defense Minister Pedro Cateriano (left) past an honor guard during a ceremony at army headquarters in Lima, Peru, on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
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The Turkish military guards the border with Syria at a station in Akcakale, Turkey, across from Syrian-rebel-controlled Tel Abyad town (right), on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. (AP Photo)