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China to seal Xi's power after months of pledges

Mar 03, 2013 (AFP)

Thousands of delegates from across China meet this week to seal a power transfer to new leaders who have raised expectations with a deluge of propaganda during ...

Commentary: Defense: Mutatis mutandis

Feb 28, 2013 (UPI)

The United States fields 17 intelligence agencies with a combined annual budget of $100 billion. They employ 100,000 intelligence specialists. And we still got ...

Japan PM quotes Britain's Iron Lady on island dispute

Feb 28, 2013 (AFP)

Japan's prime minister on Thursday quoted comments by former British premier Margaret Thatcher about the Falklands War as he spoke about Tokyo's acrimonious isl...

Japan scrambles fighters to meet China plane

Feb 28, 2013 (AFP)

Japan scrambled fighter jets on Thursday to head off a Chinese government plane flying towards disputed islands in the East China Sea, the defence ministry said...

US 'can't dictate' to the world: Pentagon's new chief

Feb 27, 2013 (AFP)

America cannot "dictate to the world" and must work with allies and build relationships with other nations, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said shortly after ...

Outside View: Don't reinvent the Russian bear and Chinese dragon

Feb 26, 2013 (UPI)

Last week's geopolitical guidance to politicians was "Don't lose wars." This week's advice is "Don't reinvent Russian bears and Chinese dragons." Portraying Rus...

Hagel confirmed as next US secretary of defense

Feb 26, 2013 (AFP)

The US Senate confirmed Chuck Hagel to be secretary of defense Tuesday, ending a long and acrimonious nomination process and handing President Barack Obama a bo...

Swiss minister: 'Inconceivable' EU would sever ties over immigration

Feb 25, 2013 (UPI)

Switzerland's defense minister says it's "inconceivable" the European Union will sever its bilateral pacts with the nation after its vote to curb immigration. F...

Two Obama cabinet nominees face key votes Tuesday

Feb 25, 2013 (AFP)

The new picks to lead the Pentagon and US Treasury face key hurdles Tuesday in the Senate, as President Barack Obama fleshes out his second-term cabinet amid tr...

Japan coastguard says more China ships in disputed waters

Feb 24, 2013 (AFP)

Japan said three Chinese surveillance ships entered its territorial waters off disputed East China Sea islands on Sunday, hours after one of Beijing's fisheries...

Walker's World: Can the new Ukraine succeed?

Feb 24, 2013 (UPI)

After the euphoria of a successful popular revolution, Ukraine's problems begin now. And they will be compounded by the competing tug of four great powers. Russ...

Japan PM won't 'tolerate' China island challenge

Feb 22, 2013 (AFP)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed Friday that he would not "tolerate" any challenge to control over contested islands, after China's growing incursions i...

Russia, China proclaim unity ahead of Xi visit

Feb 22, 2013 (AFP)

Russia and China said on Friday they saw eye-to-eye on all the worlds problems including the Syria conflict, as the Chinese foreign minister held talks in Mosco...

Commentary: Geopolitical conundrum

Feb 22, 2013 (UPI)

When three out of four Pakistanis consider the United States "the enemy," it's Mission Impossible to build an alliance worth the name. Retaliating for the accid...

China slams Japan's Abe over interview comments

Feb 22, 2013 (AFP)

China sharply criticised Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday for telling a US newspaper that Beijing had a "deeply ingrained" need to challenge its nei...

Outside View:Saudis found religious center

Feb 22, 2013 (UPI)

The opening last November of a Saudi-backed interfaith center in Vienna, Austria, has created speculation and controversy in the religious and human rights worl...

NATO head warns against spending cuts

Feb 21, 2013 (AFP)

NATO head Anders Fogh Rasmussen pressed alliance members Thursday to halt cuts to defence spending, warning that military readiness and capabilities would other...

Outside View: Obama sequestration strategy

Feb 21, 2013 (UPI)

U.S. President Barack Obama is painting a dire picture if the House Republicans don't agree to raise taxes, yet again, to avert sequestration. Unless the GOP ag...

Japan coastguard says China ship in disputed waters

Feb 21, 2013 (AFP)

A Chinese government ship briefly entered territorial waters off Japanese-controlled but disputed islands in the East China Sea on Thursday, Japan's coastguard ...

Walker's World: A declining West?

Feb 18, 2013 (UPI)

Europeans, seeing the keystone economy of Germany drifting back into recession, are pinning more and more of their hopes on U.S. President Barack Obama's propos...