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Four-of-5 world leaders use Twitter; Obama leads the pack
Jan 02, 2013 (UPI)
Four out of 5 world leaders use Twitter, an annual ranking of the use of social media among world leaders by the Digital Policy Council found. The numbers are a...
New York Times says reporter forced to leave China
Jan 01, 2013 (AFP)
A New York Times reporter has been forced to leave China, two months after the newspaper carried a critical report on the wealth of the family of Premier Wen Ji...
Outside View: Game changers for 2014
Jan 01, 2013 (UPI)
New Year's Day marks the time for making predictions and resolutions. Game-changing events are among the former. So, here are three game changers that you might...
Three China ships in waters around disputed islands: Japan
Dec 31, 2012 (AFP)
Three Chinese government ships on Monday entered territorial waters around East China Sea islands at the centre of a dispute with Tokyo, Japan's coastguard said...
Chinese say country still not 'world power': poll
Dec 31, 2012 (AFP)
More than 80 percent of Chinese say they do not yet see their country as a "world power", according to a newspaper poll published Monday. The survey, in the Glo...
Japan's PM seeks security ties with Australia, India: report
Dec 29, 2012 (AFP)
Japan's hawkish new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has sought to expand the Japan-US security partnership to Australia and India as it faces a bitter territorial row...
Japan new foreign minister vows China patch-up
Dec 28, 2012 (AFP)
Japan's new foreign minister said Friday he would work to patch up ties with China, soured over a bitter territorial row that has blighted relations for months....
N. Korea's China trade nearly triples in four years
Dec 27, 2012 (AFP)
North Korea's trade with China has nearly tripled since 2007, data published by South Korea showed Thursday, underlining the isolated state's deepening dependen...
Australia plans war games with China: report
Dec 27, 2012 (AFP)
Australia and China are planning joint military exercises which may also include the United States as the nations work to ensure stability in the region, Canber...
Lithuania seeks trial in absentia for Soviet commandos
Dec 27, 2012 (AFP)
Lithuanian prosecutors said Thursday they would seek to try in absentia two Russian former commandos accused of war crimes in the Baltic state in 1991, as Mosco...
Outside View: Going over the decency cliff
Dec 26, 2012 (UPI)
The looming fiscal cliff has received almost as much publicity as the Mayan prediction of the end of the world. This column has warned that the nation also face...
US troops to be deployed in dozens of African countries next year
Dec 26, 2012 (Voice of Russia)
Next year US troops will go to as many as 35 African countries, according to media reports, where they will train local troops for any future threats from al-Qa...
China calls on Japan to meet 'halfway' to fix ties
Dec 26, 2012 (AFP)
China called on new Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Wednesday to meet Beijing "halfway" to try and improve relations that have been hurt by a debilitating te...
Hawkish Abe elected as Japan's next prime minister
Dec 26, 2012 (AFP)
Shinzo Abe was elected Japan's prime minister by the lower house of parliament on Wednesday after he swept to power on a hawkish platform of getting tough on di...
China and emerging powers to pay more for UN
Dec 25, 2012 (AFP)
China, Brazil, India and other emerging powers agreed to major increases in their United Nations payments as the global body hammered out a new budget deal this...
Japan's incoming PM pledges to mend ties with China
Dec 22, 2012 (AFP)
Japan's incoming premier Saturday pledged to seek a thaw in ties with China after a report said he will send a special envoy on a fence-mending mission to Beiji...
China ships in disputed waters, first since Japan poll
Dec 21, 2012 (AFP)
China sent its ships into territorial waters around disputed islands Friday, in the first incursion since Japan elected a new government. The move is a setback ...
Russia widens anti-U.S. retaliation
Dec 21, 2012 (UPI)
Russia widened its retaliation against the United States, banning adoption of Russian children by U.S. citizens and warning of tit-for-tat measures against U.S....
Leadership change in Asia offers new start: analysts
Dec 20, 2012 (AFP)
Near-simultaneous leadership changes in China, Japan and South Korea offer East Asia a fresh start after a period of tension, say analysts, despite the hawkish ...
Rights focus urged for EU-Russia summit
Dec 20, 2012 (UPI)
Human rights advocates are urging the European Union to demand at this week's summit in Brussels that Russia relent on its internal crackdown on dissents. Russi...
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