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China pledges financial aid to Cuba's Castro
Jul 05, 2012 (AFP)
China on Thursday pledged financial aid to Cuba as it undertakes historic economic reforms, promising visiting President Raul Castro a new credit line as well a...
Russian Air Force to take part in USAF training exercises
Jul 05, 2012 (Voice of Russia)
Despite a cooling off in relations between Russia and NATO countries, neither party has refused taking part in joint military programs. One such program is the ...
China -- again the villain in US election
Jul 05, 2012 (AFP)
Barack Obama on Thursday played the anti-China card beloved of US presidential candidates, covering his flank against the more direct Beijing bashing of his Rep...
China leader urges resistance against Western forces
Jul 04, 2012 (AFP)
China's top security official has urged the ruling Communist Party to resist Western "attacks" on the country's political and legal systems, in comments timed a...
British Army cuts slammed: report
Jul 03, 2012 (AFP)
A senior British army officer has warned that the government's plan to axe some of the country's most celebrated battalions is not a "sensible military option",...
Outside View: July Fourth and Sept. 11th
Jul 03, 2012 (UPI)
For polar opposite reasons, two dates currently loom large in the American psyche. This July 4th marks the 236th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration o...
Work on China leadership change 'smooth': paper
Jul 01, 2012 (AFP)
China's top communist party newspaper said Sunday that preparations for a key meeting to set the country's next leadership were smooth, despite a festering poli...
China official in Bo scandal stripped of parliamentary seat
Jun 30, 2012 (AFP)
A top official at the centre of the biggest political scandal in China in decades has resigned from his parliamentary post, state press said Saturday. The Chong...
China blocks Xi searches after Bloomberg report
Jun 30, 2012 (AFP)
China blocked web searches Saturday for the name of leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping, a day after cutting access to Bloomberg sites following the agency's publicati...
Chinese leader's visit sparks protests in Hong Kong
Jun 30, 2012 (AFP)
Police used pepper spray to disperse crowds of Hong Kongers demonstrating against Chinese President Hu Jintao Saturday, ahead of the 15th anniversary of the ter...
China marks HK handover anniversary with local military parade
Jun 29, 2012 (AFP)
Chinese President Hu Jintao on Friday urged Hong Kong's restive people to embrace the motherland as he visited the financial citadel for the 15th anniversary of...
China vows to oppose military provocation
Jun 28, 2012 (AFP)
China said Thursday it would resolutely oppose any military provocation in its territorial waters, remarks which appeared to be directed at the United States, V...
Outside View: 21st century strategy needed
Jun 27, 2012 (UPI)
All leaders are easily criticized for either having the "wrong" strategy or "no" strategy at all regardless of the issue. In politics, elections exacerbate thes...
Outside View: 'Reset' with Russia
Jun 26, 2012 (UPI)
Perhaps the biggest waste of U.S. funds in the conduct of U.S. President Barack Obama's foreign policy to date has been its smallest expenditure. Whatever the U...
Stonehenge a symbol of a united Britain?
Jun 22, 2012 (UPI)
Stonehenge was the center of ancient Britain and the monument was meant to symbolize the unification of eastern and western communities, researchers say. Specul...
Political 'dysfunction' threatens US security: Panetta
Jun 22, 2012 (AFP)
The "dysfunction" in the US Congress, where Republicans and Democrats have failed to compromise on debt reduction, threatens US national security, according to ...
Hu and Obama meet on sidelines of G20 talks
Jun 19, 2012 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday lobbied President Hu Jintao of China, a veto-wielding permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, on efforts t...
US, New Zealand sign defense cooperation accord
Jun 19, 2012 (AFP)
The United States and New Zealand signed an agreement to expand defense cooperation Tuesday but the deal does not alter Auckland's longstanding ban on port visi...
Bo Xilai scandal 'greatly damaged' China: replacement
Jun 18, 2012 (AFP)
The public demise of Bo Xilai, the former leader of the Chinese megacity of Chongqing, had brought "great damage" to the country and the ruling Communist Party,...
Obama to meet Chinese President in Mexico Tuesday: WHouse
Jun 15, 2012 (AFP)
President Barack Obama will meet next week with China's President Hu Jintao at the G20 summit in Mexico, the White House announced on Friday. Deputy national se...
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