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LONDON (AFP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel began a visit to Britain Thursday, where she will make a historic speech to parliament, hold talks on the EU and Ukraine with Prime Minister David Cameron and take tea with the queen.The eyes of Europe will be on how the continent's most power...
Updated : 2014.02.27 21:08
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BRUSSELS (AFP) - NATO head Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Thursday warned Russia not take any action over Crimea that could stoke tensions or misunderstandings in the Ukraine crisis."I'm concerned about developments in Crimea," Rasmussen said in a tweeted message."I urge Russia not to take any a...
Updated : 2014.02.27 20:42
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TOKYO (AP) – Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama said Thursday that the landmark 1995 war apology carrying his name is an international pledge that Japan must not change, amid speculation that the current conservative leaders want to revise it.Murayama said that Japan should ...
Updated : 2014.02.27 20:40
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A top Pentagon official assured South Koreans Wednesday that the size and operation of American forces on the peninsula will remain intact despite plans to make deep cuts in the number of U.S. ground troops."The importance of our relationship with Korea and the importance of our commitment...
Updated : 2014.02.27 10:25
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Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday called for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula amid ongoing diplomacy involving the U.S. that is seeking to revive the long-suspended six-party talks aimed at persuading North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons. Xi made the remarks at a...
Updated : 2014.02.21 21:24
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As thick black smoke rose from the barricades encircling the protest camp in central Kiev, a tense calm descended Wednesday over the capital and the European Union threatened sanctions against Ukraine following deadly violence between riot police and protesters in which at least 25 people ...
Updated : 2014.02.19 21:05
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China's vice foreign minister has told North Korea's top diplomats that Beijing "will never allow war or chaos" on the Korean Peninsula, in a clear warning against Pyongyang's defiant continuation of its nuclear programs and provocations.Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin, who began...
Updated : 2014.02.19 20:07
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HANOI -- A South Korean tourist was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in the northern Philippine city of Angeles, the South Korean Embassy in Manila said Wednesday.The 65-year-old South Korean man, surnamed Hur, was hit by several bullets shot by two gunmen riding a motorcycle at around 7...
Updated : 2014.02.19 19:40
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BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, who helped make his name smashing a valuable vase in the name of art, said Wednesday that he was miffed about another artist destroying one of his vases in Florida.Maximo Caminero was charged with criminal mischief after destroying a vase...
Updated : 2014.02.19 19:32
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SAN JOSE, California ― A popular and accomplished Los Altos High student received a parent’s text message at school last year, to come home to talk about her grades. The student and star athlete had...
Updated : 2014.02.19 19:15
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China has agreed to build a new site at one of its state cemeteries to bury the remains of soldiers killed during the 1950-53 Korean War that are to be repatriated from South Korea late next month, a diplomatic source said Monday.The Chinese decision, which came after a meeting in Beijing ...
Updated : 2014.02.17 11:11
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has provided a much-needed boost to the Barack Obama administration's rebalancing toward Asia, as he wraps up a whistle-stop tour of three key regional countries.Some questioned his role in the U.S. policy on Asia. He spent much of his time and energy in ...
Updated : 2014.02.17 09:46
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A former regulator says a 2013 shooting which nearly knocked out Silicon Valley's power supply was a terror attack, possibly testing for a bigger strike, but others cast doubt on the claim.The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said Friday it could not rule anything out, but that the at...
Updated : 2014.02.08 10:32
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The Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill Thursday on using the name East Sea for the body of water between South Korea and Japan.The bill, approved 81-15, calls for the Korean-version name to be ...
Updated : 2014.02.07 09:04
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BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese manufacturing contracted for the first time in six months in January, HSBC confirmed Thursday, raising questions over growth prospects for the world's second-largest economy this year.The British banking giant's final reading of China's purchasing managers' index (P...
Updated : 2014.01.30 12:04
