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Chinese premier heads to India to boost ties

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:52:32 -0400

NEW DELHI - Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier headed to India on Sunday for his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost economic ties.

China questions Japan rule over Okinawa

Wed, 15 May 2013 07:05:45 -0400

BEIJING - China is trying to strengthen its claim on tiny, uninhabited, Japanese-controlled islands by raising questions about the much larger Okinawa chain that is home to more than a million Japanese along with major U.S. military installations. The tactic, however, appears to have done little but harden Tokyo's stance.

Milan prosecutors demand 6 years for Berlusconi

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:15:48 -0400

MILAN - Milan prosecutors on Monday demanded a prison sentence of six years and a lifetime ban from public office for former Premier Silvio Berlusconi in his sex-for-hire trial.

Syria-linked group blamed in Turkey blasts; 43 die

Sat, 11 May 2013 19:11:13 -0400

REYHANLI, Turkey - In one of the deadliest attacks in Turkey in recent years, two car bombs exploded near the border with Syria on Saturday, killing 43 and wounding 140 others. Turkish officials blamed the attack on a group linked to Syria, and a deputy prime minister called the neighboring country's intelligence service and military "the usual suspects."

NKorea nuke arsenal seen as matter of when, not if

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:06:27 -0400

SEOUL, South Korea - For 20 years, fears about North Korea's headlong pursuit of nuclear bombs have been deflected by admonishments not to overestimate an impoverished dictatorship prone to bragging and tantrums.

40 years on, fleeing Vietnamese take to seas again

Thu, 09 May 2013 08:43:31 -0400

HANOI, Vietnam - Nearly 40 years after hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese fled the country's Communist regime by boat, a growing number are taking to the water again.

China and India's rivalry extends to the Arctic

Wed, 08 May 2013 04:50:48 -0400

BEIJING - While the recent troop standoff in a remote Himalayan desert spotlights a long-running border dispute between China and India, the two emerging giants are engaged in a rivalry for global influence that spreads much farther afield.

UN says 4 peacekeepers detained on Golan Heights

Tue, 07 May 2013 13:17:13 -0400

UNITED NATIONS - A Syrian rebel group detained four U.N. peacekeepers on patrol on the Golan Heights in a tense area that separates Syria and Israel, the U.N. said Tuesday.

Pakistan warns Afghanistan to show restraint

Tue, 07 May 2013 08:19:58 -0400

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Pakistan warned Afghanistan on Tuesday that it would not be responsible for the consequences if a border spat between the two countries escalated further, even as hundreds of Afghans rallied in a southern city to protest the latest incidents along their country's frontier.

A look at reasons for Israeli airstrikes in Syria

Sun, 05 May 2013 15:22:41 -0400

BEIRUT - A look at the reasons for and possible implications of the escalation of Israel's involvement in Syria's civil war.

Israeli raids in Syria highlight Arab conundrum

Sun, 05 May 2013 12:54:00 -0400

CAIRO - Five weeks ago, the head of the Arab League capped a summit in Qatar with an impassioned appeal to strengthen the rebel fighters trying to bring down Syrian President Bashar Assad. On Sunday, he denounced Israeli's airstrike into Assad's territory as a dangerous threat to regional stability.

Official: 11 Sudan traders killed in South Sudan

Fri, 03 May 2013 14:01:40 -0400

JUBA, South Sudan - At least 11 Sudanese traders were killed earlier this week by unknown gunmen as they crossed into South Sudanese territory, a military official said Friday, blaming the attack on militiamen who want to shatter the prevailing peace between the two Sudans.

German neo-Nazi trial sparks fear of hidden racism

Fri, 03 May 2013 09:34:35 -0400

BERLIN - Most of the victims were immigrants and their deaths at first failed to make headlines. Police were quick to blame the slayings on foreign gangs with links to gambling and drugs.

Putin, Japanese leader step up peace treaty effort

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:37:29 -0400

MOSCOW - The leaders of Russia and Japan have instructed their diplomats to intensify efforts to work out a peace treaty between the two nations.

US urges China collaboration on cyber intrusions

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:59:12 -0400

BEIJING - The top U.S. military officer said Wednesday that he has called on China to be more transparent about cyberattacks and boost collaboration with the U.S. to tackle a common threat to their economies.

Thailand bans film about Thai-Cambodian border row

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:22:21 -0400

BANGKOK - Thailand's film censors have banned a documentary about the country's long-running border dispute with neighboring Cambodia as a threat to national security, the filmmaker said Wednesday.

Japan war shrine reflects ruling party nationalism

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:55:59 -0400

TOKYO - Visits by Cabinet ministers and lawmakers to a shrine honoring Japan's war dead, including 14 World War II leaders convicted of atrocities, signal Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's determination to pursue a more nationalist agenda after months of focusing on the economy.