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China's Xi will meet Obama earlier than expected

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:43:33 -0400

BEIJING - China's new leader Xi Jinping will confer with President Barack Obama next month in California, months earlier than their expected first meeting, as both sides seek to stem a drift in relations, troubled by issues from cyberspying to North Korea.

Fed official to attend SD summit on tribal welfare

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:38:31 -0400

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota - President Barack Obama's top official on tribal issues was expected to attend a summit this week in South Dakota aimed at sorting out allegations that the state regularly violates federal law by removing American Indian children from their homes and placing them in foster care with non-Indian families.

EU to shift bill for bank failures to creditors

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:17:53 -0400

BRUSSELS - European Union governments want to shift the cost of rescuing troubled banks from taxpayers to the banks' creditors - including the holders of large deposits- as part the region's plan to shore up its shaky financial system.

G7 says Japan playing by currency rules

Sat, 11 May 2013 17:41:49 -0400

AYLESBURY, England - Finance leaders from the Group of Seven leading industrial economies say Japan's stimulus policies are directed at boosting its economy out of a two-decade period of stagnation, not an attempt to drive down its currency to make Japan's exports more competitive.

Northern Ireland reserves jail space for G-8 riots

Fri, 10 May 2013 08:29:05 -0400

DUBLIN - Northern Ireland security chiefs say arrested troublemakers at the G-8 summit next month may be housed in a prison wing and in an abandoned British Army base.

NKorea calls US-SKorea summit prelude to war

Fri, 10 May 2013 03:02:22 -0400

SEOUL, South Korea - Ahead of a nuclear-powered U.S. carrier's visit to South Korea, North Korea on Friday called this week's summit between the U.S. and South Korean presidents a prelude to war against Pyongyang. Yet it also said it was waiting "with patience" to see if Seoul changes its policies.

North Korea calls US-South Korea summit war prep

Thu, 09 May 2013 23:29:05 -0400

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea says a summit between the U.S. and South Korean presidents is a prelude to war against the North.

G4S to help provide security at G-8 conference

Thu, 09 May 2013 11:22:12 -0400

LONDON - G4S, the security company that had a high-profile failure at the London Olympics, says it has been hired to support police at the G-8 summit in Northern Ireland next month.

Pessimism abounds at annual fiscal 'summit'

Tue, 07 May 2013 16:45:43 -0400

WASHINGTON - On this, some of Washington's highest-ranking budget players can agree: A "grand bargain" this year to close the nation's chronic budget deficits seems like a long shot.

Queen Elizabeth II to miss Commonwealth meeting

Tue, 07 May 2013 11:38:31 -0400

LONDON - The 87-year-old Queen Elizabeth II will skip the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Sri Lanka this fall - the first time she's missed the biennial gathering since 1971.

Sea disputes, NKorea in spotlight at ASEAN summit

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 02:53:40 -0400

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Worried that long-seething rifts could escalate over the South China Sea, Southeast Asian leaders are expected this week to press China to agree to start negotiations on a new pact aimed at thwarting a major clash in one of the world's busiest waterways.