U.S. to Send First Delegation to Hiroshima A-Bomb Ceremony
U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos will attend the city of Hiroshima’s annual ceremony memorializing the 1945 atomic bombing of the city on...
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WikiLeaks Documents Reveal Extent of Pakistani ISI Activity in Afghanistan
Officials in the United States may be considering Pfc. Bradley Manning as a "person of interest" in their investigation into the leaked Afghan...
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No Real Justice for the Killing Fields
Reuters reported that a United Nations tribunal has tried and sentenced Kaing Guek Eav, the first Khmer Rouge commander to face charges of...
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UN Command Reprimands North Korea Over Truce Violation
An AP report noted that colonels from the United Nations Command (UNC) — the agency responsible for carrying out the terms and conditions...
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Korea Condemns U.S. Naval Exercises With South
AFP news reported on July 22 that a spokesman for the North Korean delegation at the ASEAN security talks in Hanoi has condemned...
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CFR President Richard Haass: Do Less in Afghanistan
Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass has penned a cover story for Newsweek magazine calling for a smaller U.S. presence in Afghanistan,...
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Clinton Announces New U.S. Sanctions On North Korea
Speaking at a news conference in Seoul, South Korea, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on July 21 that the United States will...
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Conference Backs Karzai Plan for Afghan-led Security by 2014
International leaders meeting at a conference held at the Afghan Interior Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 20 renewed their commitment to turn...
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Iranian Scientist Shahram Amiri: Un-Defector or Kidnapping Victim?
The return of Iranian scientist Shahram Amiri to Iran from CIA custody has news agencies wondering whether he defected or was kidnapped by...
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Karzai Approves Plan for Afghan Defense Forces
AP and the New York Times reported on July 15 that on the previous day the Afghan government approved a U.S.-backed plan to...
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Obama Appoints Gen. Mattis for U.S. Central Command
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates recommended Marine Corps General James Mattis July 8 to head the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), the joint military command for...
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CNN Editor Fired for Praising Late Ayatollah With Hezbollah Ties
Octavia Nasr, a senior Middle East editor at CNN, has been fired from her position after writing in a post on Twitter that she...
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Adding Refueling to the Fire of U.S.-Iran Tensions
“Airports in Britain, Germany, and the United Arab Emirates have refused to offer fuel to Iranian passenger jets after unilateral sanctions imposed by...
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China, Taiwan Sign Trade Pact Linking Economies
Trade representatives of mainland China and the Republic of China on Taiwan signed a trade deal called the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA)...
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Coronation in Communist North Korea
What is the political ideology that governs the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea? Communism, its government proclaims. Communism, on paper, rejects dynastic rule....
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