Obama meets Wen as China visit winds down
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama continued courting China in talks with Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday, opening an opportunity to press him on the economic and currency strains that have shadowed his goodwill visit.
Nations:North Korea South Korea People:Barack Obama Wen Jiabao Hu Jintao Activities:China-U.S.
2009-11-17
Obama wraps up China trip with PM talks, Great Wall
BEIJING (AFP) - US President Barack Obama wraps up his trip to China on Wednesday with a mix of diplomacy and sightseeing, meeting Premier Wen Jiabao for a working lunch and visiting the Great Wall.
Nations:North Korea China South Korea People:Lee Myung-Bak Barack Obama Kim Jong Il Wen Jiabao Hu Jintao Activities:China-U.S. Source:(AFP)
2009-11-17
Obama, Hu talk global challenges as world watches
BEIJING - Seeking help with an array of global troubles, President Barack Obama said Tuesday that his closely watched talks with his Chinese counterpart are vital not just for their nations but the world.
Nations:China North Korea India Brazil South Korea People:Barack Obama Hu Jintao Activities:China-U.S.
2009-11-16
Obama confronts an Asia reshaped by China's rise
BEIJING - Days after coming to power in September, Japan's new prime minister broached forming a new East Asian trading bloc with rival China - one that would exclude the United States.
Nations:Japan China Afghanistan South Korea Singapore North Korea People:Robert Gates Barack Obama George W. Bush Hu Jintao Activities:Japan-U.S. China-U.S.
2009-11-09
Iran tells U.N. it wants nuclear fuel first: envoys
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran has told the U.N. nuclear watchdog it wants fresh fuel for a reactor in Tehran before it will agree to ship most of its enriched uranium stocks to Russia and France, diplomats said Friday.
Nations:Russia France People:Barack Obama Hillary Clinton Ban Ki-moon Activities:Iran Nuclear Crisis Source:(Reuters)
2009-10-30
Taliban kills UN staff in bloody countdown to Afghan polls
KABUL (AFP) - Taliban gunmen stormed a UN guesthouse in Kabul Wednesday, killing at least eight people in a suicide attack as the Islamist militia signalled a bloody countdown to new Afghan elections next week.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan People:Ban Ki-moon Hillary Clinton Hamid Karzai Barack Obama Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AFP)
2009-10-28
Light sentence for disgraced Korean cloning scientist
Seoul, South Korea - South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk got a light sentence Monday for faking stem-cell research in a case that scandalized the scientific community and shocked Koreans who had elevated him to the status of a national hero.
Nations:South Korea Activities:2005 Korean Cloning Scandal Source:(Christian Science Monitor)
2009-10-26
UN inspectors visit once-secret Iranian site
TEHRAN, Iran - U.N. inspectors entered a once-secret uranium enrichment facility with bunker-like construction and heavy military protection that raised Western suspicions about the extent and intent of Iran's nuclear program.
Nations:Iran Russia People:Ban Ki-moon Barack Obama Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Activities:Iran Nuclear Crisis Source:(AP)
2009-10-25
UN-backed panel confirms massive Afghan fraud
KABUL - U.N.-backed fraud investigators on Monday threw out nearly a third of President Hamid Karzai's votes from the August election, undercutting his claim of victory and stepping up the pressure for him to accept a runoff.
Nations:Afghanistan People:John Kerry Ban Ki-moon Gordon Brown Hamid Karzai Barack Obama Hillary Clinton Activities:2009 Afghan Election Source:(AP)
2009-10-19
North Korea may fire more missiles ahead of talks
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea was preparing to fire a fresh barrage of short-range missiles, a report said on Tuesday, in a move seen as an attempt to boost its bargaining position ahead of expected talks on ending its nuclear weapons program.
Nations:South Korea North Korea People:Hillary Clinton Kim Jong Il Activities:Korea Nuclear Crisis Source:(Reuters)
2009-10-13
Report: NKorea fires 5 short-range missiles
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea fired five short-range missiles off its east coast on Monday, news reports said, even as South Korea proposed working-level talks with its communist neighbor.
Nations:South Korea North Korea Russia People:Lee Myung-Bak Hillary Clinton Activities:Korea Nuclear Crisis Source:(AP)
2009-10-12
Australia rate hike a good sign for world economy
WASHINGTON - A move by Australia's central bank to raise its benchmark interest rate, the first major economy to do so since the financial crisis worsened last fall, may signal a vote of confidence in a global recovery.
Nations:South Korea Spain Canada India New Zealand Switzerland Activities:Global Financial Crisis
2009-10-06
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