JAPAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES CONTENTIOUS SECRETS LAW
By ELAINE KURTENBACH Anti-state secrets law protesters holding “abolish secrets bill” placards shout “shame on you” in front of the Diet building in Tokyo after learning the upper house lawmakers…
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YEMEN: 6 DEAD IN RAIDS TO CATCH MINISTRY ATTACKERS
By AHMED AL-HAJ In this photo provided by Yemen’s Defense Ministry, security forces are on the scene after an explosion at the Defense Ministry complex in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Dec.…
DILIGENT ASIAN STUDENTS DOMINATE GLOBAL EXAM
By DIDI TANG FILE – In this Nov. 7, 2013 file photo, South Korean students cheer their seniors’ success in the Scholastic Aptitude Test in front of the main gate…
NATO CHIEF: NOT JUST KARZAI CAN SIGN AFGHAN PACT
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, center, gives opening remarks at the start of the Internal Security Assistance Force (ISAF) meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013.…
BIDEN: US-CHINA TIES RELY ON TRUST, GOOD MOTIVES
By JOSH LEDERMAN U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao at the Great Hall of the People on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013,…
SOME QUESTION SKOREA SPY CLAIM ABOUT KIM’S UNCLE
By FOSTER KLUG and HYUNG-JIN KIM FILE – In this Saturday, July 27, 2013 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second left, flanked by Yang Hyong Sop, second…
THAI PROTESTS EASE AHEAD OF KING’S BIRTHDAY
By TODD PITMAN and JINDA WEDEL Anti-government protesters gather in the compound of Government House in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. Anti-government protesters swarmed into the Thai prime minister’s…
KERRY SEEKS CLARITY ON US TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN
By LARA JAKES U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waves upon his arrival in Brussels, Belgium, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. Kerry traveled to Belgium to attend the annual meeting of…