LAWMAKERS: NKOREAN LEADER’S UNCLE POSSIBLY SACKED
In this Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012 file photo provided by China’s Xinhua News Agency, Jang Song Thaek, North Korea’s vice chairman of the powerful National Defense Commission, attends the third…
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BIDEN: CHINA AIR ZONE RAISES RISK OF ACCIDENTS
By JOSH LEDERMAN U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, is welcomed by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe prior to their talks at Abe’s official residence in Tokyo Tuesday, Dec. 3,…
THAI PM SAYS PROTESTERS’ DEMANDS UNACCEPTABLE
By THANYARAT DOKSONE and JOCELYN GECKER An Anti-government protester waves Thai National Flag under water cannon fired by police during a protest in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. After…
ENVOY SAYS CHINA HAS RIGHT TO SET ANOTHER AIR ZONE
By JIM GOMEZ Philippine Red Cross Chairman Richard Gordon, right, welcomes Chinese Ambassador Ma Keqing, center, before turnover rites of payloaders donated by Chinese companies in Manila, Philippines on Monday,…
NKOREA SAYS DETAINED AMERICAN TOURIST APOLOGIZES
By FOSTER KLUG and EUN-YOUNG JEONG In this Nov. 9, 2013 photo released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and distributed Nov. 30, 2013 by the Korea News Service,…
PAKISTAN PM IN KABUL DISCUSSES TALIBAN, ENERGY
By PATRICK QUINN Afghan President Hamid Karzai shakes hands with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif during a joint press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013. Sharif said Saturday…
MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS NOW MAKE MONEY EXPORTING ORE
By MARK STEVENSON In this Aug. 14, 2013 photo, Mexican army soldiers enter the iron ore mine in the town of Aquila, Mexico. A resident of Aquila, said that since…
CHINA SENDS FIGHTERS TO ID FLIGHTS BY US AND JAPAN
A Chinese man reads a newspaper which reports that U.S., Japan and South Korea sent flights through China’s newly declared maritime air defense zone, in Beijing, China Friday, Nov. 29,…