INDIAN STATE STOPS PLAYBOY BEACH CLUB FROM OPENING
By MAYABHUSHAN NAGVENKAR FILE – In this Dec. 18, 2010 file photo, waitresses pose inside the Playboy Club at the Sands Casino in Macau. After a month of heated debate,…
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CHINA AND ICELAND SIGN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Iceland’s Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir, right, is shown the way by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang after inspecting a guard of honor during a welcome ceremony outside the…
LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS DENOUNCES BBC TACTICS
By GREGORY KATZ The name plaque outside the London School of Economics (LSE) in this file photo dated Sept. 3, 2009, in central London. The renowned LSE has denounced the…
INVESTIGATORS PROBE JET’S CRASH INTO SEA IN BALI
By FIRDIA LISNAWATI and NINIEK KARMINI In this photo released by Indonesia’s National Rescue Team, rescuers stand near the wreckage of a crashed Lion Air plane in Bali, Indonesia on…
KERRY HOPES NEXT PALESTINIAN PM CAN WORK WITH US
By BRADLEY KLAPPER FILE – In this Tuesday, June 28, 2011 file photo, Palestinian Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in the West Bank…
MYANMAR’S LEADER: NATION NEEDS TO LEARN FROM PAST
By YADANA HTUN In this March 28, 2013 file photo, Myanmar President Thein Sein delivers a televised speech in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Thein Sein said Sunday, April 14, 2013 his country…
CHINA WHO CHIEF: BEIJING H7N9 CASE NOT SURPRISING
A nurse stays with a patient at a specialized fever clinic inside the Ditan Hospital, where a Chinese girl warded for the H7N9 strain of bird flu, in Beijing Saturday,…
KERRY: US, CHINA PLEDGE TO WORK TOGETHER ON NKOREA
By BRADLEY KLAPPER Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, poses with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry before their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Saturday, April…