ANALYSIS: NKOREA THREAT MAY BE MORE BARK THAN BITE
By JEAN H. LEE University students punch the air as they march through Kim Il Sung Square in downtown Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, March 29, 2013. Tens of thousands of…
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40 YEARS ON, VIETNAM TROOP WITHDRAWAL REMEMBERED
By GILLIAN FLACCUS and LISA CORNWELL FILE – In this March 29, 1973 file photo, the American flag is furled at a ceremony marking official deactivation of the Military Assistance…
BHUTTO’S SON’S ROLE IN PAKISTAN ELECTION UNCERTAIN
By ZARAR KHAN and MUNIR AHMED FILE – In this Sunday, April 8, 2012 file photo, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, right, waves while arriving at the Palam Airfield with…
3-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE FOR EX-ROMANIAN DIPLOMAT
FILE – A Jan. 12, 2011 file picture shows former Romanian diplomat Silviu Ionescu at a court room in Bucharest, Romania. A Romanian court on Wednesday, March 27, 2013, handed…
GENERAL: MYANMAR MILITARY STAYING IN POLITICS
By ERIKA KINETZ Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in yellow, talks with Deputy Border Affairs Minister Maj. Gen. Zaw Win, left, during Myanmar’s 68th anniversary celebrations of Armed Forces…
VIETNAM ACC– USES CHINA OF FIRING FLARE AT FISHERMEN
In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Ahency, crew members of a fishery administration ship attend a ceremony before leaving the Xingang Port of Haikou, capital of south China’s…
NKOREA PUTS ARTILLERY FORCES AT TOP COMBAT POSTURE
ByHYUNG-JIN KIM CORRECTS DATE – South Korean President Park Geun-hye delivers a speech during the third anniversary of the sinking of a South Korean naval war ship “Cheonan,” at the…
CHINA’S FIRST LADY SPARKS HOMEGROWN FASHION FRENZY
By GILLIAN WONG FILE – In this March 22, 2013 file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s wife Peng Liyuan smiles after arriving at the government airport Vnukovo II, outside Moscow,…