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West Asia
Kuwait hosts 19th Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union conference
Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah (L, front) and Kuwaiti Parliament Speaker Ali al-Rashed (R, front) attend the opening of the 19th Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union (AIPU) conference in Kuwait City on April 9, 2013. Kuwaiti Parliament Speaker Ali al-Rashed addresses the opening of the 19th Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union (AIPU) conference…
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East Asia
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang talks with Australian PM Julia Gillard
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard review the honour guard during a welcoming ceremony before their talks in Beijing, capital of China, April 9, 2013. <Xinhua/Ding Lin> Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (2nd L) holds talks with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard (3rd R) in Beijing, capital…
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East Asia
A cold war waiting ahead?
Editor’s note: The current wholesale leadership transition across Northeast Asia comes at a time of renewed tension over North Korea’s belligerence, China’s more aggressive posture and the American “pivot” toward Asia. At stake in current diplomatic maneuvering, writes Gilbert Rozman on the spring 2013 issue of Global Asia, is whether…
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East Asia
Cambodian PM Hun Sen talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L) holds a welcoming ceremony for visiting Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in Beijing, capital of China, April 8, 2013. <Xinhua/Yao Dawei> Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, center left, talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, center right, during the signing ceremony at the Great Hall of…
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West Asia
Israeli President meets with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Jerusalem
Israel’s President Shimon Peres, right, meets with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in the President’s residence in Jerusalem, Monday, April, 8, 2013. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is looking to breathe new life into dormant Mideast peace talks in meetings Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and…
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Central Asia
Russian President Putin talks with Dutch PM in Amsterdam meeting
Russian President Vladimir Putin, third from right, and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, second left, are seen at the start of a meeting at the Maritime Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday April 8, 2013. After getting an earful from Chancellor Angela Merkel on the importance of democratic issues, Russian President…
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East Asia
Boao Forum claims to be ‘Asia’s Davos’
Chinese President Xi talks of peace, openness and common development Asia has become a major growth engine for the world economy but needs to transform its development model, Chinese President Xi Jinping said. Xi also expressed China’s wish to work with regional leaders to build a better future for Asia…
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East Asia
China offers to reduce friction over hotspots
With pressure growing on Beijing to get North Korea to step back from its war-like footing, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that no one country should be allowed to upset world peace and added China would work to reduce tensions over regional hotspots. In a speech to a regional business…
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East Asia
Chinese President Xi meets Mongolian Chairman of State Great Hural
Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with Chairman of State Great Hural of Mongolia Zandaakhuu Enkhbold during their meeting on the sidelines of Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2013 in Boao, south China’s Hainan Province, April 7, 2013. <Xinhua/Li Xueren>
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South Asia
Former Pakistani military ruler Musharraf allowed to run for parliament
Pakistanis look at posters of former military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf along a roadside on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan on Sunday, April 7, 2013. Musharraf was given approval on Sunday to run for parliament in a remote northern district after being rejected in two other parts of the country,…
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