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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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East Asia
Despite doomsday warnings, life continues in Pyongyang
Editor’s note: North Korea’s bellicose rhetoric and actions over the past few weeks have gone too far. It has been extraordinary. It has threatened the United States with nuclear weapons with the promise to rain missiles on mainland America and military bases in Hawaii and Guam and declared a “state…
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West Asia
Egyptian President Morsi meets with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir
This image released by the Egyptian Presidency shows Mohammed Morsi greeting a girl after Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir, right, received him at the airport in Khartoum, Sudan, Thursday, April 4, 2013. Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi arrived in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Thursday to meet the country’s President Omar al-Bashir.…
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South East Asia
Malaysia PM dissolves parliament to hold national elections
A customer watches a live broadcast of an announcement by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak at an electrical shop in Klang, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Najib has dissolved Parliament to call for national elections expected later this month. <AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin>
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East Asia
Can North Korea learn from Coca-Cola?
*Editor’s note: As North Korea’s ‘bellicose rhetoric’ against the U.S. and S. Korea became a daily ritual, a Beijing-based American columnist Evan Osnos pointed out that the discrepancy between North Korea’s threats and action has been caused by its failure in communication. For that reason, he argues, N. Korea is losing…
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East Asia
How to solve a problem like NK: Three viewpoints
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s brinkmanship is in full bloom. He’s ordered the missiles prepped, dismissed the armistice and announced plans to bring a nuclear reactor back on line. The U.S. response – a restrained show of force by fighter jets and warships, along with comments that simultaneously decry…
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South East Asia
Obama says Singapore key to U.S. rebalancing toward Asia
President Barack Obama called Singapore “one of the most successful countries in the world” and expressed appreciation for its military and economic cooperation, part of his administration’s foreign policy shift toward Asia. Singapore has provided “a steady vision of how countries in the Pacific region can cooperate effectively,” Obama said…
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South Asia
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardai administrates oath of interim cabinet
Photo released by Pakistan’s Press Information Department (PID) on April 2, 2013, shows Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardai (L, center) administrating oath of ministers of interim cabinet in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan. A 14-member interim cabinet took oath on Tuesday in Islamabad, officials said. <Xinhua/PID>
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East Asia
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Saudi Aribian Prince Khalid Sultan
Chinese President and Chairman of the Central Military Commission Xi Jinping (R) meets with Prince Khalid Sultan, deputy defense minister of Saudi Arabia, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, April 2, 2013. <Xinhua/Liu Jiansheng>
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East Asia
Kim Jong-un attends Central Committee meeting of Workers’ Party in Pyongyang
Photo released by the KCNA news agency on April 1 shows that a plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is held in Pyongyang, capital of the DPRK, on March 31, 2013. Photo released by the KCNA news agency on…
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