• East Asia

    Chinese NPC chairman meets with chief executive of Macao

    Wu Bangguo (R), chairman of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, meets with Chui Sai On, chief executive of Macao Special Administrative Region, in Macao, south China, Feb. 20, 2013. Wu Bangguo (R), chairman of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, meets with Macao’s delegates of the NPC,…

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  • West Asia

    Morsi meets with defense chief amid fear of military intervention in Egypt

    In this Monday, Aug. 13, 2012 file photo, Egyptian Minister of Defense, Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, left, meets with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt’s powerful military is showing signs of growing impatience with the country’s Islamist leaders, criticizing their policies and issuing thinly-veiled threats that it might…

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  • West Asia

    Turkish PM welcomes his Libyan counterpart in Ankara

    Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (1st L) holds a welcoming ceremony for his Libyan counterpart Ali Zeidan (2nd L) in Ankara, Turkey, Feb. 20, 2013. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and his Libyan counterpart Ali Zeidan hold a joint press conference in Ankara, Turkey, Feb. 20, 2013.…

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  • US-China Should Halt Strategic Rivalry

    Former US ambassador to China Stapleton Roy addresses at the East-West Center With China’s leadership in transition and incoming Secretary of State John Kerry heading a new foreign policy team in the second Obama administration, leaders in both countries must face a “frightening array of domestic and foreign policy problems”…

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  • South East Asia

    U.S. Deputy Secretary of State talks with Cambodian FM over human rights

    Cambodian deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong (L) shakes hands with visiting U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Michael Posner during their meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Feb. 19, 2013. The United States said on Tuesday that they wanted to see the participation…

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  • Central Asia

    Putin talks with visiting Jordanian King at a residence outside Moscow

    Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and King Abdullah II of Jordan shake hands during their meeting in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. <AP Photo/Sergei Ilnitsky, Pool> Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and King Abdullah II of Jordan meet in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia,…

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  • West Asia

    Yemeni President welcomes his Palestinian counterpart in Sanaa

    Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi (R) welcomes visiting Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (L) in the capital of Sanaa on Feb. 19, 2013, on the latest development of the peace process between the Palestinians with Israelis. Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi (R) held talks with visiting Palestinian National Authority…

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  • Central Asia

    Ukraine’s oppositionists block parliament demanding personal voting system

    Ukrainian opposition lawmakers block the parliamentary tribune in Kiev, Ukraine, Feb. 19, 2013. Leaders of Ukraine’s parliamentary fractions continue talks on unblocking the work of the parliament Tuesday. Ukraine’s opposition groups have being blocking the parliament since Feb. 5, demanding implementation of personal voting system. <Xinhua/Sergey Starostenko>

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  • East Asia

    How to Deal With a Nuclear North Korea

    *Editor’s Note: MacArthur Foundation President Robert Gallucci gave keynote speech at the ASAN Nuclear Forum in Seoul, South Korea on Tuesday, February 19, 2013. The ‘Asan Nuclear Forum 2013,’ hosted by the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, a private South Korean think tank, began on Tuesday for a two-day run…

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  • East Asia

    Common Sense Approach to Conflicts in East Asia

    Joint Project between the Northeast Asian History Foundation and The AsiaN *Editor’s Note: Security in East Asia is swaying in a rough sea. North Korea’s nuclear crisis has been highly elated amid existing territorial disputes and deep-rooted conflicts between nations in the region. South Korea, China and Japan, the countries…

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