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Joint statement issued after trilateral summit meeting
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, center, President of the Republic of Korea Lee Myung-bak, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda attend the Fifth Trilateral Summit Meeting among China, ROK and Japan at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, May 13, 2012. <Xinhua/Huang Jingwen> BEIJING, May 14 (Xinhua)…
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Seoul, Beijing, Tokyo to start FTA talks
Three leaders warn against NK’s provocations The leaders of South Korea, China and Japan agreed at a summit in Beijing Sunday to launch negotiations for a three-way free trade agreement (FTA) this year, raising hopes that the move will bring new momentum to trilateral cooperation. “The three countries have agreed…
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U.S. provides $40 mil for victims of Syrian crisis
The United States has allocated $40 million to assist relief agencies aiding victims of the Syrian crisis, the Department of State has said. “The United States is pursuing every avenue to get humanitarian relief to those affected by the violence in Syria and is engaged in focused diplomatic efforts to…
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Greek leaders fail to form government
Leftist Alexis Tsipras, the leader of Greece’s second party Syriza, said on Wednesday that he failed to form the government, local media reported. “We won’t be able to realize our dream for a left government. Tomorrow morning I will return the mandate,” Tsipras said to the state television. He received…
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Algerians vote in parliamentary elections
Algerians have began voting for the parliamentary elections across the nation, which authorities say will be the freest and most transparent elections ever hosted in the North Africa country. Reports say that more than 48,000 voting stations opened on Thursday morning at 8:00 am local time, with many venues under tight police…
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Ex-President Medvedev Confirmed as PM
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was confirmed as the country’s new prime minister by a majority of votes in the State Duma on Tuesday. President Vladimir Putin submitted Medvedev’s candidacy for the post shortly after his inauguration as president on Monday. Medvedev occupied the presidential post in 2008-2012. United Russia…
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U.S. to Continue Pressing for Assad’s Resignation
The United States will continue its efforts to make Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, the country’s envoy to the UN, Susan Rice, said. “The United States remains focused on increasing the pressure on the al-Assad regime and on al-Assad himself to step down,” she said, adding that it…
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‘Bo Xilai case affects China policy on N. Korea’
The apparent rise of reformers in the Chinese Communist Party raises the possibility of a tougher line on North Korea amid growing frustration over Pyongyang’s provocations, an expert said Tuesday. Analysts say the recent ouster of former politburo member Bo Xilai in connection with the suspected murder of a British…
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North Korea says detainee died of hepatitis
North Korea has announced that Shin Sook-ja, a 69-year-old South Korean woman stranded in the Stalinist state for over two decades, has died and that her two daughters renounced their father who had escaped back to the South. In a response letter to the United Nations, Ri Jang-gon, the North’s…
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Leftist party losing support base
In less than a month after the nation’s support for a left-wing party hit a record high of over 10 percent, its popularity began to burst like a bubble in the face of an escalating intraparty election scandal. According to a poll conducted Monday by the pollster Realmeter, the support…
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