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America's 'first Pacific president' woos China, North Korea, and Burma
Sunday, 15 November 2009
US President Barack Obama pledged yesterday, in the first major speech of his extensive Asia tour, to deepen dialogue with China rather than seek to contain the rising power.
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Sunday, 15 November 2009
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Sunday, 15 November 2009
Suicide attack piles pressure on Obama and Brown
Saturday, 14 November 2009
Prime Minister says Nato will send another 5,000 troops to Afghanistan
Karzai told to talk with the Taliban
Saturday, 14 November 2009
The British Government has suggested that the government of Hamid Karzai should talk to the Taliban leadership, the so-called "Quetta Shura", in an attempt to bring insurgents into the political process.
US indecision annoys British Government
Friday, 13 November 2009
British ministers and military chiefs fear that wrangling in the US over the deployment of extra troops risks undermining support for the war in Britain. They are irritated and angry over the delay in obtaining a decision amid signs that President Obama's administration is deeply split over the issue.
North and South Korea clash on the high seas
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
US envoy to visit Pyongyang for rare one-on-one talks with reclusive communist regime
Britain rules out climate treaty at summit
Friday, 6 November 2009
Officials say major powers too far apart for legal deal in Copenhagen.
Frustration mounts over Obama's fatal indecision
Friday, 6 November 2009
As Gordon Brown defends Britain's Afghan mission as US comes under pressure to decide on strategy
UN to pull its staff out of Afghanistan
Friday, 6 November 2009
Insurgent attacks see 600 workers evacuated – and they may never come back
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