Archive for November 14th, 2009
Clinton, Chinese FM meet ahead of Obama trip (AFP)
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
AFP – The top US and Chinese diplomats discussed climate change, North Korea and Iran at talks here Saturday ahead of President Barack Obama’s visit to China, Chinese officials said.
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In Asia, Obama pushing arms control with Russians (AP)
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
AP – A major pact within tantalizing reach, President Barack Obama aims to nudge forward an arms-control deal in talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
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Disabled baby in court battle dies: report (AFP)
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
AFP – A severely disabled baby boy at the centre of a court battle between his parents has died after his father dropped his objection to switching off his ventilator, a report said Saturday.
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Colombia moves to calm tensions with Venezuela (Reuters)
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
Reuters – Colombia captured four members of the Venezuelan National Guard on Colombian soil and said on Saturday it would send them home in a bid to lower diplomatic tensions between the neighboring countries.
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Obama joins Apec Singapore summit
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
US President Barack Obama joins Asian leaders in Singapore for an economic forum, before he continues to China later.
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Belarus opposition calls for closer ties with EU (AFP)
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
AFP – Hundreds of Belarussians from the opposition gathered Saturday in the capital Minsk for a “European forum” to encourage closer ties with the European Union, ahead of a meeting in Brussels next week.
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French envoy says N.Korea accepts talks on human rights (AFP)
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
AFP – France’s special envoy to North Korea, Jack Lang, said Friday following a five-day visit to the reclusive state that Pyongyang had agreed to an “exchange” with Paris on human rights issues.
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North Korea makes new threat as Obama arrives in Asia (Reuters)
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
Reuters – North Korea’s military warned the South that it was ready for battle over a disputed sea border, issuing a new threat on Friday that raised tension as U.S. President Barack Obama started a major tour of Asia.
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Support grows for Afghanistan pullout: poll (AFP)
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
AFP – A growing majority of Britons want British troops out of Afghanistan within 12 months, a poll released Saturday showed, as a NATO commander spoke of his son’s horrific injuries in the war.
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8 rescued from capsized boat off Tijuana coast (AP)
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
AP – Seven men and a pregnant woman clinging to a capsized boat have been rescued in Mexican waters off the coast of Tijuana.
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