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UN envoy asks Myanmar for ’signal’ before election (AP)

October 21st, 2010

AP - The U.N.’s human rights envoy to Myanmar appealed Thursday to its military rulers “to send a strong signal” to the world that it will hold a genuine election,…

Japan asks China to cover damage to patrol boats (AP)

September 27th, 2010

Anti-Japan protesters hold war flags of the Japanese Imperial Army with 'Japan get out' written on them during a demonstration near the Japanese Consulate in Hong Kong Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. China has reiterated its demand for an apology from Japan over the detention of a Chinese fishing boat captain whose arrest plunged relations between the Asian neighbors to their lowest level in years. (AP Photo)AP - Japan asked China to pay for damage to Japanese patrol boats hit by a Chinese fishing vessel near disputed islands, as simmering tension between the two Asian neighbors…

Spain asks SAfrica to extradite ex-Rwanda general (AP)

September 22nd, 2010

AP - Spain is seeking the extradition of a former Rwandan general for genocide who has been targeted in two assassination plots while in exile in South Africa, authorities said…

Jailed American’s family asks Iran to drop bail (AP)

September 13th, 2010

FILE - In this May 21, 2010 file photo, Sarah Shourd, left, hugs her mother Nora Shourd, as Shane Bauer, second right, hugs his mother Cindy Hickey, during their meeting at the Esteghlal hotel in Tehran. Iran announced Thursday that one of the three Americans jailed for more than a year will be released Saturday to mark the end of Islamic holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Press TV, File)AP - A day after Iran offered a detained American woman a chance for release on $500,000 bail, her family countered with a request Monday to drop or lower the…

Abbas asks US to step into settlement dispute (AP)

September 7th, 2010

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton looks on as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands as she hosts the re-launch of direct negotiations, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he has asked the U.S. to settle a dispute with Israel over settlement expansion that is threatening to derail Mideast peace talks.


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Australian PM asks independents to save government (AP)

August 22nd, 2010

AP - Prime Minister Julia Gillard says no major party has won a majority of parliamentary seats in this weekend’s general elections and that she has started negotiating with independent…

Kyrgyzstan asks Russia to help quell ethnic riots (AP)

June 12th, 2010

In this photo released by fergana.ru, a man examines a burnt car in Kyrgyzstan's second-largest city of Osh, Friday, June 11, 2010. Riots in south Kyrgyzstan killed scores of people, officials said Friday, as fears grew of a new cycle of violence in the Central Asian nation. (AP Photo/fergana.ru ) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY **AP - Kyrgyzstan begged Russia for military help Saturday to quell ethnic rioting as the country’s second largest city burned and thousands of minority Uzbeks fled to the border. Officials…

Cameron asks Lib Dems to help form British govt (AP)

May 7th, 2010

Britain's Conservatives party leader David Cameron, back dropped by a picture of World War II era British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, reads a statement to members of the media in central London, Friday, May 7, 2010. Cameron whose Conservatives outpolled ruling Labour party but fell short of winning a majority in Parliament, claimed that voters had rejected Labour in Britain's national election Thursday. Britain's two main parties were locked in a power struggle Friday after an inconclusive election with Labour's Gordon Brown suggesting he would try to form a coalition and Conservative leader David Cameron insisting the prime minister no longer had a mandate to govern. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, Pool)AP - Conservative leader David Cameron claimed the right to govern Britain, appealing to the center-left Liberal Democrats on Friday to join him in forming a government and attempting to…

Cameron asks Lib Dems to help form UK govt (AP)

May 7th, 2010

David Cameron, leader of the Conservative Party, delivers his winners speech at the count in his Witney constituency, Oxfordshire, England, Friday, May 7, 2010. Polls in Britain's razor-edge election opened early Thursday in a race that is likely to reshape the country's politics in historic ways.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - Conservative leader David Cameron says he is ready to govern Britain and is putting forward a “big comprehensive and open offer” to the Liberal Democrat party to help…

Greece asks for EU-IMF bailout (AP)

April 23rd, 2010

Workers take part in a rally during a protest by the PAME Communist-affiliated union in central Athens on Thursday, April 22, 2010. Civil servants staged a 24-hour strike and protest march Thursday, and PAME held a separate demonstration, against austerity measures and expected job cuts by Greece's crisis-plagued government, while the EU's statistics agency added to the financially stricken country's woes, revising its budget deficit upwards. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)AP - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou called for the activation of a joint eurozone-International Monetary Fund financial rescue to pull his country out of a major debt crisis.


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