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Medvedev to sign nuclear power deal in Vietnam (Reuters)

October 29th, 2010

Reuters - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will sign agreements to help build Vietnam’s first nuclear power plant and a hydroelectric power station during a visit to the Soviet-era ally starting…

Japan, India sign deal to boost trade, investment (AP)

October 25th, 2010

AP - The leaders of India and Japan signed a broad agreement Monday aimed at increasing trade and agreed to speed up talks toward a civilian nuclear energy deal —…

China VP’s promotion a sign succession on track (AP)

October 18th, 2010

In this Dec. 21, 2009, file photo Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping looks on as his witnesses a signing ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Chinese state media say Xi has been promoted to vice chairman of a key Communist Party military committee in the clearest sign he is on track to be the country's future leader. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)AP - Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping was promoted to a key post in the Communist Party’s military committee Monday, affirming his path to be the country’s leader within three…

China VP promoted in move seen as leadership sign (AP)

October 18th, 2010

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency on Monday, Oct. 18, 2010, Chinese President Hu Jintao addresses the Fifth Plenary Session of the 17th CPC Central Committee held in Beijing for Oct. 15-18, 2010. Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping was promoted to vice chairman of a key Communist Party military committee on Monday at the meeting in the clearest sign yet he remains on track to take over as the country's future leader within three years. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Liu Weibing) ** NO SALES **AP - Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping was promoted to a key post in the Communist Party’s military committee Monday, affirming his path to be the country’s leader within three…

In sign of calm, Israel removes gunfire barrier (AP)

August 15th, 2010

An Israeli army crane loads a part of a concrete wall in the Jewish neighborhood of Gilo in Jerusalem, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. Israel removed Sunday a concrete wall placed in 2001 in order to protect Israelis against gunfire from the nearby Palestinian village of Beit Jala. The military said the removal was due to a reduced security threat and increased coordination with the Palestinian security forces. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)AP - Israeli army cranes on Sunday began removing a concrete barrier that shielded a Jewish neighborhood bordering the West Bank from gunfire — a sign that calm is taking…

Taliban denounce Kabul meeting as sign of failure (AP)

July 21st, 2010

An Afghan policeman stands guard at the site of a suicide bomibng in Kandahar city, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 20, 2010. A suicide bomber struck hiding explosives in a cart topped with bottles of juice for sale, Afghan officials. Two civilians were injured in the blast. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)AP - The Taliban denounced this week’s international conference on Afghanistan’s future, saying the “vague and terrible agenda” shows that the U.S. and its allies intend to abandon the country and…

China, Taiwan sign trade pact linking economies (AP)

June 29th, 2010

Anti-China demonstrators pack a street as they march, denouncing the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) planned with China, Saturday, June 26, 2010 in Taipei, Taiwan. opposition supporters chanted anti-communist slogans as they marched in Taiwan's capital Saturday to protest a planned trade agreement with rival China that they say will undermine the island's self-rule and its economy. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)AP - A historic trade deal between China and Taiwan will ease 60 years of hostility and push their economies closer than ever, the latest sign that Beijing’s strategy of…

China, Taiwan to sign trade pact tying 2 economies (AP)

June 29th, 2010

Chen Yunlin, chairman of China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS), left, shakes hands with his counterpart, Chairman of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), Chiang Pin-kung, at a welcoming ceremony in Chongqing city, China, Monday, June 28, 2010. Trade officials from China and Taiwan were finalizing details Monday on a landmark trade pact that will bind the economies of the political rivals closer than ever. (AP Photo/Peng Peng)AP - China and Taiwan prepared Tuesday to sign a trade deal that binds their economies closer and that Beijing hopes could lead to political accommodation six decades after the…

US commander: No sign of another NKorean attack (AP)

June 4th, 2010

AP - The top U.S. military commander in the Pacific says there is no sign now that North Korea is planning another strike or provocation against South Korea.

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Health official: No sign of Haiti diphtheria spike (AP)

May 9th, 2010

AP - A 15-year-old boy has died of diphtheria in Haiti, but there is no evidence the bacterial disease is spreading in the earthquake-ravaged country, U.N. health officials said Sunday.

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