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China decries any U.S. involvement in Japan dispute (Reuters)

November 2nd, 2010

Reuters - China on Tuesday denounced U.S. efforts to help in improving relations between Beijing and Tokyo which have been poisoned by a spat over a group of disputed islands,…

France responds to EU complaints after Gypsy spat (AP)

October 15th, 2010

AP - France is willing to alter some of its laws in response to European Commission complaints that followed the government’s expulsions of Gypsies, or Roma, to countries in Eastern…

Chinese, Japanese leaders meet in Europe amid spat (AP)

October 5th, 2010

AP - The Chinese and Japanese prime ministers held an impromptu meeting in a hallway at a conference in Europe, in the highest-level contact between the countries since a bitter…

China-Japan spat could derail gas drilling talks (AP)

September 22nd, 2010

Taiwanese veteran soldiers and anti-Japan protesters hold banners reading: 'National Crisis,' top, and 'Protect Diaoyu Islands' during a demonstration in Hong Kong Tuesday, Sept.21, 2010. Japan warned Tuesday against fanning 'extreme nationalism' in a diplomatic standoff with China over the detention of a Chinese fishing captain after his boat collided with Japanese vessels near disputed islands. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)AP - Should the escalating spat between Japan and China over disputed islands evolve into a full-blown diplomatic battle, the economic fallout could include derailing delicate talks over developing potentially…

Argentina asks US help to end Falklands spat (AP)

March 1st, 2010

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, stands with Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, left,, following their joint news conference at Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, March 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)AP - Argentina asked for U.S. help Monday in resolving a brewing dispute with Britain over the Southern Atlantic islands that were the subject of a brief war more than…