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NKorea to elect leaders; could set stage for heir (AP)

June 26th, 2010

In this June 25, 2010 photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo, North Korean soldiers chant anti-U.S. slogans during a rally in Pyongyang, North Korea. Tens of thousands of North Koreans rallied in their capital to condemn the United States and South Korea on the 60th anniversary of the start of the Korean War. The sign reads 'Let's demonstrate grits in showdown with U.S.' (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service) ** JAPAN OUT **AP - Secretive North Korea said Saturday it will choose new ruling party leaders later this year — a surprise announcement that is intensifying speculation the regime is setting the…

Iran center stage at nuclear treaty conference (AP)

May 4th, 2010

Interactive graphic on the nuclear process from the extraction of uranium to the creation of a nuclear bomb as US President Barack Obama hosts a summit aimed at keeping atomic weapons out of terrorist hands.(AFP iactiv)AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad seized center stage at the opening of a monthlong debate at the United Nations on how to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. But…

On UN stage, Iran leader rejects nuclear charges (AP)

May 3rd, 2010

Demonstrator Sadra Shahab, of the Brooklyn borough of New York, holds a flag during a rally against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza outside United Nations Headquarters, Monday, May 3, 2010, in New York.  Ahmadinejad addressed a U.N. treaty conference reviewing the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty during a visit to New York Monday. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)AP - Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday rejected allegations his country is developing nuclear weapons, saying Washington has offered not “a single credible proof.”


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Iran, US take their nuclear cases to UN stage (AP)

May 3rd, 2010

The motorcade carrying Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad drives past the American Mission to the United Nations on it's way to a Midtown hotel, Sunday, May 2, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad brings his nuclear case to New York on Monday, turning a U.N. treaty conference into a stage for Tehran’s long-running showdown with the Western…

Protesters stage funeral procession (AP)

April 12th, 2010

Anti-government protester react in front of coffins during a memorial service for those who died in last night's clash near Democracy Monument on Sunday April 11, 2010, in Bangkok, Thailand. Anti-government protesters dug into their encampments around Bangkok and rejected talk of negotiations Sunday after a monthlong standoff escalated into clashes that killed 20 people in Thailand's worst political violence in nearly two decades. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP - Anti-government protesters paraded coffins through the Thai capital Monday following a weekend of savage street fighting that left 21 killed and fears of further violence unless the activists…

Thai protesters stage weekend march around capital (AP)

March 20th, 2010

Anti- government protesters march in Bangkok, Thailand,  on Saturday March 20, 2010. Protesters in more than 1,000 vehicles set off Saturday for a daylong caravan through the streets of the Thai capital, hoping to enlist residents in their 'class war' against the government. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)AP - Tens of thousands of protesters riding motorcycles and crammed into trucks and cars rolled through the streets of the Thai capital Saturday in a giant caravan to rally…