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NKorean leader Kim tours Chinese border cities (AP)

August 29th, 2010

A man, believed to be North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, center facing away from camera, is greeted at Changchun rail station in Changchun, China, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010. Kim has reportedly met top Chinese leaders in an apparent bid for Beijing's diplomatic and financial support for a succession plan involving his third and youngest son, who is said to be traveling with him. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) ** JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA **AP - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il apparently toured several Chinese border cities Sunday while on a secretive trip reportedly aimed at drumming up support for a succession plan…

EU foreign policy chief tours Gaza, checks embargo (AP)

July 18th, 2010

European Union Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton, speaks during a joint press conference with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, not seen, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, July 17, 2010.  Ashton says Gaza's borders must open to enable the territory's battered economy to recover.   Ashton is to tour Gaza on Sunday to gauge whether Israel's decision to ease its 3-year-old blockade of the Hamas-ruled territory has improved the lives of ordinary Gazans. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)AP - The international community must pressure Israel to go beyond easing its Gaza blockade and throw open the territory’s long-blockaded borders, the EU foreign policy chief said after a tour…

UN head tours troubled ex-Soviet Central Asia (AP)

April 2nd, 2010

AP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has begun a trip through the countries of former Soviet Central Asia, a region troubled by poverty, oppression and fears of renewed Islamic insurgency.

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