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Japan upset as Russian leader visits disputed isle (Reuters)

October 31st, 2010

Reuters - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev landed on an island north of Japan claimed by Moscow and Tokyo on Monday, sparking a fresh diplomatic row for Japan as it struggles…

War papers leak shock Afghanistan, upset Pakistan (AP)

July 26th, 2010

U.S. Army Pfc. Eli Price, of Modesto California,  from the 101st Airborne Division sleeps at COP Nolen, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Monday, July 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - Clearly pointing a finger at Pakistan, the Afghan government said Monday that the 91,000 leaked U.S. military documents verify Afghanistan’s long-held view that the war won’t end until…

South Korean ruling party upset in vote (AP)

June 3rd, 2010

Chung Mong-joon, chairman of the ruling Grand National Party, attends a meeting of the party leaders at its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, June 3, 2010. South Korea's ruling party won the key Seoul mayoral poll but suffered upsets in several other crucial races in nationwide local elections Wednesday held amid tensions over North Korea's alleged sinking of a navy ship. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Sung Yeon-jae)  **KOREA OUT*AP - South Korea’s ruling party won the key Seoul mayoral poll but suffered upsets in several other local elections held amid tensions over North Korea’s alleged torpedoing of a…

Following Iraq upset, Allawi turns to negotiations (AP)

March 27th, 2010

Supporters of former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, seen in the poster, take to the streets after the results released by Iraq's election commission show a secular challenger has beaten the country's prime minister in parliamentary elections, positioning him to be the first to try to form a government in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 26, 2010. The narrow margin — 91 seats for Ayad Allawi's coalition to 89 for al-Maliki's alliance — sets the stage for months of political wrangling as the veterans of Iraq's young democracy attempt to win support for a majority coalition.  (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - The secular challenger who stunned Iraq with his razor-thin parliamentary election win turned his attention to negotiations over a future government Saturday even as supporters of the prime…