Politics - страница 276

As war games end, N. Korea cools fiery rhetoric After weeks of soaring tensions over US-South Korean war games that ended this week, North Korea has toned down its warlike rhetoric in what observers say is a sign that it may now be ready to talk.

03 May 2013

US study sees China 'coercive power' on Japan China will likely use its growing power to try to force its way with Japan but it is doubtful that Beijing will enter a Cold War-style confrontation with the United States.

03 May 2013

US reconsidering whether to arm Syria rebels The United States said Thursday it was taking a fresh look at whether to arm Syria's rebels as the Damascus regime pressed an assault on opposition forces in the embattled city of Homs.

03 May 2013

Fresh round of Iran nuclear talks in Istanbul May 15 The EU's top diplomat Catherine Ashton will meet chief Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili in Istanbul on May 15 in a fresh effort to defuse international concern over Tehran's disputed nuclear drive.

03 May 2013

Nazarbayev discusses economic development with Akhmetov Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev met with Prime-Minister Serik Akhmetov.

02 May 2013

US has 'no current plans' to take Cuba off terror list The United States does not foresee taking Cuba off its blacklist of countries accused of supporting terrorism, which also includes Syria, Iran and Sudan.

02 May 2013

US releases pictures related to Benghazi attack US authorities on Wednesday released pictures of three men it said were present during the September 11, 2012 attack on the US mission in eastern Libya, saying it wanted to question them.

02 May 2013

US appeals emergency contraception ruling The US Department of Justice appealed Wednesday a federal judge's ruling ordering regulators to provide emergency contraception to women and girls of all ages.

02 May 2013

Obama eyes Guantanamo envoy but closure path thorny President Barack Obama may name a new envoy as a first step toward honoring his renewed pledge to close Guantanamo Bay, but the path to shuttering the "war on terror" camp seems as intractable as ever.

02 May 2013

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Neo-Nazi trial raises awkward questions for Germany A German neo-Nazi murder trial starting Monday over the killings of 10 people has raised uncomfortable questions about murky links that the police and the intelligence services have with the extreme right.

02 May 2013

China bans forced mental hospital detentions: media A new law has taken effect prohibiting Chinese from being committed to mental hospitals without their consent in an attempt to prevent "forced detentions".

02 May 2013

UN Security Council worried by 'volatile' Guinea The UN Security Council on Monday expressed concern over "volatile" events in Guinea in the runup to a bitterly contested election in June.

30 April 2013

Private companies to build Green Quarter for EXPO-2017 Umirzak Shukeyev called private businesses to take part in construction of the Green Quarter in Astana for the EXPO-2017 exhibition.

30 April 2013

Disputed islands covered by US-Japan accord: Hagel Islands at the center of a territorial row between Japan and China are covered by a military protection accord between Washington and Tokyo.

30 April 2013

Dutch enthrone '21st-century king' Willem-Alexander Dutch Crown Prince Willem-Alexander becomes Europe's youngest monarch on Tuesday when his mother, Queen Beatrix, abdicates and his country hails the avowedly 21st-century king with a massive, orange-hued party.

30 April 2013

Obama tells Putin concerned over Syria chemical arms President Barack Obama stepped up pressure on Russia over Syria on Monday, telling President Vladimir Putin of his concern about the reported use of chemical weapons by the Damascus regime.

30 April 2013

Venezuela vote audit, rejected by opposition, begins Venezuelan authorities on Monday began a partial audit of the disputed election won by the late Hugo Chavez's handpicked successor, as the opposition rejected the move as insufficient.

30 April 2013

Merkel lambasted by France despite her softer tone An attack by French Socialists on Angela Merkel's drive for belt-tightening coincides with concessions by the German chancellor on austerity, but five months from elections she is loathe to trumpet her flexibility.

30 April 2013

Croatia expects Nazarbayev to visit Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev is expected to make an official visit to Croatia in the end of 2013.

30 April 2013