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US senators reach deal on gun-sale background checks Senators struck a hard-fought compromise Wednesday that could expand US background checks to all commercial firearms sales, which may result in the most ambitious change to gun laws since 1994.

11 April 2013

Croatia's flagging support to join EU to be tested by vote Not so long ago, Croatia was ebullient at the prospect of becoming the EU's newest member in July this year.

11 April 2013

Syria to dominate G8 talks as rebels ask US for weapons US Secretary of State John Kerry and other G8 foreign ministers were on Thursday to hold a second day of talks in London focused on Syria after rebels again appealed for weapons.

11 April 2013

Kanat Saudabayev dismissed as Nazarbayev Center Director Director of Nazarbayev-Center Kanat Saudabayev has been released from his position.

11 April 2013

N. Korea blames South's leader for Kaesong closure N. Korea on Thursday renewed a threat to permanently close its Kaesong joint industrial zone with S. Korea, blaming the "confrontation" policies of the South's new president.

11 April 2013

Blind activist says China violated US freedom deal The Chinese human rights activist at the center of a diplomatic crisis a year ago on Tuesday accused Beijing of reneging on the agreement that freed him and urged the United States to intervene.

10 April 2013

N. Korea border crossing shut to tourists: China official The biggest border crossing between North Korea and China has been closed to tourist groups, a Chinese official said Wednesday as nuclear tensions mounted.

10 April 2013

Obama speaks to Karzai, days after strike kills civilians US President Barack Obama on Tuesday spoke to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, for what officials said were regular consultations, three days after a NATO air strike killed 11 Afghan children.

10 April 2013

Hidden skeletons in the house of C.Africa's Bozize Looters after gold or jewels in the abandoned home of deposed Central African Republic president Francois Bozize came instead across a gruesome discovery -- two human skeletons hidden beneath the garage floor.

10 April 2013

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Concerns over African force in Mali grow as France withdraws As France begins withdrawing its troops from Mali, a top US defence official has said a UN-mandated African force was "incapable" of taking over the battle against Islamist extremists.

10 April 2013

French ministers to declare assets publicly after scandal France's Socialist government said Monday it had ordered ministers to declare their assets publicly within days, as it seeks to limit the damage from a tax fraud scandal involving an ex-minister.

10 April 2013

Kazakhstan Prosecutor General invites Germans to visit prisons Kazakhstan Prosecutor General Askhat Daulbayev met with German ambassador to Kazakhstan Guido Herz.

09 April 2013

Hong Kong 'Thatcher's biggest compromise': China media Chinese state media on Tuesday hailed late former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher as an "outstanding" figure who made her "biggest compromise" with the handover of Hong Kong, but said she had a mixed legacy.

09 April 2013

Nazarbayev condoles over Iron Lady's death Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has sent his condolences to British Prime-Minister David Cameron over the death of Margaret Thatcher.

09 April 2013

Obama slams Republicans for gun reform 'stunts' President Barack Obama accused Republicans of stooping to political stunts Monday to block gun reform, in a fervent appeal delivered close to the site of the Newtown school massacre.

09 April 2013

Past haunts Venezuelan opposition ahead of election The final stretch of Venezuela's race to replace Hugo Chavez coincides with a delicate anniversary for the opposition: 11 years since a brief coup against the late leftist leader.

09 April 2013

Nazarbayev calls to reform global monetary system Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev took part in the Boao Forum for Asia started in China.

09 April 2013

Japan puts anti-North Korean missiles in Tokyo Japan has deployed Patriot missiles in its capital as it readies to defend the 30 million people who live in greater Tokyo from any North Korean attack.

09 April 2013

N. Korea urges South evacuation, warns of nuclear war North Korea on Tuesday urged foreigners living in South Korea to consider evacuating, saying there was a risk of "thermo-nuclear war" breaking out on the Korean peninsula.

09 April 2013