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Alliance in focus as Japan PM meets Obama Japan's new premier Shinzo Abe will meet US President Barack Obama this week for the first time since taking power, seeking to breathe new life into a key alliance at a time of heightened tensions across Asia.

21 February 2013 18:42

Conservative seen set to win Cyprus presidency Cyprus heads for a presidential runoff on Sunday, with the first round's rightwing winner, who backs a bailout for the near bankrupt island.

21 February 2013 18:15

Iran envoy warns West against nuclear pressure A top Iranian envoy said Wednesday that increased Western pressure over his country's nuclear program could end hopes for a negotiated settlement.

21 February 2013 15:00

NATO to bid farewell to Panetta, seeks new military chief US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta will get a fond farewell from his NATO colleagues at a two-day meeting beginning Thursday.

21 February 2013 14:13

N. Korea top task for South's first female president Park Geun-Hye will be sworn in as South Korea's first female president next week -- a historic landmark clouded by North Korea's recent nuclear test and threats emanating from Pyongyang.

21 February 2013 12:25

Yessimov declares 2013 the year of public transport Almaty Akim Yessimov told about his plans to develop public transport in Almaty city.

21 February 2013 11:44

Obama courts key Republicans on immigration reform US President Barack Obama on Tuesday called key Senate Republicans, with whom he is at odds on other many top issues, to discuss the prospects for bipartisan immigration reform.

21 February 2013 10:02

Biden's home defense advice: buy a shotgun! Vice President Joe Biden told Americans Tuesday that a few blasts of a shotgun should be ample for self defense, as he pushed White House gun reform plans.

20 February 2013 18:38

U.S. State Secretary thanks Kazakhstan for agreeing to host Iranian nuclear talks U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had a telephone conversation with Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrissov.

20 February 2013 17:32

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Le Pen slams 'Soviet European Union' in UK speech French right-wing leader Marine Le Pen called for a "New Deal" on immigration and slammed the emergence of a "Soviet European Union" during a fiery speech at Britain's Cambridge University on Tuesday.

20 February 2013 15:31

Pussy Riot case shows Putin weak: bandmember's husband Pussy Riot icon Nadezhda Tolokonnikova is behind bars, but her husband is unbowed, saying the punk band's controversial case has exposed the weaknesses in Russian President Vladimir Putin's rule.

20 February 2013 14:54

North Korea: A nuclear 7-Eleven? Experts differ about the scale and immediacy of the military threat posed by North Korea's latest nuclear test, but there is little disagreement about the alarming proliferation risks it presents.

20 February 2013 13:21

S. Korea flexes muscles with naval exercise South Korea staged a naval exercise involving US surveillance aircraft on Tuesday, flexing its military muscles at a time of high tensions on the Korean Peninsula following the North's third nuclear test.

20 February 2013 10:01

Kazakhstan and Italy agree on military transit from Afghanistan The agreement on military transit was signed by Kazakhstan and Italian Defense Ministers Adilbek Dzhaksybekov and Giampaolo di Paola.

19 February 2013 16:32

Shadow of corruption scandal looms over Spanish royal family Spanish King Juan Carlos' son-in-law will be questioned Saturday by a judge investigating a corruption case as press reports make new revelations that cast a growing shadow on the entire royal family.

19 February 2013 15:11

Greater US military role in Mali likely after polls: senator The United States is likely to play a more active military role in Mali, where French-led forces are battling Islamist rebels, after the country holds elections.

19 February 2013 14:44

Armenian president wins in disputed polls Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian has won re-election with over 58 percent of the vote, official results published Tuesday showed, as his main rival cried foul.

19 February 2013 13:13

Money of single pension fund not for EXPO-2017: Kelimbetov Kazakhstan Vice-PM Kelimbetov deflated the rumors that the government was planning to use the funds of the coming single pension fund to finance the EXPO.

19 February 2013 12:11

He's back! Chavez in Venezuela after cancer surgery President Hugo Chavez shocked and delighted Venezuelans by returning home Monday after spending more than two months in Cuba for cancer surgery and treatment.

19 February 2013 10:23