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Obama reaches out to China's new president US President Barack Obama wasted no time in courting China's new President Xi Jinping Thursday, calling him within hours of his elevation, and then pressing him on cybercrime and North Korea.

16 March 2013

Leaders wrestle with austerity as EU jobless fears rise EU leaders wrestled with German demands for strict austerity and a French-Italian push for growth-friendly spending at a summit.

16 March 2013

Li Keqiang named China's new premier China's parliament installed bureaucrat Li Keqiang as premier Friday, putting him in charge of running the world's second-largest economy in a final step of a landmark power transition.

16 March 2013

Aid flowing to Myanmar may hinder, not help: experts Governments and agencies must be wary of drowning Myanmar with well-intentioned but ill-targeted aid, experts warned Thursday, admonishing the global community to "first do no harm."

15 March 2013

Yemen to launch tough talks on reconciliation Yemen, the only country where an Arab Spring revolt led to a negotiated settlement, is to launch a UN-backed national dialogue on Monday aimed at drawing the state's divisive players towards a reconciliation.

15 March 2013

All aboard as Maduro takes the wheel in election stunt Venezuela's acting president Nicolas Maduro got behind the wheel of a public bus -- his former job -- as he vowed to steer the country into a socialist future after the death of Hugo Chavez.

15 March 2013

Vietnam anti-China activists mark island battle Activists in Hanoi chanted anti-China slogans and laid flowers Thursday at a protest marking the anniversary of a battle over the contested Spratly Islands in which 64 Vietnamese soldiers died.

15 March 2013

Afghanistan asks for Kazakhstan's support in entering Organization for Cooperation of Railways Kazakhstan could support Afghanistan in Russia, so that it can enter this organization more quickly. Then the transit problem will be fully resolved: expert.

15 March 2013

Vote delay could destabilise Lebanon A divisive debate over Lebanon's electoral law may delay parliamentary elections scheduled for June 9, stoking fears of instability in a country already rattled by the conflict in neighbouring Syria.

15 March 2013

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Eternal viewing of Chavez may be impossible: Maduro Venezuela's acting president Nicolas Maduro acknowledged Wednesday that it could be too late to have president Hugo Chavez embalmed "like Lenin" so that his body could be on view permanently.

14 March 2013

Afghanistan's Karzai out to prove he is no US puppet As he contemplates retirement next year, Afghan President Hamid Karzai appears to have one over-riding ambition -- to ensure that his people do not remember him as a puppet of the United States.

14 March 2013

Australia gets first Aboriginal provincial government leader The first Aboriginal to head a government in Australia took office on Thursday as chief minister of the Northern Territory, after staging a backroom coup.

14 March 2013

Venezuela plans new exchange for better dollar supply Venezuela is planning a complementary system to increase a supply of dollars hindered by strict currency control measures.

14 March 2013

Xi Jinping named president of China: parliament Xi Jinping was named president of China Thursday after a vote at the nation's parliamentary meeting in Beijing, four months after he took charge of the ruling Communist Party.

14 March 2013

Argentine president slams Falklands vote as 'parody' Argentine President Cristina Kirchner Tuesday slammed as a "parody" the referendum in the disputed Falkland islands, where residents voted in favor of remaining a British overseas territory.

14 March 2013

Kazakhstan to adopt Polish local government experience A memorandum of experience exchange in local self-government has been signed between Poland and Kazakhstan.

13 March 2013

Nursultan Nazarbayev takes short vacation Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev is on a short vacation.

13 March 2013

Japan seeks defence ties with ASEAN amid China rows Japan on Wednesday called for stronger security ties with Southeast Asia as Tokyo looks to boost alliances at a time of growing territorial tensions with China.

13 March 2013

US slaps sanctions on key N. Korea bank, officials The United States on Monday slapped sanctions on North Korea's primary foreign exchange bank and four senior officials, upping the pressure on Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear program.

12 March 2013