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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

Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev meets his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres The two leaders discussed bilateral economic cooperation. Notably, they dwelt on interaction in agriculture and innovative technology.

15 March 2013

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

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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

Black lawmakers urge diversity in Obama cabinet The Congressional Black Caucus complained to President Barack Obama on Monday about his lack of diversity, highlighting his failure to nominate any African-Americans to his second-term cabinet.

12 March 2013

North Korea places South island in crosshairs North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un threatened to "wipe out" a South Korean island as Pyongyang came under new economic and diplomatic fire Tuesday from US sanctions and UN charges of gross rights abuses.

12 March 2013

Deaf to critics, Orban changes Hungary's constitution Hungary's parliament on Monday stoked concerns about creeping authoritarianism in the EU member state by altering the constitution for the fourth time since Prime Minister Viktor Orban won power in 2010.

12 March 2013

Obama meets with Arab-American leaders ahead of Israel trip US President Barack Obama met members of the Arab-American community at the White House on Monday ahead of his trip to Israel, the Palestinian Territories and Jordan.

12 March 2013

Afghan businessmen expected in Astana A delegation of major Afghanistan entrepreneurs will come to Astana on March 14, 2013 for the first time.

12 March 2013

Falkland Islanders vote 98.8% in favour of staying British Falkland Islanders on Monday voted overwhelmingly in favour of remaining a British oversees territory in a referendum designed to send a strong message to Argentina, which earlier derided the poll as illegal.

12 March 2013