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S. Korea leader offers North 'flexible' engagement South Korea's new president Park Geun-Hye offered a "more flexible" engagement with North Korea on Friday if Pyongyang chooses a path of trust-building rather than provocation.

01 March 2013

Chavez congratulates Castro for re-election Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who is convalescing in a Caracas hospital, issued a statement Monday congratulating President Raul Castro for his re-election to a final five-year term.

26 February 2013

President Nazarbayev has talks with Secretary of Iran Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Saeed Jalili The talks were held at the Almaty-based Presidential Residence ahead of another round of international talks over Iran’s nuclear program.

25 February 2013

South Korea swears in first female president Park Geun-Hye was sworn in as South Korea's first female president Monday, vowing zero tolerance with provocation from North Korea and demanding Pyongyang "abandon its nuclear ambitions" immediately.

25 February 2013

Taiwan ex-president's prison term extended Taiwan's former president Chen Shui-bian, jailed for corruption in 2009, has had his prison term extended by 18 months to 20 years due to a further bribery conviction.

24 February 2013

Old age haunts Mugabe's political life as he turns 89 Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe turned 89 on Thursday determined to extend his grip on power despite concerns over his health and advanced age.

22 February 2013

Medvedev in Cuba for trade, energy talks Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev met with Cuban President Raul Castro for trade and energy talks as he kicked off a three-day visit to the communist island.

22 February 2013

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

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

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

Ivory Coast officially becomes member of ICC Ivory Coast on Friday became a member of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, where its former president is facing trial for alleged crimes against humanity.

16 February 2013

Armenia leader cruising to election victory Armenia votes in presidential polls Monday with incumbent leader Serzh Sarkisian set for victory in an election watched closely.

16 February 2013

Tunisia in crisis as president's party rejects govt plan Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki's secular party said Monday it would stay in the ruling coalition reversing a previous threat, but maintained its call for key Islamist ministers to resign.

12 February 2013

Russia’s President has no concerns over issues arising between Moscow and Astana The fact some problems are there is normal as they a product of the vast cooperation; and it’s gratifying to see the cooperation steadily growing: Vladimir Putin.

08 February 2013

Maldives to hold first polls since president toppled The Maldives is to hold presidential polls on September 7, the first since the archipelago's first democratically elected leader was toppled in what he called a coup.

07 February 2013

President Nazarbayev meets heads of Patentes Talgo S.A. and Airbus Military On the visit President Nazarbayev is to meet Spain's King Juan Carlos, head of the country’s Government Mariano Rajoy.

06 February 2013

President Nazarbayev arrives in Spain President is to meet Spain's King Juan Carlos, head of the country’s Government Mariano Rajoy and leaders of a number of Spanish companies.

06 February 2013

President Nazarbayev meets LUKOIL President The Company has been operating in Kazakhstan for 20 years and invested about $7 billion: Mr. Alekperov.

04 February 2013

Mali's president rules out talks with Islamists Mali's interim president ruled out talks with Islamist groups who ruled the north for nine months, but said he was ready to meet Tuareg activists from the region.

01 February 2013

S. Korea president's brother gets two-year jail term A South Korean court on Thursday sentenced the elder brother of President Lee Myung-Bak to two years in jail after convicting him on corruption charges.

25 January 2013

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