Clinton Moves to Ease Tensions on Kyrgyz Base
Hoping to defuse the latest round of tensions over a strategically important American air base, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday that the United States would steer part of a lucrative Pentagon jet fuel contract to a newly created Kyrgyz state-owned corporation.
Clinton in Kyrgyzstan to meet with leaders, troops
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has arrived in the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan to meet with government leaders and greet U.S. troops.
N. Korea boasts advances in its nuclear program
Secretive North Korea boasted advances in its nuclear program on Tuesday, making sure it held the world’s attention, saying it had thousands of working centrifuges, as pressure built on China to rein in its ally.
Asian markets tumble on China, eurozone worries
Asian stocks lost ground on Tuesday with Tokyo and Shanghai falling sharply as markets worried about Chinese economic tightening and the troubled eurozone.
WikiLeaks cables expose Pakistan nuclear fears
US and UK diplomats warn of terrorists getting hold of fissile material and of Pakistan-India nuclear exchange
Clinton seeks more European help in Afghanistan at security summit overshadowed by WikiLeaks
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called on a European security organization Wednesday to play a bigger role in helping stabilize Afghanistan and to do more to strengthen the voice of human rights groups worldwide.
China hopes to lead green race
China has made global headlines in recent months for overtaking the US as the largest emitter of carbon dioxide, while state media ran almost daily stories of chemical water pollution and contaminated food, writes the Mail and Guardian.
North Korea boasts about nuclear capabilities at new uranium enrichment plant
Nuclear-armed North Korea boasted today it has "many thousands of centrifuges'' running at a new uranium enrichment plant, which has raised fears the regime wants to make more fuel for atom bombs.
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