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China warns US against 'antagonizing' North Korea

March 18, 2013 06:17
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China cautioned the United States against beefing up its missile defense against North Korea in the wake of recent tension on the East Asian peninsula, and urged Washington leaders to act "prudently" as they moved to address the political issue.

Syrian civil war enters third year of conflict (PHOTOS)

News DeskMarch 15, 2013 18:01
Beginning exactly two years ago with a string of protests galvanized by the Arab Spring, the Syrian civil war has since claimed nearly 70,000 lives as rebels try to dislodge Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

For South Korea’s first female president, a baptism by fire

March 16, 2013 06:00
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SEOUL — South Korean President Park Geun-hye faces war threats from North Korea and gridlock in her own country's parliament.

Killer dolphins? No, not really

Jakub ParusinskiMarch 14, 2013 16:40
KYIV, Ukraine — “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes,” Mark Twain is said to have remarked. That was certainly true of news about three supposedly lovesick killer dolphins going AWOL from a military training program in Ukraine.

Is Obama to blame for the mess in Afghanistan?

March 14, 2013 06:00
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai's public rebuke of his US allies has sparked renewed debate in Washington about the wisdom of continuing the drawn-out, and what many call fruitless, effort. A new book by an insider from the Obama administration pins the blame squarely on the US president, and his errors that made any rational solution to the conflict all but impossible.
Mac DefordMarch 15, 2013 06:58

What was Biden signaling in his pro-war comments on Iran to Israeli lobby?

Commentary: Is the vice president building his own hardline bona fides for 2016?
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US Vice President Joe Biden addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's annual policy conference at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on March 4, 2013, in Washington, DC. Biden boldly confirmed the political, historical and military ties between the two countries and emphasized President Barack Obama's support for Israel, a country the president will visit later this month. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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OWL’S HEAD, MAINE — Next week will mark the 10th anniversary of the United States' invasion of Iraq, the low point of many in George W. Bush's failed presidency.
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Why China won't turn its back on North Korea

March 13, 2013 06:20
HONG KONG — There’s a reason people in China often refer to North Korea as “little brother.”

Afghanistan: Should we stay or should we go?

March 11, 2013 13:08
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President Hamid Karzai certainly knows how to ruin a party. As newly anointed Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel made his maiden voyage to Kabul last week, the Afghan president all but accused the United States of being in cahoots with the Taliban.

Ametetai, a major Al Qaeda base in Mali, dismantled by French troops

March 9, 2013 12:13
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French troops have dismantled Ametetai, a major Al Qaeda base in Mali's Ifoghas mountains.
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