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Obama, South Korean leader accentuate the positive
Obama, winding up his weeklong Asian journey, is expected to emphasize the two nations’ unified efforts to prod a defiant North Korea out of its nuclear weapons program. He’s also welcoming South Korea’s return to helping U.S. efforts in Afghanistan.
Posted: 3 days agoUN official questions world's hunger commitment
The director of a U.N. food agency questioned Wednesday how world powers could commit so much money to fighting the financial crisis and not to feeding the 1 billion hungry.
Posted: 3 days agoClinton: US will keep pushing Afghan govt reform
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton stressed Wednesday that the United States will keep pressing the Afghan government to crack down on rampant corruption, saying the American military cannot defeat militancy without the help of a strong partner.
Posted: 3 days agoCruise ship breaks Antarctic ice, nears open water
A Russian icebreaker carrying over 100 tourists and scientists to see emperor penguins in Antarctica has been crunching through pack ice and should reach clear water soon, a shipping official said Wednesday.
Posted: 3 days agoNicolas Cage visits Kenyan jail to talk to pirates
Film star Nicolas Cage has visited a Kenyan prison holding suspected Somali pirates awaiting trial to highlight the problem of piracy in the Indian Ocean.
Posted: 3 days agoObama's china trip gets mixed reviews
Although China’s government heralded President Barack Obama’s trip a success, the vast majority of the county’s population were left disappointed.
Posted: 3 days agoBomb in market kills 80 in northwestern Pakistan
North West Frontier Province Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain says 200 were wounded in Wednesday’s attack in Peshawar city. The blast coincided with a trip to Pakistan by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Posted: 24 days agoCoyotes maul woman on hike in Canadian park
Two coyotes attacked a Canadian woman while she was hiking alone in a national park in eastern Canada, and authorities said she died Wednesday of her injuries.
Posted: 24 days agoWorld's tiger population declining
The world’s tiger population is declining fast despite efforts to save them, and new strategies are urgently needed to keep the species from dying out, international wildlife experts said Tuesday.
Posted: 24 days agoAIDS experts say Russia needs new HIV strategy
Experts say Russia’s fast growing spread of HIV could be entering a dangerous new phase, doubling in the last eight years, they’re urging officials to adopt more successful strategies which address needle use.
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