Beijing criticizes new US report on China's growing military power as 'distortion'
By TINI TRAN Associated Press Writer
BEIJING March 26, 2009 (AP)
The Associated Press
China slammed a newly released U.S. report on Beijing's growing military power as a "gross distortion," saying Thursday...
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Mirek Topolanek, the prime minister of the Czech Republic, which currently holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, addressed the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France on Wednesday.
By STEPHEN CASTLE and...
By Howard Schneider
Washington Post Foreign Service
Wednesday, March 25, 2009; 2:40 PM
JERUSALEM, March 25 -- Incoming Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday said he would pursue peace talks with the Palestinian Authority, but withheld any endorsement of an...
Shawn Baldwin for The New York Times
A billboard in Surt, Libya, depicting Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, the new chairman of the African Union, tries to suggest a bright new day is dawning in Africa.
By MICHAEL SLACKMAN
Published: March 22, 2009
TRIPOLI, Libya — Forty years after he seized power...
Jehad Nga for The New York Times
Iraqi army and police provided security as Sons of Iraq received payments for their services last month in Mahmudiyah.
By ROD NORDLAND and ALISSA J. RUBIN Published: March 23, 2009 Significantly, the militiamen themselves were not...
Fidel Castro denies losing influence to 'Raul's men,' blames 'honey of power' for ouster of 2
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press Writer
HAVANA March 3, 2009 (AP)
The Associated Press
Cuban President Raul Castro's decision to ouster powerful officials close to his brother Fidel raises questions...
China calls for new global currency controlled by International Monetary Fund
By JOE McDONALD
BEIJING, China, 24 Mar, 2009
China is calling for a new global currency controlled by the International Monetary Fund, stepping up pressure ahead of a London summit of global leaders for changes to a...
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama reached out to citizens of the world Tuesday, saying in an op-ed piece that ran in 31 newspapers around the globe that there is an urgent need for worldwide economic cooperation.
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(CNN) -- An international peace conference in Johannesburg has been cancelled after South Africa refused the Dalai Lama a visa to attend the event.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu said Monday he would boycott the conference.
Announcing the postponement at a news conference Tuesday, Irvin Khosa,...
Chavez Claims Obama Is Uneducated About Latin America And Preventing Progress
CARACAS, Venezuela, March 23, 2009
In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez delivers a speech at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, March 21, 2009....
