| Sat, 4 Sep 2010 Myanmar's junta chief to visit China
| Yangon - Myanmar's military junta chief is to visit China next week at the invitation of Chinese President Hu Jintao, Myanmar state media said Saturday. | Senior General Than Shwe - who heads the State Peace and Development Council, as the junta styles itself - is to ... | From North Korea, Word of Shortages, Grudges
By EVAN RAMSTAD | Associated Press | The bridge at Dandong, China, above, is North Korea's main link to the world. | DANDONG, China—One evening last week in this Chinese border city, restaurants bustled and taxis honked. Tall buildings were clad in LED displays. J... | The Pacific Campaign, Dam Division
| ON Sept. 1, 1945 — 65 years ago this week — I arrived in Leyte Gulf, the Philippines, aboard a Navy transport ship. Along with other newly commissioned ensigns in the Navy Civil Engineer Corps, I was prepared to join one of the Seabee battalions being must... | Will heir be unveiled at North Korean convention?
| HYUNG-JIN KIM | Associated Press Writer= SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is preparing its largest political meeting in 30 years, and leader Kim Jong Il is expected to appoint a son to a key Workers Party position in what would be the strongest sign yet of a su... | US carrier arriving in Manila today
| MANILA, Philippines—While Hong Kong tourists are avoiding Manila fearful of falling victim to another hostage-taking similar to the Aug. 23 incident at Luneta, the 7,000-plus sailors of the USS George Washington carrier group are apparently unperturbed. | The nuclear-... | An Old Scourge Needs a Modern Solution
| Every 12 hours last year young men boarded motorized skiffs and hijacked vessels on the waterway used by 24,000 ships around the Horn of Africa. Pirate gangs have accrued $150 million in ransom to date, about $4 million per ship. Their take is likely to swell before y... | The Black Sea Need Not Be a Black Spot
| The Black Sea is a cradle of civilization, trade and cultures, but today it is also a region of unresolved conflicts, porous borders and rivalries. | Terrorism and insurgency are spreading across the North Caucasus, abetted by fighters from the Middle East and South A... | `Plague doctor' takes a curious journey
| Thomas C. Butler's flight itinerary stretched thousands of miles, from Saudi Arabia to London to Miami, to Puerto Rico and then Dominica. | But his travels were interrupted Thursday night when a federal security worker at Miami International Airport spotted a 12-inch ... | South Korea, U.S. to hold joint naval exercise
| (CNN) -- South Korea and the United States will conduct a joint anti-submarine warfare exercise starting Sunday, the U.S. military announced Friday. | The exercise, the second in a series of combined maneuvers, is scheduled to end Thursday. It will be held in the wate... | |
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