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A second House Democrat, Rep. Maxine Waters of California, could face an ethics trial this fall, further complicating the election outlook for the party as it battles to retain its majority. | People familiar with the investigation, who were not authorized to be quoted about charges before they are made public, say the allegations could be announced next week.
Keywords: e death toll in the massive flooding in Pakistan surged past 800 as floodwaters receded Saturday in the hard-hit northwest, an official said.
Kim Yong Gyu, 45, a researcher of the Academy of Sports Science, said the strong mental power displayed by the Korean footballers in the first match with Brazil, which won the World Cup five times, betokens good results of the Korean team in other matches. | No other reports appeared on the North Korean news service. The World Cup ended on that day before the lads lost 7-0 to Portugal and went down 0-3 to the mighty Ivory Coast.
While preparing for my upcoming student reporting trip to Vietnam, I was reminded of the three young American hikers still being held in Iran. Their families -- along with President Obama, Secretary of... | President Obama said in a statement on Friday that "their unjust detention has nothing to do with the issues that continue to divide the United States and the international community from the Iranian government."
The commander of military drills in the Pacific says the focus of the exercises was training to combat terrorism, not sending a message to North Korea. | In this July 9, 2010 photo released by the U.S. Navy, soldiers assigned to Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment approach the Royal Australian Navy amphibious transport ship HMAS Kanimbla aboard U.S. Marine Corps amphibious assault vehicles in the Pacific Ocean.
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Jul. 30 North Korean culture has been wowing Chinese audiences this summer as the Sea of Blood Opera Company has been touring the country. Named after a revolutionary film written by Kim Il-sung in 1961, the company has been traveling China to mark the 60th anniversary of Sino-North Korean relations. | Performing the Chinese classic Dream of the Red Chamber, the company has been playing to sell out theaters.
China's military on Friday criticized remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that Washington had a strong interest in seeing territorial disputes in the South China Sea resolved peacefully. | Ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng told reporters China opposes what he called the "internationalization"
Keywords: by B.Raman" It is clear that military clashes would bring bad results to all countries in the region involved, but China will never waive its right to protect its core interest with military means."--- From a "Global Times" editorial of July 26,2010(July 30, Chennai, Sri Lanka Guardian)
The United States may launch a bombing and missile attack on the Islamic Republic during the first three weeks of October. This forecast was made by Mikhail Delyagin, Director of the Institute for Globalization Problems, in his lecture in Ekaterinburg on July 29, 2010, "RusBusinessNews" informs.
The Wikileaks document download -- illustrating Afghan corruption, Pakistani duplicity and Taliban toughness -- revealed little that is new. But it will intensify a popular kind of desperation.
Officials from North Korea and the American-led United Nations Command held a "substantive" third planning session on Friday morning to prepare for higher-level talks about the March sinking of a South Korean patrol ship, a UNC spokesman said.
Arizonans will be grateful for some extra help from the National Guard, starting Sunday, in protecting the border and fighting drug violence -- especially now that a federal judge has blocked ke...
Online publication of some 92,000 classified documents and digital images from US military activities in Afghanistan is building into a crisis for President Barack Obama. But it may not be the crisis people think of first.
South Korean Navy personnel walk past the wreckage of the Cheonan at the Second Fleet Command of the Navy in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. The South Korean government claims the ship was sunk by a North Korean submarine in March. | North Korea still denies any involvement in the incident.
Status of seized vessels and crews in Somalia, The Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean - July 29 ( 2 ) | Sea-jacked British couple, Paul and Rachel Chandler, aged 60 and 58, were abducted from their 38-ft yacht S/Y LYNN RIVAL, seized October 22, 2009 en route to Tanzania, and are still held in Somalia.
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Keywords: : North Korea's foreign minister arrives in Burma, days after the US voiced concern about possible nuclear.. Front Page on One News Page on Thursday, 29 July 201...
North Korea's foreign minister arrived in Myanmar on Thursday for talks with the junta, an official said, amid Western concerns about possible nuclear cooperation between the two autocratic nations. | Pak Ui Chun landed in Yangon, where he was expected to visit the Shwedagon Pagoda before travelling to the capital Naypyidaw on Friday to meet his counterpart Nyan Win, the Myanmar official said, asking not to be named.