Asia
Questions and tensions remain about the Cheonan
June 16, 2010UNITED NATIONS - A few years ago, one would have assumed that today, June 15, would be a day of celebration across the Korean peninsula.
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Tensions and rhetoric rise after sinking of South Korean ship
May 27, 2010UNITED NATIONS-The turmoil that has swept Korea after the tragic March 26 sinking of the Cheonan, a South Korean naval ship, and the subsequent death of 46 sailors has left the peninsula closer to the war...
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World Notes: Senegal, Kyrgyzstan, Israel
April 13, 2010French military leaving Senegal, Kyrgyzstan coup impacts Afghanistan, Israel's nukes remain.
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World Notes: S. Africa, Spain, E. Timor
March 5, 2010No land for South Africa's black women, Spanish workers take a hit, Indonesian impunity still reverberates in East Timor.
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World Notes: Egypt, Sri Lanka, Romania, Brazil
February 11, 2010News briefs from four regions of the world.
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