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China urges Obama to cancel meeting with Dalai Lama

YoopyaFeb 21, 2014October 30, 20230

(Reuters) – China urged the United States on Friday to scrap plans for President Barack Obama to meet exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama

Thai protesters take to Facebook to target businesses linked to PM

YoopyaFeb 20, 2014November 1, 20230

(Reuters) – Protesters campaigning to oust Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra turned to Facebook and other social media to attack businesses linked to her family

Rajiv Gandhi murder: Tamil Nadu to free plotters

YoopyaFeb 19, 2014November 1, 20230

The government in India’s Tamil Nadu state has decided to free seven people convicted of plotting the assassination of former PM Rajiv Gandhi. All seven

Suicide bombers target Iranian centre in Beirut, kill four

YoopyaFeb 19, 2014October 30, 20230

(Reuters) – A twin suicide bombing hit the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut on Wednesday during the morning rush hour, killing at least four people

China says it will win West over to its view on Tibet, Xinjiang

YoopyaFeb 19, 2014October 30, 20230

(Reuters) – China has time on its side to win over Western opinion to its point of view on the restive regions of Tibet and

Iran’s leader doubts nuclear talks will succeed

YoopyaFeb 17, 2014November 1, 20230

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s top leader said Monday that he doubts talks aimed at sealing a final deal between Tehran and Western powers over

China Nobel wife’s health worsens; needs treatment

YoopyaFeb 14, 2014October 30, 20230

BEIJING (AP) — The health of the wife of China’s jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate has deteriorated under lengthy house arrest and she urgently requires

Kerry faces tough sell in China on NKorea, tension

YoopyaFeb 14, 2014October 30, 20230

BEIJING (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday appealed for China’s help in bringing a belligerent North Korea back to nuclear disarmament

Dubai vying to be world’s next fashion capital

YoopyaFeb 14, 2014November 25, 20230

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai and luxury are nearly synonymous. The city is home to the world’s tallest tower, massive man-made islands in

Treading softly, Thai riot police move to reclaim protest sites

YoopyaFeb 14, 2014November 25, 20230

(Reuters) – Thousands of Thai riot police were deployed on Friday to seize back protest sites around government buildings in Bangkok that have been occupied