AFP - Public support for Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso has plunged below 20 percent as his party faces losing its grip on power in upcoming elections, according to a poll.
S. Korea, Peru report progress in telecom, other issues in free trade talks
(Asia Pulse Data Source via COMTEX) -- South Korea and Peru have made progress in competition and other sectors at this week's free trade talks in Seoul, the trade ministry said Friday. According to the ministry, both sides virtually reached an agreement
Head of U.S. forces in Afghanistan says Taliban a dangerous, resilient enemy
CALGARY - The officer in charge of the United States Central Command is warning against premature optimism as thousands of American troops surge into Afghanistan's Helmand province. Gen. David Petraeus is best known for co-ordinating the troop surge in
UK forces 'encounter few Taliban'
British forces on a major operation in Afghanistan say they have encountered little resistance from the Taliban.
Honduras' new leaders reject appeal for Zelaya's return
The head of the Organization of American States said Friday he has found no willingness among leaders of Honduras' interim government to return President Jose Manuel Zelaya to power.
Fears over student place shortage
Ministers must fund more university places in England, or risk forcing tens of thousands of teenagers onto the dole, an MP warns.
China has developed its own operating system for cyber war with U.S.
A leading cyber security specialist said last week that China has developed its own ultra-secure operating system for a strategic edge in its cyber warfare with U.S. computer systems. Kevin G. Coleman, a specialist with the Technolytics Institute and
Clinton congratulates Amano on appointment as next IAEA chief
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton congratulated veteran Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano on Friday on his appointment as the next International Atomic Energy Agency director general. I would like to offer my congratulations to Yukiya Amano of Japan
Lu tells media in US of the perils Taiwan is facing
Former vice president Annette Lu (fq) said in Washington on Thursday that step by step and day by day Taiwan was being changed into Chinese Taipei. There was a danger, she said, that Taiwan would lose its democracy and become a province of China. She
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