| Fri, 3 Sep 2010 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... | 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... | US Naval Carrier Fleet to dock in Manila Bay
| The USS George Washington Naval Carrier Fleet will arrive in Manila on Saturday for a four-day goodwill visit. | The Philippine navy will greet the fleet made up of 7,000 seamen. The USS George Washington Naval Carrier Fleet consists of 4 ships- the aircraft carrier U... | Will heir be unveiled at North Korean convention?
| A visitor points with am umbrella at a poster of North Korean leader Kim... | FILE - This Friday Aug. 27, 2010 file photo released by China's official... | SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea is preparing its largest political meeting in 30 years, and leader Kim Jon... | Old Enemies, New Partners
Recent American joint military exercises in Asia, especially with Vietnam, and China's shrill warning about the rise of an "Asian NATO" might give the impression that Washington and Hanoi are forging a new alliance. To be sure, the military exercises between old adversa... | PopWatch Rewind Week 3: 'Return of the Killer Tomatoes'
| George Clooney. Oscar-winner, former People’s Sexiest Man Alive, international superstar with a new movie in theaters, and, finally, star of the sequel to a no-budget movie about evil tomatoes that try to take over the world. Perhaps Clooney would like to forget tha... | |
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