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AFP – SHANGHAI (AFP) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday appealed to American firms to sponsor the US pavilion for next year’s World Expo in Shanghai, saying their support would strengthen Sino-US ties.

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Clinton appeals for funding at Shanghai Expo site

AFP – BANGKOK (AFP) – Former US president Jimmy Carter launched a campaign Monday in which thousands of volunteers will build homes for the poor in five nations along the Mekong River, a humanitarian group said.

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Former US president Carter builds homes in Asia

AFP – TOKYO (AFP) – Japan and the United States will hold talks here on Tuesday to seek ways to solve a sticking row over the relocation of a US military base on the island of Okinawa, the foreign ministry said.

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Japan, US to seek solution to Okinawa base row: ministry

AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – The Obama administration is increasing pressure on Pakistan to fight Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants as part of a revised US strategy for the Afghanistan war, The New York Times reported Monday.

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New US Afghan plan ups pressure on Pakistan: report

AFP – BEIJING (AFP) – US President Barack Obama arrived in Beijing on Monday from Shanghai, for the second leg of his maiden state visit to China, an AFP photographer said.

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Obama arrives in Beijing: AFP photographer

AFP – SHANGHAI (AFP) – US President Barack Obama Monday pushed for an unshackled Internet and political freedoms as he starred in a live streaming webcast from China on the first day of his visit to the Asian giant.

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On the Internet in China, Obama presses for freedom

AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – Groups opposing Cuba’s communist regime have dramatically shifted funding toward the US Democrats since the party took control of Congress in last year’s elections, according to a study published on Monday.

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Anti-Castro Cubans shift funding to US Democrats