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Obama, Hu set for key talks in Beijing

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:08:00 +0000

AFP – BEIJING (AFP) – US President Barack Obama will Tuesday attack the formal business of his visit to China, sitting down with his opposite number Hu Jintao for talks centred on trade tensions and US calls for a stronger yuan.

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US man gets nearly 20 years for Thai pedophilia

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:33:00 +0000

AFP – NEW YORK (AFP) – A US court has handed 19-and-a-half years in prison to an actor convicted of abusing children as young as six on trips to Thailand and posting the images on the Internet.

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Kosovo elections ‘significant milestone:’ US

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:20:00 +0000

AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States Monday praised the Kosovo government for its handling of its first elections since its independence last year, calling them “a significant milestone” on the road to democracy.

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US envoy back in Sudan this week

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:27:00 +0000

AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – US envoy Scott Gration will return to Khartoum and Darfur this week as part of US diplomatic efforts to ease tensions in the region, the State Department said Monday.

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Bleak US hunger figures released

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:38:00 +0000

AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US Agriculture Department on Monday released bleak figures on the state of hunger in the United States, showing that more American families are having difficulty feeding their members.

CIA offers bounties to Pakistani intelligence: report

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:14:00 +0000

AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – The CIA provides hundreds of millions of dollars to Pakistan’s spy service, including payments for the capture or killing of wanted militants, a US newspaper reported, citing unnamed officials and former officials.

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Fed seeking to ensure strong dollar: Bernanke

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:47:00 +0000

AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – The Federal Reserve is “attentive” to the sliding US dollar and is working to “help ensure that the dollar is strong and a source of global financial stability,” Fed chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday.

N.Korea unlikely to give up nuclear weapons: US expert

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:16:00 +0000

AFP – SEOUL (AFP) – North Korea is unlikely to give up its nuclear weapons in the foreseeable future despite the upcoming talks with Washington, a former senior US diplomat who recently visited Pyongyang said Monday.

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Top Rwanda genocide fugitive in Kenya: US envoy

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:08:00 +0000

AFP – NAIROBI (AFP) – Felicien Kabuga, who is accused of financing the 1994 Rwandan genocide and is one of the most wanted men in Africa, is currently in Kenya, a senior US official said here Monday.

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Obama presses Internet freedoms in China

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:52:00 +0000

AFP – SHANGHAI (AFP) – US President Barack Obama Monday pushed for an unshackled Internet and expanded political freedoms, seeking to get around China’s media curbs with a webcast town hall event in booming Shanghai.

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