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President Obama hosts China Vice-President Xi Jinping

BBC News

US President Barack Obama has pressed China's leader-in-waiting on trade and human rights, as he welcomed him to the White House. Meeting Vice-President Xi Jinping in the Oval Office, Mr Obama also said it was "vital" that Washington maintained a ...

Sectarian Tensions Rise in Bahrain

Wall Street Journal

By ALEX DELMAR-MORGAN DOHA, Qatar—Police displayed a massive security presence across Bahrain's capital Tuesday on the first anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising against the Gulf kingdom's Sunni rulers, a day after some of the worst violence island ...

Blasts in Bangkok Add to Suspicions About Iran

New York Times

BANGKOK — A series of explosions rocked a residential neighborhood here on Tuesday, leading the Thai authorities to a cache of bombs in a rented house and the capture of two men identified in Thai media reports as Iranians. A third suspect was being ...

Iran to announce new nuclear projects Wednesday

CBS News

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's official news agency said that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will unveil new nuclear projects on Wednesday. IRNA did not specify in its Tuesday report what the projects would be. But an independent news website that regularly ...

India: 'Well-Trained Terrorist' Behind Israeli Diplomatic Attack

Voice of America

February 14, 2012 India: 'Well-Trained Terrorist' Behind Israeli Diplomatic Attack VOA News India's home minister says Monday's bombing of an Israeli embassy car was targeted at an Israeli diplomat's wife and carried out by a well-trained terrorist.

Syrian residents say they're bracing for full-blown war

CNN

By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Syria stepped up its siege Tuesday on the city of Homs and launched fresh attacks in cities all over the country, leaving dozens dead, according to opposition groups. At least 40 people were killed, according to the ...

Tibetan 'brothers' do not support burnings: Wen

Pakistan Daily Times

BEIJING: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Tuesday self-immolations in Tibetan parts of China were extreme acts that did not have popular support, in the highest level comments on the unrest since an increase in tension in January.

Now or never for Nicolas: Unpopular French president faces tough re-election bid

Washington Post

PARIS — Nicolas Sarkozy faces an unprecedented challenge if he wants another term. No presidential candidate in France's postwar history has come back from being so far behind so late in the campaign. If polls can be believed, the brash, risk-taking ...

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