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South Korean conservative activists burn mock missiles and a portrait of North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il, bottom left, and what protesters say is a portrait of his son Kim Jong Un during a rally denouncing North Korea's missile launch in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 3, 2009.

UN Security Council condemns North Korea over missile explosions read more
Star Tribune

UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council condemned North Korea's recent missile tests Monday, following the country's firing of seven ballistic missiles over the weekend on U.S. Independence Day, the reclusive country's biggest display of missile firepower in three years. Uganda U.N. Ambassador Ruhakana Rugunda, who holds the council's rotating...

photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon

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Israel's Barak sees progress in US envoy talks read more
The Star

LONDON (Reuters) - Israel's Defence Minister Ehud Barak said on Monday he and U.S. Middle East...

The Way to Break the Climate Deadlock read more
The Daily Beast

This week, leaders are meeting in Italy to advance a new climate change protocol. Tony Blair...

Security leak: Facebook frenzy | Editorial read more
The Guardian

Not so long ago it was treated as a serious offence even to let the public know the name of the...

Iranian dissenters embark on campaign of covert civil disobedience read more

A placard with a picture identified by protesters as Neda Agha Soltan, the woman shown on camera phone footage falling, apparently shot, during a mass protest following Iran's elections, is seen during a demonstration in support of the Iranian opposition opposite the Iranian embassy in central London, Friday June 26, 2009.

The Times

Forced to stop demonstrating by police brutality, a Tehran nurse called Mojgan has found a new way of expressing her hatred of a regime which, she believes, stole the election from Mir Hossein Mousavi then ruthlessly stifled dissent. In the privacy...

photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis

Russia's skilful handling of economy raises hopes for summit with US read more

People pass by a currency exchange booth with the sign indicating U.S. dollar and euro rates, in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008.

The Times

The most interesting and unexpected ingredient in the Russia-US summit is how well the Russian leaders have managed the financial turmoil. That changes in their favour, slightly, the dynamics of the meeting, which otherwise turn on that peculiar...

photo: AP / Mikhail Metzel

U.S.-China talks planned on North Korea arms deals read more

Stuart Levey, U.S. Treasury's undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, left, looks at U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg while meeting with South Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Kwon Jong-rak, unseen, in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June 3, 2009.

The Star

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Treasury official who tracks illicit international financing will have talks in China this week on ways to crack down on companies involved in North Korea's purchases of equipment for its nuclear arms...

photo: AP / Kim Kyung-Hoon, Pool

China takes control of news agenda after Uighurs riot in Urumqi read more

Residents walk past burnt out cars stored at a second car yard in Urumqi, China, Monday, July 6 , 2009.

The Times

When China's Communist Party celebrates the 60th anniversary of its rule in October it will want to present to its people - and to the world - the image of a Government in control of a booming economy and an increasingly open society. The bloody riot...

photo: AP / Ng Han Guan

China officials in call for gradual displacement of the dollar read more

A woman walks past currency signs of Yuan, euro and U.S. dollar at a money exchange shop in Hong Kong Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008.

Hong Kong Standard

The financial crisis has laid bare defects in the dollar-led global economy and the world should look to displace the US currency, even if that will take many years, Chinese officials said in comments published yesterday. //--> Tuesday, July 07, 2009...

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New US stem cell rules loosen some restrictions read more

In this photo made available by Advanced Cell Technology, a single cell is removed from a human embryo to be used in generating embryonic stem cells for scientific rese

The Star

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government released final rules on Monday governing federally funded research on human embryonic stem cells, loosening some requirements that scientists said could have cost them a decade of work. But the new rules,...

photo: AP / Advanced Cell Technology