Japan approves additional sanctions on Iran over suspected nuclear weapons program
The Associated Press
3 Sep, 2010 0 0
TOKYO - Japan approved fresh economic sanctions against Iran on Friday after the United Nations asked Tokyo to tighten restrictions against Tehran over its controversial nuclear enrichment program, an official said. The measures approved by the Cabinet of Prime Minister Naoto Kan include an asset fr
US, South Korea to hold further naval drills aimed at deterring North Korea
Kwang-Tae Kim, The Associated Press
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SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea and the United States will hold joint anti-submarine exercises in another show of force against North Korea, officials said Friday, as Pyongyang renewed threats against the drills. The exercises will be the second in a series of joint manoeuvrs the allies planned to
Defence Secretary Gates gets firsthand look at operations in southern Afghanistan
Anne Gearan, The Associated Press
3 Sep, 2010 0 0
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - As the last of 30,000 U.S. reinforcements arrive in Afghanistan, U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates got a firsthand look Friday at operations in the dangerous south where Afghan and international troops are ramping up security. Gates travelled to Kandahar province, a region
4 killed in latest wave of forest fires in Russia
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MOSCOW - Russia's emergencies ministry says forest fires in the country's south have killed four people. Forest fires plagued much of Russia during this summer's unusual wave of withering heat and drought and cloaked Moscow in a pall of smoke in August have largely died down amid strong rains, but t
Nearly 10,000 coal trucks stuck in latest north China traffic jam
Chi-Chi Zhang, The Associated Press
3 Sep, 2010 0 0
BEIJING, China - Thousands of coal trucks were backed up for miles on a northern China highway Friday, the latest in a series of monster jams that have plagued the overloaded road since construction began on a parallel route earlier this summer. Trucks loaded high with coal from Inner Mongolia inche
Bomb targeting police vehicle kills 1 officer, wounds 3 in northwest Pakistan
The Associated Press
3 Sep, 2010 0 0
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Police say a roadside bomb has killed a police officer and wounded three others in northwest Pakistan. Police official Shafiullah Khan said the bomb was detonated by remote control Friday as officers patrolled in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where floods
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