| Mon, 6 Sep 2010 Burma leader Than Shwe visits China before election
| BEIJING will today welcome Than Shwe, leader of Burma's repressive military junta as he seeks to shore up support from his country's main sponsor ahead of planned elections next month. | China has become a key supporter of the regime in recent years, pumping... | Subtlety would help India rival China's clout
| STRATEGIC tensions between Asia's rising giants, China and India, are palpably worsening. | Although there's enough blame for this situation to go around, much of it lies with China. | However, India also needs to rethink its approach to great power rivalry in or... | Indian Navy foils Somali pirate attack
New Delhi: An Indian warship on Sunday foiled an attempt by Somalian pirates to hijack merchant vessels off Somalia's coast in the Gulf of Aden, a Navy spokesman said on Monday. | PVS Satish said marine commandos on board the destroyer-class warship boarded a high-speed... | N Korea 'plans succession meeting'
| North Korea has finished preparing for a key meeting of its ruling communist party, a South Korean official has said, but there it was still unclear when it would get under way. | The Workers' Party Convention, the first of its type since 1966, is widely expected... | NKorea prepares for biggest convention in 30 years
By JEAN H. LEE | Associated Press Writer | SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Huge posters plastered across the North Korean capital hailed the nation's biggest political convention in 30 years as a historic event as the world watched Monday for signs that the country's next lea... | NKorea prepares for biggest convention in 30 years
| Party delegates from all corners of North Korea were gathering in Pyongyang, state media said. Thousands practiced waving pink and red plastic flowers in a weekend rehearsal of celebrations at Kim Il Sung Square, China's Xinhua news agency said. | The capital was fest... | NKorea prepares for biggest convention in 30 years
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Huge posters plastered across the North Korean capital hailed the nation's biggest political convention in 30 years as a historic event as the world watched Monday for signs that the country's next leader was making his public debut. | Party d... | North Korea set for announcement by Kim Jong Il on choice of successor
| North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il could be about to announce his successor after posters appeared on the streets of Pyongyang promoting the biggest political event in 30 years. | The announcement of a Workers Party Convention sparked speculation today that the leader ... | NKorea preps for most important political convention in 3 decades amid succession speculation
| SEOUL, South Korea - Huge posters plastered across the North Korean capital hailed the nation's biggest political convention in 30 years as a historic event as the world watched Monday for signs that the country's next leader was making his public debut. | Party deleg... | |
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