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VOA, BBC Broadcasts Jammed from Syria 19 Oct 2012 | 05:39 pm
A satellite provider for Voice of America and the BBC says broadcasts in the Middle East and Europe were deliberately jammed this week by interfering signals coming from Syria. Many programs have bee...
Romney, Obama Stump for Votes Following Light-Hearted Dinner 19 Oct 2012 | 05:36 pm
U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are returning to the campaign trail on Friday, a day after they poked fun at each other during a high-profile charity dinner in New Yo...
China, Philippines Hold Talks After Months of Tensions 19 Oct 2012 | 05:19 pm
Philippine Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Erlinda Basilio and Chinese Vice Minister Fu Ying held talks to try to build stronger bilateral ties. They met formally for the first time in Manila Friday af...
Pakistan Divided Over How to Deal with Militant Threat 19 Oct 2012 | 04:58 pm
Despite the outrage over the Taliban's shooting of teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, Pakistan's government has failed to gather enough support for a military operation against the extremists believed...
Once Thriving Religious Sect Leaves Its Mark 19 Oct 2012 | 04:41 pm
One of the swankiest suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio, is Shaker Heights, and it’s not named for any kind of food shaker or for a Mister Shaker. Nor are Shakertown, Kentucky; Hancock Shaker Village in Mass...
UN Report Calls for Decriminalization of Prostitution in Asia 19 Oct 2012 | 04:30 pm
Results of the first U.N. study examining how the criminalization of prostitution has affected the lives of sex workers across Asia and worsened HIV epidemics have been released. The U.N. surveyed se...
Leaders Discuss Road Map for Mali 19 Oct 2012 | 04:29 pm
International leaders meet Friday in Mali's capital to discuss ways of ousting al-Qaida-linked Islamist groups who control the country's north. The meeting in Bamako will include representatives from...
China Interested in US Presidential Campaign 19 Oct 2012 | 03:50 pm
As the U.S. presidential election nears, Chinese news web sites and microblogs are following developments in the campaign closely, with cutting analysis and commentary - especially when China is a tar...
India-China Ties Improve but Strategic Rivalry Not Over 19 Oct 2012 | 03:50 pm
Fifty years after India and China fought a brief war, the Asian giants have set aside their bitter decades-long rivalry and trade is booming. But, the strategic contest between the two countries is fa...
US Imposes Curfew on All American Troops in Japan 19 Oct 2012 | 03:40 pm
The commander of U.S. forces in Japan has imposed an nationwide curfew for all military personnel in Japan after the arrest of two American sailors for the alleged rape of an Okinawan woman. Lieutena...
