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Report: NKorea to replace top diplomat in Geneva, purported manager of secret fund overseas
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea plans to replace its top diplomat in Switzerland who is believed to be a key manager of leader Kim Jong Il’s alleged secret funds stashed overseas, a news report said Wednesday.
Ri Tcheul, North Korea’s ambassador to U.N. agencies in Geneva, is to step down... Tuesday , March 09, 2010
Dalai Lama says China attempting to annihilate Tibetan Buddhism
DHARMSALA, India - The Dalai Lama said Wednesday that Chinese authorities had rebuffed all his efforts to reach a compromise over Tibet and had instead engaged in systematic repression as part of a plan to "annihilate Buddhism" there.
The Tibetan spiritual leader sounded angry and resigned... Tuesday , March 09, 2010
New law bars Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from elections
YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar’s military rulers have barred pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from running in upcoming elections and may force her own political party to expel her under a new election law unveiled Wednesday.
The Political Parties Registration Law, published in official new... Tuesday , March 09, 2010
US hospital ship Comfort leaving Haiti as military scales back in quake-ravaged country
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The U.S. military hospital ship Comfort has completed its relief mission in Haiti and is heading home.
The Comfort has been stationed off the country’s coast for seven weeks treating victims of the Jan. 12 earthquake. But the U.S. military is scaling back in Haiti a... Tuesday , March 09, 2010
US woman accused of recruiting jihadists online, agreeing to try to kill Swedish artist
PHILADELPHIA - An American woman "desperate to do something" to help suffering Muslims has been accused of using the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters and help terrorists overseas, even agreeing to move to Europe to try to kill a Swedish artist, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Authorities sa... Tuesday , March 09, 2010