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Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama looks on during his first press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009. Japan's PM apologizes for fundraising scandal
YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press Writer= TOKYO (AP) — Prosecutors charged two former aides of Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Thursday with giving false reports about political funding, a... (photo: AP / Junji Kurokawa) The Guardian

Japan   Money   Photos   Politics   Scandal
A Russian soldier stands at a checkpoint at the village of Karaleti, 7 km (4 miles) northwest of Gori, Georgia, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008. Russia announced Tuesday it would keep nearly 8,000 troops in Abkhazia and South Ossetia for the foreseeable future, asserting power in the breakaway regions even as it began a pullout from positions deeper in Georgia. After hours of talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev promised to withdraw all Russian forces from positions outside Abkhazia and South Ossetia within about a Russia and Georgia to reopen border crossing
Russia and Georgia have agreed to reopen a border crossing that has been closed since July 2006, Georgia's foreign ministry says.... (photo: AP / Shakh Aivazov) BBC News

Diplomacy   Georgia   Photos   Russia   War
Chinese paramilitary police patrol near a mosque closed to Friday prayers in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Friday, July 10, 2009. China sentences 5 more to death over ethnic riots
BEIJING-China has sentenced five more people to death for crimes committed during riots in the western region of Xinjiang in July in country's worst ethnic violence in decades. The Xinjiang government... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan) The Boston Globe

China   Justice   Muslim   Photos   Politics
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., center, accompanied by Senate Democrats, speaks during a health care news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009. U.S. Senate on verge of passing healthcare bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate was poised to approve President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul on Thursday, backing major changes in the medical insurance market and new coverage for tens... (photo: AP / Harry Hamburg) The Star

Health Care   Insurance   Obama   Photos   US
An injured person looks for help outside the Peshawar Press Club after a suicide attack in Peshawar, Pakistan on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009. Large explosion rocks Pakistani city of Peshawar
A large explosion has occurred on a busy road in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar. Police said the blast occurred near an army checkpoint. At least... (photo: AP / Mohammad Iqbal) BBC News

Defence   Pakistan   Photos   S Asia   Terrorism
Al-Shabaab islamist fighters patrol to provide security to Somali demonstrators in Mogadishu, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. The demonstrators gathered in an open square north east of the capital Mogadishu to show their support for the Palestinian people UN slaps arms embargo on Eritrea
The UN Security Council has slapped an arms embargo on Eritrea and targeted sanctions on its leaders for aiding Somali rebels and refusing to withdraw troops from its disputed border with... (photo: AP / Mohamed Sheikh Nor) Al Jazeera

Embargo   Eritrea   Photos   UN   Arms
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