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South Korean Lt. Choi Don-rim, left, communicates with a North Korean officer during a phone call at a military office near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, about 55 kilometers (31 miles) north of Seoul, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2005. North and South Korea tested a hotline on Wednesday aimed at helping avoid naval confrontations in the Yellow Sea by having direct contact between the two militaries. Looking on at right is an unidentified South Korean navy officer.
Asia   Korea   Military   Technology   Photos		  Al Jazeera 
Koreas open new military hotlines
Wed 30 Dec 2009
North and South Korea have opened new military hotlines  to help facilitate border crossings, the latest sign of renewing co-operation between the countries. Military officials from the two... (photo: AP / You Sung-Ho, Pool)
This image from television shows the demolition of the 60-foot-tall cooling tower at its main reactor complex in Yongbyon North Korea Friday June 27, 2008. North Korea destroyed the most visible symbol of its nuclear weapons program Friday in a sign of its commitment to stop making plutonium for atomic bom
Government   Korea   Nuclear   Photos   Seoul		  Khaleej Times 
North Korea pilfering nuclear reactor site
Wed 30 Dec 2009
SEOUL - North Korea has been taking equipment left at a nuclear reactor site when an international consortium halted work on grounds that the communist state was breaking an agreement, a news report... (photo: AP / APTN)
In this photo taken on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009 and released Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009, from Freedom and Life for All North Koreans, U.S. missionary Robert Park, a 28-year-old Korean-American, who crossed the frozen Tumen River into North Korea from China on Christmas Day, prays for North Korean, in Seoul, South Korea.  Irish Times  Wed 30 Dec 2009
North Korea detains US missionary over illegal entry

NORTH KOREA said yesterday that it was holding an American missionary who entered the country illegally last week. He is believed to be Robert Park, a 28-year-old Christian activist who wanted to go... (photo: AP / Freedom and Life for All North Koreans, Seo Suk-gu)
Human Rights   N Korea   Nuclear   Photos   US
Opel Tigra Twin Top  The Times  Tue 29 Dec 2009
Need to know: ING sells Antai ... Opel sales up ... Google sued
View video and Need to Know interactive heatmap Economics UK housing: Britons paid off £4.91 billion in mortgage debts between July and September, figures from the Bank of England showed. This was the... (photo: Public Domain / Matthias93)
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President Barack Obama walks to board his helicopter as he leaves the White House en route to Guadalajara, Mexico, for meetings with Prime Minister Harper of Canada and President Calderon of Mexico, in Washington, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009. The Examiner Tue 29 Dec 2009
Top 5 signs Obama's policies don't work

5) After seven years straight without a single terrorist attack on American soil, it is only since Obama took office and began "healing the rifts" between... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite)
Obama   Photos   Politics   President   US
This photo, taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran shows Iranian protestors beating police officers, during anti-government protest in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009. CBS News Tue 29 Dec 2009
Iran says West Behind Deadly Protests

Foreign Ministry Lashes Out in Routine Fashion at U.S., U.K. after Clashes Leave at Least 7 Dead Font size Print E-mail Share 5 Comments Play CBS Video Video Deadly... (photo: AP)
Iran   Photos   Protests   US   Violence
President Barack Obama waves to photographers as he is welcomed by Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, obscured, at Kantei, the prime minister's official residence, in Tokyo, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. CBS News Tue 29 Dec 2009
Key Travel Agencies Lack Permanent Heads
Transportation Security and Customs and Border Agencies Led by Acting Heads for Almost a Year Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments Play CBS Video Video Obama Gives... (photo: Creative Commons / Charles Dharapak)
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U.S. Marines maintain a helicopter on the airstrip of the Futenma Marine Corps Air Station on the Japanese island of Okinawa Thursday, December 2, 1999. CBS News Tue 29 Dec 2009
Standoff Over US Base Closure Sours US-Japan Ties

'World's Most Dangerous Base:' Japan, US At Standoff Over Future Of Marine Base Font size Print E-mail Share (AP) GINOWAN, Japan (AP) - When the U.S. took over a Japanese... (photo: AP / David Guttenfelder)
Foreign Policy   Japan   Military   Photos   US
Memorable moments of 2009 - slide show The Examiner Tue 29 Dec 2009
Memorable moments of 2009 - slide show

However hard it is to decide which photos capture the essence of a year, the pictures that follow most likely need no caption, as each one of us could write our own.... (photo: WN / Eteh)
Africa   Darfur   Election   Mideast   Photos
SALAH AD DIN PATROL - U.S. Marines patrol the deserts of the Salah Ad Din province, Iraq, May 16, 2008. Asahi News Tue 29 Dec 2009
POINT OF VIEW/ Yoichi Kato: Hatoyama must have strategic talks with U.S.
The Hatoyama administration's delay in deciding where to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma has created the possibility that the 2006 Japan-U.S. agreement... (photo: U.S Marine / Sgt. Rome M. Lazarus)
Campaign   Japan   Marine   Okinawa   Photos


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Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee speaks during a press conference at the Samsung Group headquarters in Seoul, jsa1 S. Korea pardons Samsung’s ex-boss to boost Olympics bid Journal Online
Former Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee, center, gets into a car to leave the Seoul Court House after his trial in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 14, 2009. South Korea to Pardon Former Samsung Chairman ABC News
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Seoul National University professor Hwang Woo-suk gestures during a press conference at the Incheon Airport, west of Seoul, Friday, May 20, 2005. A group of South Korean researchers said they have successfully made embryonic stem cells that are tailored to individuals, including sick people, raising the prospect of effective treatment for many incurable diseases. Decade of Internet, Gadgets and Rogue Scientists Korea Times
Japan
Japan Airlines - Airport - Airplane Japan Airlines shares plunge to new low amid bankruptcy rumours The Guardian
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama addresses the 64th session of the General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams) Japan Unveils New Plan for Growth The New York Times
A local newspaper shows a photo of Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on its front page Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009, in Shanghai, China. Japan unveils growth plan for next decade Houston Chronicle
Lady Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of Great Britain No-nonsense, whisky-loving Thatcher exposed in British files Indian Express
Japanese Yen - Money - Currency Dollar hits 2-mth high vs yen, steady vs euro The Guardian
China
US to impose new duties on Chinese steel pipe as trade battles intensify US to impose new duties on Chinese steel pipe as trade battles intensify Star Tribune
Some of the senatorial candidates calling themselves the Genuine Opposition from left to right, John Osmena, Coco Pimentel, Sonia Roco, United Opposition President Mayor Jejomar Binay , Nikki Coseteng, Loren Legarda, Allan Cayetano and Sonny Rivera repre Let’s build ships again — Loren Journal Online
BALANGA BATAAN--President Glria Macapagal-Arroyo guesture as she diliverd her message after the Awardinmg Ceremonies. Friday. GMA leaves year of horror, hope Journal Online
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a ceremony is held before a Chinese naval fleet sets sail from a port in Sanya city of China's southernmost island province of Hainan on Friday, Dec. 26, 2008. China floats idea of first overseas naval base BBC News
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