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Breaking News Wed, 18 Jan 2012
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, rear center, Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan , rear third right , Defense Minister Kim Tae-young, rear left, and other cabinet members attend an emergency meeting of the National Security Council to discuss punitive measures against North Korea for its March torpedo attack on a South Korean warship at the presidential house in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Yonhap) **KOREA OUT**
North Korea   Nuclear   Photos   Talks   Wikipedia: North Korea and weapons of mass destruction  
 BBC News 
'Path open' for North Korea talks, neighbours say
Wed 18 Jan 2012
A "path is open" for a return to stalled nuclear talks with North Korea, officials from the US, Japan and South Korea have said. | The comments came after top diplomats met in Washington. | The three ... (photo: AP / Yonhap)
The World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Economy   Financial   Photos   Wikipedia: Late-2000s financial crisis   World Bank  
 The Australian 
Second global financial crisis 'looming'
Wed 18 Jan 2012
| THE World Bank has slashed its global economic growth forecasts and warned that rich nations' debt problems may yet reap a crisis that would eclipse the tumult of 2008. | Citing weakness across... (photo: Creative Commons / Shiny Things)
Alzheimer Disease, Older Man  Newsday  Tue 17 Jan 2012
US wants effective Alzheimer's treatment by 2025
| WASHINGTON - The government is setting what it calls an ambitious goal for Alzheimer's disease: Development of effective ways to treat and prevent the mind-destroying illness by 2025. | The Obama ad... (photo: Creative Commons / Susan NYC)
Disease   Photos   Treatment   Washington   Wikipedia/Alzheimer  
Occupy Olympia protester Dana Walker wears a sign that says "I can't afford a lobbyist, so I got this tent," as he demonstrates outside the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. on the opening day of the 2012 session of the Washington state Legislature, Monday, Jan. 9, 2012.  BBC News  Tue 17 Jan 2012
The Wealth Gap - Inequality in Numbers
Until protestors took to the streets last year, first in New York and then in financial centres across the world, inequality had been a low-key issue. | Not any more. | With the political temperature ... (photo: AP / Ted S. Warren)
Economy   Photos   Poverty   Protest   Wikipedia: Economic inequality  
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Robert Einhorn, U.S. State Department's special adviser for nonproliferation and arms control, shakes hands with South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Jae-shin, right, during their meeting in Seoul, South Korea Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. The Washington Post Mon 16 Jan 2012
Senior US official urges South Korea to cut crude oil imports from Iran
| SEOUL, South Korea — A senior U.S. official is urging South Korea to reduce its crude oil imports from Iran to put pressure on Tehran over its nuclear program. | ... (photo: AP / Jung Yeon-je, Pool)
Iran   Oil   Photos   Seoul   Wikipedia: U.S. sanctions against Iran  
Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, left, listens a question with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center, during a joint press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, May 17, 2007. Hundreds of Danish soldiers are deployed as part of the around 36, 000 Nato's strong forces based in Afghanistan. KDVR Mon 16 Jan 2012
Costs in doubt as NATO moves toward smaller Afghan force
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As NATO nations revise their plans for standing up local security forces in Afghanistan, doubts are growing over whether the West will be willing... (photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq)
Afghan   Photos   Plans   Security   Wikipedia/Nato  
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 23, 2011. Seattle Times Mon 16 Jan 2012
GOP maps strategy in wake of payroll tax debacle
WASHINGTON - | When last seen in Washington, House Republicans were furious with their own leader, Speaker John Boehner, and angry with their Senate Republican brethren o... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite)
House   Maps   Payroll   Photos   Wikipedia/John Boehner  
Smoking - Tobacco - Cigarette Khaleej Times Mon 16 Jan 2012
Protein SAA will cure smoker's diseases
WASHINGTON - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) caused by excessive smoking is characterized by blockage or narrowing of airways in the lungs. | Researchers ide... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Disease   Health   Photos   Science  
A child eats green vegetables. Independent online Mon 16 Jan 2012
Healthy eating may help ADHD kids - study
Washington - Simply eating healthier may improve the behaviour of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder if therapy and medication fail, said a study publ... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Food   Health   Kids   Photos   Wikipedia: ADHD predominantly inattentive  
Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, addresses the general debate of the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly, 21 September, 2011. Newsday Sun 15 Jan 2012
Obama: Raise airline fees, eliminate Saturday mail
Galleries | WASHINGTON - As Congress returns from a three-week holiday break, those are a few of the ideas for how to pay for extending an average $20-a-week Social Secur... (photo: UN / Marco Castro)
Airlines   Congress   Photos   Washington   Wikipedia: Airlines for America  


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