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South Korean conservative activists burn mock missiles and a portrait of North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il, bottom left, and what protesters say is a portrait of his son Kim Jong Un during a rally denouncing North Korea's missile launch in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 3, 2009.

UN Security Council condemns North Korea over missile explosions read more
Star Tribune

UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council condemned North Korea's recent missile tests Monday, following the country's firing of seven ballistic missiles over the weekend on U.S. Independence Day, the reclusive country's biggest display of missile firepower in three years. Uganda U.N. Ambassador Ruhakana Rugunda, who holds the council's rotating...

photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon

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Israel's Barak sees progress in US envoy talks read more
The Star

LONDON (Reuters) - Israel's Defence Minister Ehud Barak said on Monday he and U.S. Middle East...

The Way to Break the Climate Deadlock read more
The Daily Beast

This week, leaders are meeting in Italy to advance a new climate change protocol. Tony Blair...

Security leak: Facebook frenzy | Editorial read more
The Guardian

Not so long ago it was treated as a serious offence even to let the public know the name of the...

Robert McNamara: Secretary of Defense excoriated for his part in leading America into the Vietnam War read more

Former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara gestures as he addresses the University for Peace in Bangkok Wednesday, June 13, 2001.

The Independent

In another age and circumstance, Robert McNamara might have been a classic American success story. He was a brilliant student, a formidable administrator who impressed everyone who met him. Destiny, however, propelled him to a job which made him a...

photo: AP / Sakchai Lalit

Iranian dissenters embark on campaign of covert civil disobedience read more

A placard with a picture identified by protesters as Neda Agha Soltan, the woman shown on camera phone footage falling, apparently shot, during a mass protest following Iran's elections, is seen during a demonstration in support of the Iranian opposition opposite the Iranian embassy in central London, Friday June 26, 2009.

The Times

Forced to stop demonstrating by police brutality, a Tehran nurse called Mojgan has found a new way of expressing her hatred of a regime which, she believes, stole the election from Mir Hossein Mousavi then ruthlessly stifled dissent. In the privacy...

photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis

Malaysia's Anwar Set to Go on Trial read more

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, left, gestures as his wife Wan Azizah stands next to him after a press conference at his house, Thursday, July 17, 2008, in Kuala, Lumpur, Malaysia. Anwar says police have no case against him to prove that he sodomized a young male ai

Wall Street Journal

By JAMES HOOKWAY Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is due to go on trial Wednesday, in a proceeding that could reinforce his political support, some political analysts say. Anwar Ibrahim Mr. Anwar faces sodomy charges. His first sodomy trial,...

photo: AP / Lai Seng Si

India Budget Blowout read more

Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, center, shows a bag containing the budget documents as he arrives in parliament house to present Indian union budget for the year 2009-10, in New Delhi, India, Monday, July 6, 2009.

Wall Street Journal

| From today's Wall Street Journal Asia. India's Congress Party was re-elected in May on a promise of economic populism that the country can't afford. Yesterday the government delivered on that promise. This is bad news for India, and especially for...

photo: AP / Manish Swarup

Russia's skilful handling of economy raises hopes for summit with US read more

People pass by a currency exchange booth with the sign indicating U.S. dollar and euro rates, in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008.

The Times

The most interesting and unexpected ingredient in the Russia-US summit is how well the Russian leaders have managed the financial turmoil. That changes in their favour, slightly, the dynamics of the meeting, which otherwise turn on that peculiar...

photo: AP / Mikhail Metzel

U.S.-China talks planned on North Korea arms deals read more

Stuart Levey, U.S. Treasury's undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, left, looks at U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg while meeting with South Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Kwon Jong-rak, unseen, in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June 3, 2009.

The Star

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Treasury official who tracks illicit international financing will have talks in China this week on ways to crack down on companies involved in North Korea's purchases of equipment for its nuclear arms...

photo: AP / Kim Kyung-Hoon, Pool