• PM ready for direct talks with red-shirt leaders
  PM ready for direct talks with red-shirt leaders
  

  The Thai Prime Minister has agreed to have direct talks with leaders of the red-shirts without a mediator, the condition that the rally remains peaceful and no threats are issued.
  19/03
• New US-Russia nuclear deal 'soon'
  New US-Russia nuclear deal 'soon'
  

  There has been \'substantial\' progress on a new nuclear disarmament deal with Russia, said US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
  19/03
• Thai 'red shirt' leaders say Bangkok protests will go on
  Thai 'red shirt' leaders say Bangkok protests will go on
  

  Anti-government demonstrators in Thailand have said that they will stay on the streets of Bangkok indefinitely to continue their push for new elections.
  19/03
• US wants to maintain base in Japan
  US wants to maintain base in Japan
  

  The US has said that it needs to maintain a base on the Japanese island of Okinawa to defend the region, as the new government in Tokyo considers scrapping a previous plan.
  18/03
• Iraqi PM takes the leads again in election race
  Iraqi PM takes the leads again in election race
  

  

  Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki reclaimed the lead on March 17 over secularist challenger Iyad Allawi in results from a March 7 parliamentary election that has been affected by fraud allegations.
  18/03

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• Iraq: 16 die in truck bombings
  Iraq: 16 die in truck bombings
  

  

  Two truck bombs struck separate communities north of Iraq\'s capital on Saturday, killing at least 16 people, Iraqi authorities said.
  29/08
• Coroner affirms Michael Jackson was murdered
  Coroner affirms Michael Jackson was murdered
  

  Michael Jackson\'s death has been declared a homicide by Los Angeles’ coroner as the singer had a lethal cocktail of six different drugs in his body when he died.
  29/08
• Two Koreas near a deal on family reunions
  Two Koreas near a deal on family reunions
  

  The two Koreas are expected to finish talks on Friday about allowing families torn apart by the Korean War to reunite as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea reaches out to the Republic of Korea after UN sanctions were imposed.
  28/08
• US reaffirms its opposition to Israeli settlements
  US reaffirms its opposition to Israeli settlements
  

  The US State Department is sticking to its strict no-new-settlements policy toward Israel, said a spokesman on Thursday.
  28/08
• Taiwan death toll 'higher than feared'
  Taiwan death toll 'higher than feared'
  

  

  A typhoon that struck Taiwan and China earlier this month killed more people in Taiwan than previous estimates, the government has announced.
  27/08