 China Economy Gold Market Photos | China assesses its gold strategy | By Russell Hsiao | Chinese leaders convening in Beijing for the annual plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) - China's ceremonial legislature - this week will, among other things, ... (photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth) Asia Times | |
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Russia urges Sweden to extradite Chechen "bandits" | MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev urged Sweden on Tuesday to extradite two men it says are Chechen separatists and accuses of involvement in killings and kidnappings. | Sweden ref... (photo: AP / Alexander Natruskin, Pool) The Star Chechnya Human Rights Photos Russia Sweden |
'Bless you Mr Obama' on Myanmar | By Stanley A Weiss | MANDALAY - In September 1952, Russian dictator Joseph Stalin and Chinese foreign minister Chou Enlai convened an extraordinary meeting to discuss the future of Southeast Asia. A... (photo: AP / Sakchai Lalit) Asia Times China Foreign Policy Myanmar Photos US |
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Traces of Cocaine Found on 99 Percent of British Bank Notes | Cocaine is cheaper than a cup of coffee in a London restaurant, authors of the parliamentary report made to estimate the government’s struggle against the import of hea... (photo: AP / Miguel Tovar) Pravda RU Cheaper Cocaine Coffee Estimate Photos |
US and Russia resume nuclear talks | US and Russian negotiators are meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, to negotiate a treaty aimed at reducing their nuclear weapons arsenals. | The two powers are ho... (photo: White House file / Pete Souza) Al Jazeera Nuclear Peace Photos Politics Russia US |
Russian foreign minister says nuclear arms treaty could be signed by April | MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says a new treaty limiting U.S. and Russian strategic nuclear arsenals could be signed within two or three weeks. | Russ... (photo: AP / Misha Japaridze) Star Tribune Moscow Nuclear Photos Politics Russia |
PM to visit India | RBC, 09.03.2010, Moscow 14:43:30.Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is scheduled to pay India a working visit India on March 11-1... (photo: AP / Sergey Ponomarev) RBC News India Moscow Photos Politics Russia |
200mph train could link London and Beijing in just two days | Rail travel between London and Beijing in just two days could be possible within a decade through an ambitious Chinese project. | The Asian power wants to build the 200... (photo: Creative Commons / Yaohua2000) The Daily Mail Asia Beijing London Photos Travel |
Gone, Solid Gone | HELSINKI - President Obama learns with interest that Europe now has a phone number. He's told that, responding at last to Henry Kissinger's famous jibe, the European Un... (photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth) The New York Times Europe Foreign Policy Obama Photos US |