Iraq forces poised for Fallujah assault
by Ammar Karim with Layal Abou Rahal in Beirut BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- Elite Iraqi troops were poised Sunday to…
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Asia
Hiroshima survivors recall A-bomb as Obama visits
(AFP) President Barack Obama is making history as the first sitting US leader to visit Hiroshima where an American plane…
8 years ago
Obama visits Hiroshima to ponder ‘terrible force unleashed’
(Reuters) Barack Obama became the first incumbent U.S. president to visit Hiroshima on Friday, laying a wreath at the…
8 years ago
Obama arrives at Hiroshima atomic bomb park
HIROSHIMA, Japan (AFP) -- Barack Obama arrived at Hiroshima’s atomic bomb park Friday on a historic first visit by a…
8 years ago
China says Nanjing more worthy of remembrance than Hiroshima
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China said on Friday that Japan's World War II violence is more worthy of remembrance than…
8 years ago
China pushes ‘patriotic’ tours in South China Sea: report
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China will turn contested islands in the South China Sea into pleasure-trip destinations for "patriotic" tourists,…
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300 passengers evacuated from Korean Air plane at Tokyo airport
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) --About 300 passengers and crew members were evacuated from a Korean Air Boeing 777 at…
8 years ago
Japanese swoon over Canada’s ‘hunky PM’ Trudeau
ISE-SHIMA, Japan (AFP) -- From the country that gave the world "Bieber Fever", Canada's "other Justin" -- heartthrob Prime Minister…
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Obama to make history with Hiroshima journey
by Shingo Ito HIROSHIMA, United States (AFP) -- President Barack Obama is set make history on Friday as he travels…
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G7 says ‘concerned’ by situation in East, South China Seas
ISE-SHIMA, Japan (AFP) -- The leaders of the Group of Seven advanced democracies on Friday said they are worried over rising…
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