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Obama says Senkaku Islands fall under US-Japan treaty
The disputed Senkaku Islands fall under the scope of the Japan-United States security alliance, President Barack Obama told a news conference Thursday ...Afghan security guard shoots dead 3 American doctors at hospital
Three American medical staff members died when an Afghan security official opened fire Thursday at an American-run Christian hospital in Kabul in ...Fatah and Hamas agree unity government deal
The Gaza-based Islamist group Hamas and President Mahmoud Abbas\'s Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) agreed on Wednesday to implement a unity pact, both ...Russia threatens response if interests attacked in Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told state television that Russia would retaliate if its legitimate interests or Russians are attacked. He said ...Violence erupts in Rio slum near Olympic venues
Violence erupted in a Rio de Janeiro favela as angry residents set fires and showered a busy avenue in the city\'s main ...Death toll in South Korea ferry disaster crosses 150
The toll in last week\'s South Korean ferry capsize off the country\'s southwestern coast reached 150 Wednesday as divers searched intensively inside ...Russia expels Canadian diplomat as tensions rise
Russia expelled a first secretary at the Canadian embassy in Moscow on Tuesday in what it said was a response to Canada\'s ...South Korea ferry disaster death toll passes 100
The confirmed death toll from South Korea\'s ferry disaster crossed 100 Tuesday, as dive teams, under growing pressure from bereaved relatives, accelerated ...Japanese lawmakers visit controversial war shrine
A group of Japanese lawmakers has visited a controversial Tokyo war shrine that many see as a symbol of Japan\'s imperialist past. ...US sending troops to Eastern Europe
The United States is sending about 600 soldiers to Poland and the three Baltic states for infantry exercises, the Pentagon said on ...




