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Chinese defense chief affirms alliance with North Korea SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The defense chiefs of North Korea and China reaffirmed pledges to strengthen their nations' 60-year-old alliance, North Korean state media reported Nov. 23, amid renewed attempts to draw the country back to disarmament talks.
Nov 23, 2009 at 12:12 | Wire reports
Mignews.com: Yushchenko says Maidan was a miracle, not made for money The fifth anniversary of the Orange Revolution was quiet. President Victor Yushchenko celebrated Freedom Day in the Ukrainian House. He told about achievements of the country for five years. The President expressed his conviction nobody will manage to hold Maidan for money. "Maidan (people – editor.) stood not only for the sake of Yushchenko. They stood for the sake of their own dream. Emotionally, it was definitely a miracle. Maidan was not fair of promises and slogans. Many people do not understand it yet," - said the president. "That is why nobody will be able to hold Maidan for money. Maidan was a united manifestation of our national position”,- said Victor Yushchenko. Read the story here.
Nov 23, 2009 at 12:05 | Wire reports
Playtime a luxury for competitive Chinese kids BEIJING, Nov 23 (Reuters Life!) - All work and little play is the norm for most children in China, where stiff competition for future jobs and ambitious parents mean long hours in the company of school books, not friends.
Nov 23, 2009 at 11:58 | Wire reports
Gunmen abduct 30 in southern Philippines MANILA, Nov 23 (Reuters) - About 100 armed men, believed to be followers of a local politician, abducted 30 people in the southern Philippines on Nov. 23 to prevent a rival from filing a nomination for forthcoming elections, army officials said.
Nov 23, 2009 at 11:45 | Reuters
Yushchenko: Ukraine's gas transit system not receiving payments for Russian transit Minsk, November 23 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko has said that while Russia imposes fines on Ukraine for under-consumption of the natural gas, it is not paying for the gas transit to Europe.
Nov 23, 2009 at 11:36 | Interfax-Ukraine
OSCE: Progress in Azerbaijan-Armenia talks BERLIN (AP) — The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe says a weekend meeting between the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia produced progress but no solution to their dispute over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave.
Nov 23, 2009 at 11:29
Netherlands first, Russia second at Junior Eurovision Ralf Mackenbach of the Netherlands has emerged victorious from the 2009 Junior Eurovision song contest, which has ended in Kyiv.
Nov 23, 2009 at 11:22 | Interfax-Ukraine
China attacks 'biased' U.S. cyber-spying report BEIJING, Nov 23 (Reuters) - China on Nov. 23 accused a U.S. congressional advisory panel of bias for a report in which it said the Chinese government appeared increasingly to be piercing U.S. computer networks to gather useful data for its military.
Nov 23, 2009 at 11:14 | Reuters
RIA Novosti: Hundreds of people pay last respects to murdered Moscow priest Hundreds of people came on Sunday to a southern Moscow church to pay their last respects to a well-known Russian Orthodox priest who was recently murdered. Read the story here.
Nov 23, 2009 at 10:39 | Wire reports
Wall Street Journal: Ukraine, Russia reach gas deal Jon Gronholt-Pedersen writes: A compromise between Russia and Ukraine has curbed the risk of another serious cutoff of gas to Europe this winter, but financial problems and political tensions inside Ukraine still pose a threat, officials on both sides say. Read the story here.
Nov 23, 2009 at 10:25 | Wire reports