Torch faces S.Korea protests, festivities in North
Protests and scuffles greeted the Olympic flame as it began a two-day journey on the divided Korean peninsula on Sunday along a route guarded by thousands of riot policeman wielding shields and truncheons. Nations:[South Korea][North Korea] Activities:[2008 Beijing Olympics Torch] 2008-04-27 War demands strain US military readiness
A classified Pentagon assessment concludes that long battlefield tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, along with persistent terrorist activity and other threats, have prevented the U.S. military from improving its ability to respond to any new crisis, The Associated Press has learned. Nations:[North Korea][Lebanon] People:[Robert Gates] Activities:[Second Gulf War][Afghan Terror War] 2008-02-09 China urges U.S. help in blocking Taiwan vote
The United States stressed on Thursday that it opposes Taiwan plans to hold a referendum on U.N. membership, while China urged Washington to help oppose the vote that it calls a dangerous provocation. Nations:[Taiwan][North Korea] People:[Condoleezza Rice][Dai Bingguo][Chen Shui-bian][John Negroponte][Wen Jiabao][Yang Jiechi] Activities:[China-U.S.-Taiwan Relations] 2008-01-17 Uranium traces found on North Korean tubes
U.S. scientists found traces of enriched uranium on smelted aluminum tubing from North Korea, which appears to contradict its denials of a secret uranium-based nuclear program, the Washington Post reported on Friday. Nations:[North Korea] Activities:[Korea Nuclear Crisis] 2007-12-21 Conservative wins SKorea presidency by landslide
Lee Myung-Bak won South Korea's presidential election by a landslide Wednesday, as voters backed the former Hyundai chief executive to revive the economy and disregarded fraud allegations against him. Nations:[South Korea][North Korea] People:[Lee Myung-Bak] 2007-12-19 U.S., Russia to talk about missile defense
The United States and Russia will hold senior-level talks about missile defense in Budapest next Thursday, the U.S. State Department said on Saturday. Nations:[Russia][U.S.][North Korea][Poland] Activities:[U.S.-Russia Military Relations] 2007-12-08 Bush sends letter to North Korean leader
President Bush sent a "personal letter" to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, the Communist country's official news agency said Thursday, although it did not reveal its contents. Nations:[North Korea][South Korea] People:[Christopher Hill][Kim Jong Il] Activities:[Korea Nuclear Crisis][North Korea-U.S.] 2007-12-06 Iran welcomes new US intelligence report
Iran's foreign minister on Tuesday welcomed the U.S. decision to "correct" its claim that Tehran has an active nuclear weapons program, state-run radio reported. Nations:[North Korea][Libya] People:[Mike McConnell] Activities:[Iran-U.S.][Iran Nuclear Crisis] 2007-12-04 Sarkozy clinches 30 bln dlrs in trade deals with China
French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday oversaw the signing of about 30 billion dollars in aviation, nuclear and other deals in what he described as an unprecedented day of trade with China. Nations:[China][France][North Korea] People:[Nicolas Sarkozy][Hu Jintao] Activities:[2007 Sarkozy's China Trip] 2007-11-26 Russia disappointed by U.S. shield proposal
U.S. proposals aimed at easing Russian concerns over a planned missile defense shield fall short of Moscow's expectations, local media quoted a Russian Foreign Ministry source as saying on Friday. Nations:[Russia][North Korea] People:[Vladimir Putin][Condoleezza Rice][Robert Gates] Activities:[U.S.-Russia Military Relations] 2007-11-23 Koreas to launch regular train service
North and South Korea agreed Friday to launch cross-border rail service for the first time in more than half a century, the latest sign of improving relations between the two sides. Nations:[North Korea][South Korea] People:[Kim Jong Il] Activities:[North Korea-South Korea] 2007-11-15 China "great challenge" to US: Giuliani
US 2008 Republican front-runner Rudolph Giuliani on Thursday warned that emerging China was a "great challenge" to the United States, and backed continued engagement with Beijing. Nations:[North Korea] People:[Barack Obama][Hillary Clinton][Rudolph Giuliani][John McCain][Bill Richardson][John Edwards] Activities:[US Election 2008][China-U.S.] 2007-11-09
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