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Shanghai has been a political hub of China since the 20th century. The 1st National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Shanghai. In addition, many of China's top government officials in Beijing are known to have risen in Shanghai in the 1980s on a platform that was critical of the extreme leftism of the Cultural Revolution, giving them the tag "Shanghai Clique" during the 1990s.
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 Asia Times 
US ponders China's Southeast Asian rise
| By Peter J Brown | The United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) last month held a lengthy hearing on China's activities in Southeast Asia and the implications for US intere... (photo: Creative Commons / Naus)
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai walk together on the Presidential compound in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 8, 2010.
Afghanistan   Defence   Photos   S Asia   US   War  
 BBC News 
Robert Gates warns of 'hard Afghan fight ahead'
| US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has warned that "hard fighting" lies ahead, in his first visit to Afghanistan since the launch of a major offensive there. | After meeting military chiefs... (photo: US DoD / Cherie Cullen)
 Democratic presidential hopeful, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, speaks at the "Take Back America" political conference in Washington, Wednesday, June 20, 2007. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)   (js1)  Merinews 
Americans: Dont quit Afghanistan
SOME VOICES in the US Congress are crying hoarse that the President order the American forces to pull out of Afghanistan within 30 days. if that entails danger to US Forces, pull out by the end o... (photo: AP/Charles Dharapak)
Afghanistan   Kucinich   Military   Photos   US  
Indian Paramilitary troopers stand guard during an undeclared cufew in Srinagar on February 4, 2010. Indian authorities deployed thousands of police and detained top separatists in Kashmir's main city of Srinagar to halt protests over the death of a Muslim boy. The 14-year-old child was struck by a teargas shell fired by police during a separatist demonstration, and his death sparked days of angry protests against New Delhi's rule over the region. About 100 protesters and policemen have been injured in clashes.  The Times Of India 
In 20 years, J&K witnesses 820 group clashes
JAMMU: As many as 577 ultras were killed in various group clashes between different militant outfits during past two decades of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir. | As per the recent state home ministry ... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Home   India   Kashmir   Photos   Terrorism  
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Massachusetts State Sen. Scott Brown, R-Wrentham, speaks to reporters after voting in the special election for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by former Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010 in Wrentham, Mass. The Examiner
Brown team takes campaign template on the road
Comments PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Map, News) - The political team that helped Scott Brown stage his improbable victory in the Massachusetts Senate race wants to apply its winnin... (photo: AP / Robert F. Bukaty)
Brown   Campaign   Massachusetts   Photos   Politics  
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates conducts a press conference with President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 8, 2010. The Dallas Morning News
Reconciliation with Taliban not likely in near future, Gates says
| KABUL - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday that recent military offensives against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan had gained momentum but that a reconcilia... (photo: US DoD / Cherie Cullen)
Afghanistan   Defense   Photos   Taliban   US  
A youngster pelting stones on security forces during a clash in Srinagar on Thursday 04, Feb 2010. DNA India
J&K witnessed 820 group clashes in the past 2 decades: Report
| Jammu: As many as 577 ultras were killed in various group clashes between different militant outfits during past two decades of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir. | As per... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
India   Kashmir   Photos   Police   Violence  
Dog Newstrack India
Dogs can make out meaning of different growls
| London, Mar 9 (ANI): Dogs can know what other canines mean when they growl- right from a rumble that says "back off" to playful snarls made in a tug-of-war game.  ... (photo: WN / sweet)
Dogs   Game   London   Photos   University  
South Korean Army soldier stands guard with his machine gun near the border village of Panmunjom that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, May 28, 2009. South Korean and U.S. troops raised their alert Thursday to the highest level since 2006 after North Korea renounced its truce with the allied forces and threatened to strike any ships trying to intercept its vessels. The New York Times
Report: NKorea Has Medium-Range Missile Division
| Filed at 12:14 a.m. ET | SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea has recently created an army division in charge of newly developed intermediate-range missiles capable o... (photo: AP / Lee Jin-man)
Military   Nkorea   Photos   Politics   USA  
Rohingya refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh perform evening prayers at an Indonesian Navy base where they are being held Wednesday Jan. 28, 2009, after having been rescued at sea, on Sabang Island off the Coast of Banda Aceh, Indonesia. The men were found drifting in a boat on Jan. 7, and a Thai court has convicted the barefoot, disheveled migrants of illegally entering the country, raising the prospect they could be deported despite fears they could face persecution or death if sent back to My Newsvine
Mass. rights group faults Bangladesh on refugees
| BOSTON — Tens of thousands of Burmese refugees are being forced into makeshift camps in Bangladesh and face widespread starvation unless they receive more humanit... (photo: AP / Binsar Bakkara)
Bangladesh   Military   Photos   Politics   Refugee  
Obese Man China Daily
Modern Etiquette: Do the obese really deserve contempt?
| Disgust. Pity. Contempt. | Obesity is everywhere in our society today -- and this is how it is met by a remarkable number of people. | People who would find slurs again... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Etiquette   Obama   Obesity   People   Photos  
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (waving), President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is shown with his delegation in the General Assembly Hall during the general debate of the Assembly's sixty- fourth session, 23 September, 2009. China Daily
Ongoing Iran diplomacy needed
| Hardline tactics will only push Teheran into corner, says envoy | Beijing: China's special envoy to the Middle East denied on Friday that interest in oil is the key rea... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider)
Beijing   Diplomacy   Mideast   Photos   Tehran  
Vice President Joseph Biden, center, enters a car upon his arrival to Ben Gurion airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, March 8, 2010. Biden arrived to Israel Monday, the first leg of a five-day tour of the Middle East. Biden's trip is the highest-level visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories yet by an Obama administration official. Al Jazeera
Fresh Middle East talks hit a wall
| Israel's move to expand illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank has threatened to sabotage newly agreed indirect talks with the Palestinian Authority before they ... (photo: AP / Baz Ratner)
Israel   Palestine   Peace   Photos   US  
War in Iraq War on Terrorism
- MoD warned to co-operate with Iraq abuse inquiry
- Britain begins inquiry into Iraq abuse claims
- Iraq after the elections: Slogging towards stability
- Britain Begins Inquiry Into Iraq Abuse Claims
Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown leaves his official residence, No. 10 Downing Street in London, to attend Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, Wednesday July 11, 2007.
Innocent in Iraq, insists Gordon Brown
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- Indonesian Forces Kill 3 Terror Suspects
- Dutch seek more info in alleged Somali terror case
- Dutch seek more info in alleged Somali terror case
- Dutch Seek More Info in Alleged Somali Terror Case
Indonesian police officers check a car during a search for militants in Pidie, Aceh province, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 9, 2010.
Indonesian Forces Kill 3 Terror Suspects
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Disarmament Missile Defense Systems
- Amsterdam airport tightens security at duty free
- NKorea has medium-range missile division: report
- Stewart On Violent Iraqi Elections: "You're Welcome
- Amsterdam airport tightens security at duty free
South Korean Army soldier stands guard with his machine gun near the border village of Panmunjom that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, May 28, 2009. South Korean and U.S. troops raised their alert Thursday to the highest level since 2006 after North Korea renounced its truce with the allied forces and threatened to strike any ships trying to intercept its vessels.
Report: NKorea Has Medium-Range Missile Division
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- Russia sees new nuclear arms treaty by April
- Russia sees new nuclear arms treaty by April
- Raytheon space and airborne president dies at 55
- U.S., Russia Resume Nuclear Talks
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks at Moscow's President Hotel, Friday, March 27, 2009. Friday's conference on coordination of global efforts to combat terrorism and drug-trafficking in Afghanistan, whose participants include United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, is organized by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which includes Russia, China and the ex-Soviet Central Asian nations of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekista
Russian foreign minister says nuclear arms treaty could be signed by April
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Peace and Nonviolence Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Biden urges Israel to take risks for peace
- Biden Urges Israel To take Risks For Peace
- Biden urges sides to make "bold commitments" for p
- U.S. leads Israeli, Palestinian peace talks
Joe Biden
Biden in Israel says United States will back those who "take risks for peace"
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- Amsterdam airport tightens security at duty free
- Stewart On Violent Iraqi Elections: "You're Welcome
- Amsterdam airport tightens security at duty free
- Developing Countries Face Drug 'Disaster'
Soda - Soft Drinks
Study links soda tax and better health
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War Crimes Veterans
- To Bash Them Is to Help Them
- IPTK Tells CM Of Crimes on Women by Forces
- MoD warned to co-operate with Iraq abuse inquiry
- Jailed for crying rape: fantasist or genuine victim?
In front of the pictures of the Iranian late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, left, and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers his speech in a ceremony of 19th death anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeini at his mausoleum, just outside Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 2, 2008. Ahmadinejad, known for vitriolic anti-Israeli rhetoric, has again predicted the demise of Israel, according to Iran's IRNA news ag
To Bash Them Is to Help Them
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- Veterans, families invited to South Carolina zoo
- Veteran Oscar reporter offers view from audience
- Veterans raise funds for monument to military dogs
- Funding will help veterans with mental health issues
The flag draped casket of U.S. Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., is carried to a waiting hearse after funeral services at Westmont Presbyterian Church in Johnstown, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010.
Murtha remembered at funeral as veterans' advocate
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