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U.S. Experts on India and South Asia Support U.S.-India Nuclear Deal

To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Dr. Stephen Cohen , +1-202-797-6015, scohen@brookings.edu or Amb. Teresita Schaffer, +1-202-775-3171 Cite Strategic, Nonproliferation, 09 23 2008 7:32PM (...more)

NKorea headed for outright famine: US think-tank

SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea again runs the risk of outright famine, ten years after up to one million of its people died of starvation, a leading US research institute said Wednesday.
04 30 2008 9:51PM (...more)

US assures NKorea of 'robust' direct talks channel

SEOUL, South Korea – The United States assured North Korea of "a robust channel" for direct talks if it rejoins six-nation nuclear negotiations, as a senior U.S. envoy was in Pyongyang on Wednesday to try to salvage the stalled
12 15 2009 2:07AM (...more)

Dengue outbreaks on the rise in Asia-Pacific: WHO

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Outbreaks of dengue fever have risen in the Asia Pacific region in the past year, killing three times more victims in 2008 than in recent years,
03 12 2009 6:56AM (...more)

Obama envoy begins rare trip to NKorea

SEOUL, South Korea – President Barack Obama 's envoy began a rare trip to North Korea Tuesday for the highest-level talks with the communist nation in more
12 9 2009 3:03PM (...more)

Obama envoy flies to NKorea for rare direct talks

SEOUL, South Korea – President Barack Obama 's envoy began a rare trip to North Korea on Tuesday for the highest-level talks with the communist nation in more than
12 9 2009 12:41PM (...more)

Obama envoy seeks NKorea's return to nuke talks

SEOUL, South Korea – An envoy dispatched by President Barack Obama launched a mission Tuesday to coax North Korea to rejoin international talks on ending its nuclear
12 9 2009 6:12AM (...more)

Workers of the World vs. China Inc.

Lunch at the site of the future Ramu nickel and cobalt mine in the remote hills of Papua New Guinea is a hurried affair, food shoveled into eager mouths. But the menu is as divided as the two distinct groups of workers squatting in
11 30 2009 1:36PM (...more)

India in visa clampdown on foreign workers

NEW DELHI (AFP) – Thousands of foreign workers in India face a deadline Saturday to be out of the country in a visa clampdown aimed at cracking down on tax-dodging expats and unskilled
11 4 2009 7:09AM (...more)

AIDS experts say Russia needs new HIV strategy

MOSCOW – AIDS experts urged Russian officials on Wednesday to scrap their abstinence-based strategy for curbing the spread of HIV , saying the country's fast-growing epidemic could be entering a dangerous new phase. AIDS specialists
10 31 2009 7:23AM (...more)