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 Obama Nudges 
 China on 
 Internet Freedom 

Openness makes nations stronger, president tells students

Nov 16, 09 5:37 AM CST
(Newser) - China and the US don't have to be adversaries and can work out their differences, President Obama told students in Shanghai today. "More is gained when great powers cooperate than when they collide," Obama said. But the president also prodded for more freedoms in China, reports CNN , telling... More »

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China • Barack Obama • Asia • Beijing • Shanghai

 Obama to 
 Myanmar: 
 Free Suu Kyi 

First direct appeal for pro-democracy leader's release

Nov 15, 09 8:08 AM CST
(AP) - President Barack Obama today abandoned decades of Western avoidance and told Myanmar's prime minister to free opposition leader and fellow Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in a rare face-to-face meeting. The strong message, delivered during his summit with leaders of 10 Southeast Asian nations, signals a further thawing in... More »

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diplomacy • Asia • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • ASEAN • military junta • Southeast Asia • President Obama

 Obama Arrives in Japan 
 to Shore Up Relations 

President will be in Asia for a week

Nov 13, 09 6:18 AM CST
(Newser) - President Obama arrived in Japan today to open his weeklong summit in Asia. At a news conference with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Obama acknowledged that relations with Tokyo have been strained and agreed that it's time to modernize the nations' 50-year-old treaty. "Our effort will be focused on revitalizing... More »

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Japan • Asia • President Obama • Yukio Hatoyama

 10% of Babies Are Premature, 
 Taxing World's Health System 

Of 13 million preemies, 1 million die before surviving 1 month

Oct 4, 09 5:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nearly 10% of babies born each year worldwide arrive prematurely, and the stress of caring for them "is exacting a huge toll emotionally, physically and financially on families, medical systems and economies," the March of Dimes said today. Some 13 million babies are preemies, and more than 1... More »

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Africa • Asia • United States • public health • birth rate • preemies • North America • March of Dimes • premature birth • premature baby • preterm birth rate

 Palin to Make First Trip to Asia 

Former gov will speak at Hong Kong investment conference

Aug 31, 09 7:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Once pilloried for her lack of foreign policy experience—except for Russia, which she said she could see from Alaska—Sarah Palin will make her first trip to Asia in September. The former Alaska governor will visit Hong Kong to address the CLSA Investors Forum, a prominent conference of global... More »

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investors • Asia • Hong Kong • investment bankers • speaking engagements • Sarah Palin • speaking fee

(Newser) - Hong Kong emerged from the recession with a bang last quarter, posting better-than-expected growth of 3.3% from April to June. The Chinese territory suffered four quarters of contraction but came out of the red thanks to a pickup in exports and increased private consumption. Singapore also blasted out of... More »

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Asia • economic growth • Hong Kong • growth • recession • Singapore

North Korea Blasts 'Funny Lady' Clinton

War of words after Clinton tells Pyongyang it has 'no friends'

Jul 23, 09 8:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - If insults were nukes, the US and North Korea would have destroyed the world today. Hillary Clinton, on a visit to Asia, told reporters that the secretive regime "has no friends left" to block denuclearization, after earlier in the week comparing Kim Jong-Il's coterie to "small children and... More »

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Hillary Clinton • North Korea • diplomacy • Asia • secretary of State • Kim Jong Il • ASEAN • insult

(Newser) - Americans may jaw about their grueling work weeks and meager vacations, but their kids? While European and Asian children are logging in long school days and pounding out homework, US students are taking time off, the Economist reports. With one of the world's shortest school weeks and longest summers—which... More »

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education • Europe • Asia • United States • school holidays • public schools • school systems • students

 Asia Unites 
 Against Swine 
 Flu Threat 

Health ministers from 13 countries pledge increased cooperation

May 8, 09 1:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Health chiefs from 13 Asian countries met in Bangkok yesterday to hammer out a unified response to the H1N1 virus, Reuters reports. The ministers pledged to step up cross-border cooperation, establish joint response teams, and share essential supplies. A statement called for Asia to establish the capacity to produce vaccines,... More »

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China • Asia • public health • vaccine • outbreak • ASEAN • swine flu • H1N1 virus

 Sri Lanka Kills 
 1K Civilians in Raid: Rebels 

Government denies claim, says noncombatants escaped from rebel areas

Apr 21, 09 11:15 AM CDT
(AP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil rebels said today that 1,000 civilians died in a government raid on their territory, an operation the military says freed thousands of noncombatants from the war zone. Government forces deny the accusation, and say they rescued thousands of civilians yesterday after they broke through a barrier... More »

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insurgents • Asia • war crimes • Sri Lanka • Tamil Tigers • civil war • rebels

analysis

 In Asia, Clinton's 
 on a Mission to Listen 

Secretary of State right at home on 'world stage'

Feb 20, 09 3:06 PM CST
(Newser) - On her trip to China, Japan, South Korea, and Indonesia, Hillary Clinton is making the most of long experience and enthusiastic crowds, the Washington Post reports. The secretary of state is on a listening tour, aiming to rehab the country's image. “There is a hunger for the United States... More »

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Hillary Clinton • North Korea • Indonesia • South Korea • Japan • Asia • secretary of State • tour • Obama administration • Obama Cabinet

Clinton Warns North Korea, Names Special Envoy

Special envoy for North Korea named

Feb 20, 09 6:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton warned an increasingly belligerent North Korea to cease its "provocative and unhelpful" threats toward the South today, the AP reports. In a Seoul press conference, the secretary of state named former US ambassador to South Korea Stephen Bosworth as special envoy for North Korea and said he... More »

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Hillary Clinton • North Korea • diplomacy • South Korea • Asia • Kim Jong Il • special envoy

OPINION

'Naive' Hillary Underestimates North Korea

Pyongyang can't be trusted with any nuclear program, says Bolton

Feb 18, 09 8:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton has embarked on an Asian tour armed with Bush-administration rhetoric and precious little understanding of the gravity of the North Korean situation, writes John R.  Bolton in a Los Angeles Times op-ed. The secretary of state is attempting to gain further support for American efforts to block... More »

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Hillary Clinton • North Korea • Asia • John Bolton • WMD • nuclear disarmament • weapons of mass destruction

 Clinton in Jakarta, 
 Eye on Muslim World 

Students from Obama's school welcome secretary of state

Feb 18, 09 5:47 AM CST
(AP) - Hillary Clinton arrived today in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim nation, where the secretary of state is continuing the Obama administration's efforts to rehabilitate America's image abroad. In Jakarta, Clinton intends to announce plans to step up US engagement with Southeast Asia, stressing the growing importance of a region that... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Indonesia • Asia • secretary of State • Jakarta • Obama administration • Obama Cabinet

 Clinton Arrives 
 in Japan, Warns 
 North Korea 

Secretary of state begins week of visits in Asia

Feb 16, 09 7:47 AM CST
(AP) - Hillary Clinton, on her first trip as secretary of state, arrived today in Tokyo, where she warned North Korea to live up to its commitments to dismantle its nuclear programs, reports the AP. Clinton said the main issues on her agenda include climate change, clean energy, and nuclear proliferation, as... More »

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Hillary Clinton • North Korea • diplomacy • Japan • Asia • secretary of State • Obama administration

Clinton Tells N. Korea to Scrap Nukes for Peace Deal

Obama administration willing to aim for permanent peace

Feb 14, 09 10:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Before heading to Asia tomorrow on her first trip as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton sent a clear message to North Korea: Scrap the nukes, drop the war talk, and reap the benefits of better relations with the US, CNN reports. Pyongyang's nuclear program is “the most acute challenge... More »

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Hillary Clinton • North Korea • South Korea • Asia • nuclear program • nuclear disarmament

Clinton Heads to China in Sign of New Direction

Secretary of state breaks tradition by visiting Asia first

Feb 13, 09 10:30 AM CST
(Newser) - As a presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton asserted that America's relationship with China was the country's most critical. Now as secretary of state, Clinton is moving to make China a priority—on Sunday, she is scuppering tradition by visiting Asia, not Europe, on her first trip abroad. As the Wall Street ... More »

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China • Hillary Clinton • diplomacy • Asia • secretary of State • Obama administration

OPINION

Developing World Needs
More Sweatshops: Kristof

Yes, they're ugly by US standards, but many nations' poor toil in much uglier conditions

Jan 15, 09 12:41 PM CST
(Newser) - Before Barack Obama follows through on tough talk about global “labor standards,” Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times wants to take him to a certain garbage heap in Cambodia. Here, where families live in shacks, scavenging in the hot sun, a sweatshop job is “a cherished... More »

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Asia • labor • Cambodia • poverty • developing world • sweatshop • President Obama

 World Bids 2008 Good Riddance 

Revelers hope 2009 will bring better luck

Dec 31, 08 9:57 AM CST
(AP) - Fireworks exploded over Sydney's shimmering harbor today, as the world's first major city to ring in 2009 celebrated the end of a rocky year with cheers, beers, and a sense of relief. "I'm looking forward to 2009," said a spectator. "Because it can't get much worse."... More »

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Australia • Japan • Asia • Hong Kong • fireworks • Philippines • Malaysia • Sydney • New Year's Eve • New Year

(AP) - Thailand's prime minister unveiled his new cabinet today, including a supporter of last month's airport blockade in a lineup that cast doubt on the government's ability to unite the divided nation, the AP reports. The announcement came after King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the country's revered monarch, endorsed Abhisit Vejjajiva, whom lawmakers... More »

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Cabinet • Thailand • Asia • protests • Bangkok • airport • prime minister

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