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Beijing has dropped strong hints it is not opposed to the United Nations Security Council putting pressure on Pyongyang to roll back its nuclear weapons program.

News reports about the activities of Chinese leaders may be abbreviated to a mere one-line heading if reforms begun by Communist party General Secretary Hu Jintao run their course.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Korean War.

Al Qaeda has been associated with high-profile, explosive terror -- September 11, bombings in Pakistan, Kenya, Indonesia and the Philippines -- but appears to be turning from mass killings to the assassination of political figures.

Al Qaeda has been associated with high-profile, explosive terror -- September 11, bombings in Pakistan, Kenya, Indonesia and the Philippines -- but is increasingly turning from mass killings to the assassination of political figures.

China's Foreign Ministry has confirmed that police have charged a Chinese American with involvement in hijacking Chinese television and radio broadcasts using messages from the banned Falun Gong sect.

China and South Korea have voiced their disapproval and anger over Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit to a controversial shrine that honors his country's war dead.

The ancient city of Angkor, the center of a bizarre modern day spat between Cambodia and Thailand, is the jewel of Cambodia's cultural heritage.

Police forces across Southeast Asia are to set up special anti-terrorist taskforces as part of intensified regional efforts to combat terrorism and apprehend terrorist suspects.

South Korea's candlelight protesters brought in the New Year chanting anti-American slogans and singing nationalistic songs.

Bali, October 12, 2002. A place. A date. A bomb. Like another place, another date: New York, September 11, 2001, a tragic memory that will haunt a generation.

Australia will deploy a ship, a special forces task force and an air force reconnaissance team to the Middle East to prepare for possible military action against Iraq.

Family members and protesters turned out to watch an Australian navy transport ship head off to the Middle East in preparation for a possible conflict with Iraq, amid a rising tide of anti-war sentiment.

Beijing has reiterated its support for a diplomatic solution of the North Korean issue but it has stopped short of cracking the whip on its long-time ally.

Beijing has urged that the North Korean crisis be resolved through direct dialogue between the U.S. and North Korea.

The top Chinese leadership has intervened to defuse a large-scale student demonstration in coastal Anhui Province earlier this week.

Beijing has protested Tokyo's move to assert sovereignty over the disputed Senkaku islands, known as the Diaoyu in China, by renting three of the islets from their private owner.

Beijing has protested Tokyo's move to assert sovereignty over the disputed Senkaku islands, known as the Diaoyu in China, by renting three of the islets from their private owner.

Beijing has urged restraint in the global community's attempts to force Pyongyang to roll back its nuclear development program.

Anyone who thinks North Korea deserves more than warnings about its nuclear weapon's ambitions should see the latest Bond thriller, Die Another Day.

Britain will on Thursday make its strongest appeal yet to the Muslim world for support of a possible strike on Iraq, telling Indonesians the so-called war on terrorism need not be seen as the West against Islam.

In its first formal reaction to President Bush's State of the Union address, China says it continues to hope that U.S. policy on Iraq remains in step with the United Nations, but said equal responsibility lay with Baghdad to obey U.N. resolutions.

Beijing has urged a diplomatic solution to the Iraqi crisis under the auspices of the United Nations.

Beijing has described the recent execution of one Tibetan and a suspended death sentence for another as a domestic affair of the government.

Chinese political dissident Fang Jue arrived in New York City on Saturday, after Chinese authorities quietly allowed him to leave the country in lieu of a 10-year prison sentence, CNN has learned.

Despite protests by human rights groups, Chinese authorities Sunday executed Lobsang Dhondup -- a man who had been convicted on charges of carrying out bombings in support of Tibetan independence -- a local court official said.

As the United States and Britain ratchet up the pressure on Iraq, China says U.N. inspectors should be given more time in an effort to avert a war.

The People's Liberation Army has engaged in massive war games to demonstrate Beijing's ability to handle what the leadership has called fast-changing and treacherous global conditions.

Smokers in the world's largest tobacco market know cigarettes are bad for them and they know they are addicted, but that doesn't seem to be slowing the rate at which Chinese are lighting up.

Beijing has issued a nationwide circular warning against terrorist and violent incidents over the upcoming Lunar New Year period.

Five members of various political parties were killed and more than a dozen were injured during nationwide by-elections, parties and police have said.

Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim nation, is locked in an ideological battle between the moderate majority and an increasingly vocal radical fringe.

All four U.S. military personnel aboard a U.S. Army Special Operations helicopter were killed when it crashed during a routine training mission in Afghanistan Thursday, the U.S. Central Command said.

A gunman killed one of China's wealthiest tycoons Wednesday before killing himself, Chinese media and police said.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) can retain its ruling status without introducing democracy -- but it has to give Chinese a decent level of social justice.

Indonesia is leading a call for Southeast Asian nations to unite in the fight against terrorism.

Police in Indonesia say they have evidence to charge radical Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, the alleged spiritual leader of the Jemaah Islamiyah militant group, with treason.

Crash investigators at first light Friday began sifting through the wreckage of a U.S. Army MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter that crashed on a nighttime training mission, killing all four crew members on board.

Drug use among Japanese has hit a new peak of about one and half percent of the population, with police estimating that roughly 2 million Japanese are now drug users.

As part of its so-called 'sunshine policy' of engaging North Korea, officials from South Korea will sit down with their counterparts from the communist state this week in Seoul.