Analysis: WikiLeaks reveals China, N. Korea tensions

Analysis: WikiLeaks reveals China, N. Korea tensions


Analysis: WikiLeaks reveals China, N. Korea tensions

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 10:24 PM PST

The leaked documents published by WikiLeaks reveal tensions festering between China and its close ally and neighbor, North Korea.


'No retribution' for Cambodia stampede

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 06:55 PM PST

Last week's deadly stampede during an annual festival won't result in criminal punishments, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday in a speech broadcast on state television.


Documents focus on health of leaders

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 08:48 PM PST

For U.S. diplomats trying to understand the goings-on in countries with no diplomatic relations with the United States, snippets of information about the health of leaders can be valuable.


High-level officials to hold N. Korea meet

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 10:42 PM PST

Government ministers from the United States, Japan and South Korea will meet in Washington in early December to discuss North Korea, South Korea's foreign affairs ministry says.


U.S. soldier to face court martial over Afghanistan deaths

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 07:08 PM PST

Military officials have referred charges against Staff Sgt. David Bram -- in relation to a larger case involving five soldiers accused of killing Afghan citizens for sport -- to a general court martial, officials at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington said Monday.


Indian economy grows 8.9 percent

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 11:18 PM PST

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Wikileaks reveal China's Korea plan

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 10:52 PM PST

Senior Chinese officials believe the Korean peninsula should be reunified under Seoul's control, according to leaked classified US diplomatic cables.


Napoleon's soldiers laid to rest

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 08:02 PM PST

The remains of 18 French soldiers killed during Napoleon Bonaparte's failed invasion of Russia have been buried in Lithuania.


Wikileaks reveal China's Korea plan

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 10:52 PM PST

Senior Chinese officials believe the Korean peninsula should be reunified under Seoul's control, according to leaked classified US diplomatic cables.


Manga makes hero of French wine maker

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 10:38 PM PST

A French wine maker has found himself the hero of Japanese manga comic strips and is now a cult figure in Japan.


China 'backs Korean reunification'

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 11:13 PM PST

Chinese leaders privately support a unified Korea and would not stop the North's collapse, according to leaked US cable


Pakistan attack targets police

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 10:38 PM PST

At least one child among the dead in suspected suicide attack in Pakistan's northwestern city of Bannu.


Haiti vote 'valid' despite flaws

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 10:30 PM PST

International observers say irregularities, violence and disorganisation do not necessarily invalidate the elections.


Wikileaks reveals plans for North Korean collapse (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 10:26 PM PST

FILE - This Aug. 14, 2010 photo shows WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in Stockholm, Sweden. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday, Nov. 26, 2010 spoke with the Chinese government about the expected release of classified cables by the Wikileaks website. The release of hundreds of thousands of cables is expected this weekend, though Wikileaks has not specified the timing. (AP Photo/Scanpix/Bertil Ericson, File) SWEDEN OUTAP - Leaked U.S. diplomatic cables show China's frustration with communist ally North Korea and speculate Beijing would accept a future Korean peninsula unified under South Korean rule, according to the documents released by whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks.



Ecuador offers refuge to Assange

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 10:04 PM PST

WikiLeaks founder is welcome to find a home in the Latin American country with no conditions, minister says.


N Korea reveals new nuclear plant

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 10:52 PM PST

A week after shelling South Korea, Pyongyang unveils a fresh uranium enrichment facility in a move seen as provocative.


General strike shuts down Bangladesh businesses (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 09:33 PM PST

AP - Schools and businesses were shut across Bangladesh on Tuesday as the country's main opposition party enforced a dawn-to-dusk general strike to protest against alleged misrule by the government.


Blast wounds two outside court in Kyrgyz capital

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 09:15 PM PST

BISHKEK (Reuters) - An explosion in Kyrgyzstan's capital on Tuesday wounded at least two people outside a sports palace where several people are standing trial accused of mass killings during an April uprising in the Central Asian republic.


Lujiazui Breakfast: News And Views About China Stocks (Nov. 30)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 09:00 PM PST

Investors and traders in China's main financial district are talking about the following before the


Russian Missiles Fuel U.S. Worries

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 09:05 PM PST

The U.S. believes Russia moved nuclear warheads to facilities near NATO allies as recently as this spring.