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Kyrgyzstan still on edge after election
Two weeks after voters went to the polls in critical parliamentary elections, Kyrgyzstan’s future is still unclear. And regional analysts warn that the outcome of the country’s recent political experiment could echo far beyond the borders of the tiny central Asian state.
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Clinton Renews Asia Dispute Push
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pressed Asian leaders gathered in Hanoi to resolve their maritime disputes through international legal channels, repeating a U.S. position that has raised China's ire in recent months.
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North Korea gets lowest grade on 'nuclear arms report card'
North Korea got a failing grade, with Iran and Syria not far behind, in the first nuclear arms control report card released Wednesday by the independent U.S.-based Arms Control Association (ACA).
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Four hopes, five preferences, and one big test
The anointment of a new leader of the Chinese Communist Party has usefully re-focused the world's attention on how China might use its growing economic, military and diplomatic power and influence in the coming years, and how its neighbors, and especially the United States, will respond. A lot is riding on China's decision. The regional and even the international order for the coming decades, and perhaps longer, will depend on which pathway it selects.
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Kyrgyzstan to announce election results later this week: Otunbayeva
Kyrgyzstan's Central Election Commission (CEC) will announce the final results of parliamentary elections later this week and the winning parties will start forming a coalition, acting President Roza Otunbayeva said
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Azerbaijan President completes official visit to Ukraine
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev on Thursday has ended his official visit to Ukraine.
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Kyrgyz Party Leader Says Country Not Ready For Parliamentary Republic
Former Kyrgyz Prime Minister Feliks Kulov, whose party finished third in this month's parliamentary elections, says the country is not yet ready to make the transition to a parliamentary republic, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports.
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India signs nuclear convention
The United States has welcomed as a "positive" step India's signing of an international convention governing liability in case of nuclear accidents.
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