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New spat over bill increases stress on US-Chinese relations
A new US lawmakers' bill aimed at exerting pressure on China's currency policy has stirred up fresh tension between the two economic superpowers, but commentators believe the effect on the wider conflict will be minimal.
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Russia's Putin says he wants peaceful division of Arctic
Russia is staking its economic future on its controversial territorial claim to a huge slice of the fast-melting Arctic, which holds up to a quarter of the world's untapped energy resources, and is set to launch an unprecedented diplomatic campaign to
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Iran warns Russia on siding with US
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast warns Russia that siding with the US against Iran will harm Moscow’s long-term interests, APA reports quoting presstv.ir website.
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Russia, Kazakhstan to develop energy cooperation
Russia's largest hydropower company, RusHydro, on Tuesday signed a deal jointly to build renewable energy enterprises in southern Kazakhstan with the regional government of Jambyl.
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Obama: "We need to make clear to people that the cancer is in Pakistan"
President Obama dispatched his national security adviser, retired Marine Gen. James L. Jones, and CIA Director Leon Panetta to Pakistan for a series of urgent, secret meetings on May 19, 2010.
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North Korea leader's son seen set for succession
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's son, Jong-un, became his second in command at the ruling Workers' Party's powerful Central Military Commission on Wednesday, teeing him up for succession.
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Russia prepares to open oil pipeline to China
Russia and China broke the ice in their long-cool energy relationship on Monday as they prepared to open a pipeline that will bring Siberian crude oil to China, but a similar agreement on gas proved a bridge too far.
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EU preparing to renew Belarus sanctions as election looms
Belarus' hardy autocratic ruler, Aleksander Lukashenko, is set to suffer a small blow to his image ahead of upcoming elections when the EU renews its travel ban on the President and 35 of his officials next month.
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