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Fidel Castro slams Obama for 'scorn' toward Latin America Havana (AFP) Nov 4, 2009 
Cuba's Fidel Castro slammed US President Barack Obama Wednesday for treating Latin America with "scorn" on the annniversary of the US leader's election as president. The legendary Cuban leader who still leads the Cuban Communist Party, and whose brother Raul is currently president, lashed out at Obama over Washington's deal with Bogota -- strongly opposed throughout the region -- allowing it ... read moreWalker's World: The EU's new boss? 
Washington (UPI) Nov 2, 2009 The surging campaign to stop Tony Blair from becoming the first real president of the European Union is the best thing that could happen for the EU, for Britain and for Blair. For a start, it is not a proper job, even though the new Lisbon Treaty tries to suggest that it represents some kind of breakthrough in the way Europe governs itself. Certainly the old system, which rotates the ... more
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Japan denies friction with US
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 2, 2009Japan's centre-left government on Monday denied US ties were being strained by a row over an American airbase, amid confusion over whether its foreign minister will travel to Washington this week. The US State Department on Saturday said Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada would meet US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday, but within hours dropped mention of the meeting from Cli ... more Colombia grants US access to military bases 
Bogota (AFP) Oct 30, 2009Colombia granted the United States access to seven military bases on Friday for counternarcotics operations, signing a deal that has angered leftist South American governments wary of US presence in the region. Colombia's Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez and US Ambassador William Brownfield signed the accord during a brief closed-door ceremony in Bogota, a Colombian foreign ministry spokesman ... more Indian PM hosts 'great friend' Bush 
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 30, 2009India's premier hosted a lunch on Friday for former US President George W. Bush and called him a "great friend" who played a key role in ending the South Asian country's long nuclear isolation. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who enjoyed a strong rapport with Bush during his White House tenure, threw the lunch in the former president's honour in the Indian capital New Delhi. Ruling Congre ... more EU leaders clear major hurdle to reform treaty 
Brussels (AFP) Oct 29, 2009European Union leaders on Thursday cleared a major obstacle holding up the massive Lisbon reform treaty, paving the way for a new-look EU with its first-ever president. At talks in Brussels, the leaders approved a proposal to satisfy a last-minute demand by the deeply eurosceptic Czech President Vaclav Klaus for his country to win an opt-out from the EU's charter of fundamental rights. ... more |
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Japan PM pushes for 'equal' ties with US
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 26, 2009 Japan's centre-left Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama stressed in his first policy address to parliament Monday that he wants a relationship of equals with chief ally the United States. Hatoyama, who took power last month, was speaking ahead of Barack Obama's first visit to Tokyo as US president on November 12-13 and amid a row about where to relocate a major US base on a southern island. ... more China military growth the 'minimum requirement': general 
Washington (AFP) Oct 26, 2009A top Chinese general Monday defended Beijing's rapid military modernization, including the development of advanced weapons that threaten US forces in the Pacific, as aimed at meeting its minimum defense requirements. General Xu Caihou, vice chairman of China's military commission, sought to allay US suspicions over the growing might of the Asian superpower by insisting that Beijing harbored ... more Xu visit puts spotlight on China-US military ties 
Washington (AFP) Oct 24, 2009China's second-highest ranking officer kicks off Saturday a week-long visit to the United States amid signs that testy military relations between the superpowers are thawing. The trip by General Xu Caihou, the most high-profile Chinese military official to travel to the United States in years, is poised to ease tensions that flared earlier this year amid naval standoffs off China's coast. ... more Asian leaders pitch rival blocs to boost global clout 
Hua Hin, Thailand (AFP) Oct 25, 2009Asian leaders heard competing plans from Australia and Japan for a massive EU-style community covering half the world's population as they wrapped up their annual summit on Sunday. The proposals at the meeting in Thailand come as the fractious region seeks to reduce its dependence on the United States and boost its global clout after recovering from the financial crisis more quickly than the ... more |
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