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India launches naval exercise off Andamans Port Blair, India (AFP) Feb 5, 2010 
India kicked off Friday a 13-nation naval exercise off its Andaman archipelago it said was aimed at improving disaster management and not an attempt to form a security bloc.
The exercises are the biggest naval event off the India-administered island cluster since 2007 when a smaller exercise involving Australia, India, Japan, Singapore and the United States, riled giant neighbour China.
... read moreChina ramps up tone in disputes with US 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 5, 2010China on Friday stepped up the pressure on the United States, voicing fresh anger over an upcoming visit to Washington by the Dalai Lama and pledging a response to a giant US arms sale to Taiwan. With relations between the two nations deteriorating over a set of disputes, China said that it made a "solemn representation" to Washington about President Barack Obama's upcoming meeting with the ... more
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Obama turns up the heat on Iran
Obama threatens 'significant regime' of Iran sanctions World moving swiftly to sanction Iran: Obama US denies missile issue blocking new START treaty Defiant Iran starts enriching uranium to 20 percent Sanctions on Iran would be ineffective: Brazil Enrichment at heart of Iran nuclear programme Russia toughens line on Iran nuclear ambitions EU critises Iran enrichment move, backs UN action Russia hardens stance on Iran, questions nuclear 'sincerity' 
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NATO chief seeks broader ties with China, India, Russia
Munich, Germany (AFP) Feb 7, 2010The head of NATO said Sunday its troubles in Afghanistan showed it was vital to boost ties with nations like China, India and Pakistan and transform the alliance into a global security hub. Drawing from flaws exposed in Afghanistan, where NATO is struggling to hold off a Taliban and Al-Qaeda insurgency, Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the military alliance should become a forum for consultation o ... more Star US pandas head for China as goodwill ambassadors 
Dulles International Airport, Virginia (AFP) Feb 4, 2010Two US-born pandas flew off in a giant cargo plane Thursday for a new life in China as goodwill ambassadors to brighten moody US-China relations. Tai Shan, of Washington's National Zoo, and Mei Lan, from the Atlanta zoo, joined up aboard a specially appointed cargo plane, dubbed the FedEx Panda Express, for the flight to Chengdu, China. "Tai Shan and Mei Lan not only represent the crysta ... more China looms large at Munich security talks 
Munich, Germany (AFP) Feb 3, 2010China will send its foreign minister to the Munich Security Conference for the first time this week, in a further sign of Beijing's growing military clout a year into Barack Obama's US presidency. The 46-year-old gathering in Germany from Friday to Sunday of top military brass, diplomats and politicians has its roots in the Cold War and has traditionally stuck to areas of common interest to ... more China warns of Obama-Dalai Lama meeting 
Beijing (UPI) Feb 3, 2009 The possibility of President Barack Obama meeting the self-exiled Dalai Lama of Tibet has again sparked warnings from Beijing that bilateral relations could be harmed. The warning by China, already outraged over $6.4 billion worth of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, came from Zhu Weiqun, the man heading up talks with representatives of the Dalai Lama. He made his comments while informing repo ... more |
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Outside View: Obama and India
Manipal, India (UPI) Jan 26, 2009 Once in office, U.S. President Barack Obama apparently decided to abandon his own policy preferences in favor of those of Bill and Hillary Clinton. Given the reluctance of the former president and the current secretary of state to agree to an equal partnership with India, it is no surprise that the past year has seen the killing-off of the tiny shoots of U.S.-India high-tech cooperation ... more Google row caps rapid souring in Sino-US ties
Beijing (AFP) Jan 26, 2010Two months ago US President Barack Obama visited China and pledged with his counterpart Hu Jintao to apply a concerted political might to solve the world's toughest problems. Today, the idea of a "Group of Two" coalition appears to be a mirage after clashes on Internet freedom, climate change, trade issues, the yuan's value, US arms sales to Taiwan and a visit to the US by the exiled Dalai ... more Walker's World: Ganging up on China 
Washington (UPI) Jan 25, 2009 The row over Internet censorship between Google and China got all the headlines, but the really alarming development for Beijing in the last week came from India. The unprecedented decision by the Indian government to deliver a formal diplomatic demarche against Chinese trade policies was just one of a range of developments in recent days that must be troubling the Chinese leadership. ... more Commentary: Fatigue and trust deficit 
Washington (UPI) Jan 22, 2009 The 9.2 magnitude earthquake that triggered the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami claimed some 230,000 lives in 13 countries. But the Port-au-Prince 7.0 quake may exceed that toll in one small country. Haiti's capital will have to be rebuilt from the ground up, like German and Japanese cities after World War II. For a city of 3 million that was designed to handle a mere 50,000, there was little modern ... more |
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