North Korea’s reliance on China for trade deepened last year afterSouth Korea severed most ties with Pyongyang, accusing it of torpedoing of one of its warships, a think-tank said Wednesday. The state Korea Development Institute said in a report the North’s…
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By Kathy Kelly: Last week, newly-arrived in Athens as part of the U.S. Boat to Gaza project, our team of activists gathered for nonviolence training. We are here to sail to Gaza, in defiance of…
BEIJING, June 26 (Xinhua) — Most Chinese real estate developers kept their distance from repeated appeals by officials to accelerate the country’s affordable housing construction that aim to rein in the runaway property market, according…
By John Pilger: One of the most original and provocative books of the past decade is Disciplined Minds by Jeff Schmidt (Rowman & Littlefield). “A critical look at salaried professionals,” says the cover, “and the…
TEHRAN – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said the West is fearful of the establishment of a government with Islamic persuasions in Libya. “The West is very afraid of…
DAMASCUS – Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem on Wednesday criticized the West’s approach to the recent unrest in Syria, saying Damascus considers extended EU sanctions as a declaration of war against the country. Muallem said…
BRUSSELS: NATO responded on Tuesday to a Congressional threat to cut off funding to the U.S. military involvement in Libya by saying the United States was providing unique assets essential for the success of the…
DAMASCUS (AFP) – Tens of thousands of Syrians rallied on Tuesday in central Damascus in support of President Bashar al-Assad, a day after he offered a national dialogue to end Syria’s political crisis, an AFP…
(Reuters) – Chinese miners and Japanese utilities have largely agreed on a long-term thermal coal price for the fiscal year starting in April, trading sources familiar with the situation said on Tuesday. The price for…
First, let’s be clear: China and Vietnam are not about to go to war. But the current atmosphere of tensions, outlined by Beijing correspondent Austin Ramzy last week, leads one to wonder. On June 13, Vietnam…