By Eli Lake - The Washington Times
Chinese President Hu Jintao will begin formal talks with President Obama on Wednesday, as the White House comes under pressure to use the state visit as a forum to raise the issue of China's illicit technology trade with Iran. Published 6:59 p.m. January 18, 2011 - Comments
By Lara Jakes - Associated Press
updated 5 hours, 29 minutes ago
A suicide bomber killed 52 people among a crowd of police recruits in Saddam Hussein's hometown Tuesday, shattering a two-month lull in major attacks and spurring calls to keep the U.S. military in Iraq beyond 2011. Published 9:47 a.m. January 18, 2011 - Comments
By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times
Iran has deployed security teams to protect its nuclear scientists from assassinations, the Islamic republic's interior minister announced Tuesday. Published 4:08 p.m. January 18, 2011 - Comments
By Christopher Bodeen - Associated Press
updated 10 hours, 50 minutes ago
When it comes to public appearances, China's president is no Barack Obama. Stiff and media-averse, the 67-year-old Hu Jintao will be stepping out of character when he takes questions from reporters after meeting the U.S. president on Wednesday. It's a White House demand that could create some awkward moments, but Hu is willing to take the risk to improve China's image abroad. Published 8:51 a.m. January 18, 2011 - Comments
By Sgt. Shaft - The Washington Times
Dear Sgt. Shaft: I am with the U.S. Army. I have 28 years for pay purpose. I entered the Army in 1982. Ten of my total years served were regular active duty. I am detailed to a BOP (Bureau of Prisons) at MDC Guaynabo, DOJ Department of Justice, as a register nurse. Published 8:18 a.m. January 18, 2011 - Comments
By Kara Rowland - The Washington Times
Two years ago this week, President Obama issued a sweeping executive order promising to shutter the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention center within a year. Today, it's still open and running with little prospect of that changing in the near future. Published 10:09 p.m. January 17, 2011 - Comments
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Yahya Barzanji - Associated Press
A local governor in Iraq's oil-rich north cut the electricity going to Baghdad from a power station in his province Monday over a dispute with the central government that he said had left his constituents with little power in the cold winter months. Published 1:00 p.m. January 17, 2011 - Comments
By Martin Crutsinger and Paul Wiseman - Associated Press
updated 7 hours, 35 minutes ago
U.S. companies have long demanded that China let its currency rise to make U.S. exports cheaper. But as President Hu Jintao visits Washington this week, U.S. companies are stressing other goals: Stopping the theft of intellectual property. And getting a fair chance to win government contracts. Published 9:15 a.m. January 18, 2011 - Comments
By Rahim Faiez - Associated Press
A station wagon carrying a family of Afghan civilians struck a roadside bomb in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing all nine aboard, an official said. Published 10:05 a.m. January 16, 2011 - Comments
By Sebastian Abbot - Associated Press
The number of suicide bombings and other attacks in Pakistan declined nearly 20 percent last year as a result of Pakistani military operations, better surveillance by law enforcement agencies and the death of key militants in U.S. drone strikes, a think tank said Sunday. Published 3:38 p.m. January 16, 2011 - Comments
By Nasser Karimi - The Washington Times
Diplomats from six nations and the Arab League toured Iran's main uranium-enrichment facility on Sunday in a visit organized by Tehran in hopes of bolstering its assurances that its nuclear work is entirely peaceful. Published 5:31 p.m. January 16, 2011 - Comments
By Ali Akbar Dareini - Associated Press
updated 3 days, 4 hours ago
Several international envoys — but crucially none from the world powers — got a look inside an Iranian nuclear site Saturday as part of a tour the Islamic Republic hopes will build support before a new round of talks on its disputed atomic activities. Published 10:07 a.m. January 15, 2011 - Comments
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press
A dozen terror suspects disguised in police uniforms broke out of an Iraqi jail Friday, prompting a manhunt across the nation's south for what officials called a dangerous group of top-ranking insurgents linked to al Qaeda. Published 11:11 a.m. January 14, 2011 - Comments
By Anne Gearan - Associated Press
New international disarmament talks with North Korea are possible only if the North backs off recent aggression against South Korea and demonstrates it is willing to bargain in good faith, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday. Published 10:51 a.m. January 14, 2011 - Comments
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