The United States and North Korea have held a third one-on-one meeting as they seek to narrow still wide differences on how to dismantle Pyongyang's nuclear program.
U.S. officials say U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill and North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan met for two hours today (Thursday) in Beijing, on the sidelines of the six-nation negotiations being hosted by China
The United States and five Asia-Pacific nations have unveiled a new partnership they say will lead to cleaner energy technologies and reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming.
Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing has met with Burma's head of state (Senior General Than Shwe) and its prime minister (General Soe Win) during a short visit today (Thursday).
The space shuttle Discovery is set to dock with the International Space Station today (Thursday), a day after the U.S. space agency NASA grounded the shuttle program.
London's police commissioner (Ian Blair) is warning there may be more terrorist cells capable of launching attacks, as investigators search for people who may have been involved in the July 21st attempts to bomb London's transport system.
Pakistani officials say security agents have arrested a man suspected of involvement in the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002.
Indian officials say some 450 people have been killed in floods, landslides and building collapses triggered by torrential rains in western Maharashtra state.
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