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Obama came into office emphasizing the importance of diplomacy, and last year Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the U.S. wouldn't allow human-rights issues to derail cooperation with China on other fronts, like stabilizing the global economy. Last fall Obama delayed meeting with the Dalai Lama when he...
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu issued a written statement, saying, "The United States' behavior constitutes a serious interference in China's internal affairs and seriously hurts the feelings of the Chinese people and seriously harms Sino-U.S. relations." The comments are in line with what Chinese diplomats have...
They're scattered around Vancouver clad in blue jackets, as ubiquitous as the city's rain. There are 18,500 volunteers at this year's Olympics who are helping ticket holders find their seats at venues, giving directions to confused guests wandering the streets, driving around dignitaries and printing out...
Iverson, a hockey nut, did score two free tickets - to a cross-country skiing event held 2½ hours from Vancouver. "Look, I'd give up a lot of my life to be at Canada Hockey Place watching all the games," says Iverson. "But I'm still a part of...
The military coup that deposed Mamadou Tandja, the President of Niger, on Thursday, Feb. 18, could be seen as yet another putsch in a remote West African country, save for two things contributing to a growing instability in the region: cocaine and al-Qaeda. The coup is just the latest...