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Changes in Asia set to shape US policy

Wednesday, 31 October 2012, 09:40 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Changes could be in store for US-Asian relations, but that has little to do with the presidential race. Lost in the backbiting between President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney over China is...

Chinese think tank urges end to one-child policy

Wednesday, 31 October 2012, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

A Chinese government think tank is urging the country's leaders to start phasing out its one-child policy immediately and allow two children for every family by 2015, a daring proposal to do away...

Protesters delay vote on new Libyan Cabinet

Wednesday, 31 October 2012, 07:06 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Libya's new prime minister on Tuesday put forward a Cabinet for parliamentary approval, but protesters stormed the building during the session, forcing a postponement of the vote on the new...

Greece delays austerity vote, warns of 'chaos'

Tuesday, 30 October 2012, 16:53 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Greece's coalition government will delay a vote on major new austerity measures by another week, warning Tuesday there would be financial "chaos" if a deal is not...

Arafat to be exhumed in November

Tuesday, 30 October 2012, 16:24 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Criminal investigators from France will exhume Yasser Arafat's remains next month to try to find out how the Palestinian leader died, a French official said Tuesday.   The official said...

Storm shakes up presidential race with 1 week left

Tuesday, 30 October 2012, 14:27 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Superstorm Sandy tore into the U.S. presidential race as President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney canceled campaign events, punching holes in their carefully mapped-out strategies for...

Libyans disillusioned with government amid chaos

Tuesday, 30 October 2012, 11:49 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

The protesters converged on the conference center housing Libya's newly elected congress, trying to force their way in past startled guards. Mostly young and half of them women in headscarves,...

Syrian regime launches nationwide airstrikes

Tuesday, 30 October 2012, 08:08 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Syrian fighter jets pounded rebel areas across the country on Monday with scores of airstrikes that anti-regime activists called the most widespread bombing in a single day since Syria's troubles...

Ukraine's ruling party leads in vote called biased

Tuesday, 30 October 2012, 08:04 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

The Ukrainian president's party will retain its strong grip on power, according to returns Monday from a parliamentary election that was criticized by Western observers as unfair and biased...

East Coast grinds to a halt as Sandy nears

Monday, 29 October 2012, 12:40 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Hurricane Sandy picked up strength and turned toward New York City and the East Coast's other largest cities Monday, forcing the shutdown of financial markets and mass transit, sending coastal...

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