Hu leaves for UN meetings, G20 summit

President Hu Jintao is making an unprecedented string of visits to United Nations summits as he leads a high-ranking Chinese delegation to the United States this week.

Obama defends new missile defense policy

US President Barack Obama on Sunday defended his decision to take new missile shield policy in Europe, claiming his decision is not about Russia.

• Khamenei: Iran opposes nuclear weapons
• Yemeni army kills 150 rebels
• Trilateral contacts going on around peace talks resumption
• Obama: Kim Jong-Il 'pretty healthy'
• Khamenei: Iran's Quds Day rallies a shout against Zionist 'cancer'
• Sino-Russian ties rise to unprecedented high level
• Karzai calls on Taliban to join peace process
• Obama, Netanyahu, Abbas to hold joint meeting
• President Hu to visit UN, attend G20 summit
• Russia confirms decision to scrap missile plans

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  US politicians mourn the death of Senator Kennedy

  US Democratic and Republican political figures joined on Wednesday in mourning the death of Senator Edward Kennedy, who passed away earlier in the day at 77 after a long-time struggle with cancer.

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  Scotland defends Lockerbie release

  Scotland's justice secretary on Monday explained his controversial decision to release the man responsible for an airplane bombing that killed 270 people over Lockerbie in 1988.
  ? Scotland's justice secretary faces questions

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Karzai faces monstrous challenges if re-elected

Afghanistan's sitting President Hamid Karzai confronts diverse challenges on internal and external fronts as he staggers towards his second term in office in the wake of the last month's presidential election marred by massive fraud allegations.