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• North Korea Envoy Wraps Up Visit to China May 24, 2013
  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's special envoy has wrapped up a visit to Beijing, after a series of meetings with Chinese officials, in which he maintained that Pyongyang wants to solve problems on the Korean peninsula with dialogue. Choe Ryong Hae, a top officer in North Korea's military, met Friday with Fan Changlong, vice chairman of China […]
• Study Identifies Risks of Human Spread of H7N9 Bird Flu May 24, 2013
  A new study finds that the recently discovered H7N9 bird flu virus, which has been circulating among poultry flocks in eastern China, can be transmitted among ferrets, small mammals that provide a laboratory model for human contagion.  Since the H7N9 virus was first identified in China last February, there have been 132 human infections confirmed in China an […]
• Suicide Bomber Kills 3 in Pakistan May 24, 2013
  Officials in northwestern Pakistan say a suicide bomber has targeted the vehicle of a religious leader, killing three people. Authorities say the leader, Haji Hayatullah, was not in the vehicle when it was attacked Friday in Peshawar. However, his driver, a bodyguard, and a passerby were killed in the blast. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. […]
• Kerry to Meet with AU Officials in Ethiopia May 24, 2013
  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry travels to Ethiopia Friday for meetings with African Union officials. They are expected to discuss violence in Sudan and efforts to battle Islamic fundamentalists in northern Mali and in northern Nigeria. Soldiers from the European Union are helping train Malian troops to fight insurgents linked to al-Qaida terrorists. The […]
• North Korea Envoy Wraps Up Visit to China May 24, 2013
  An envoy from North Korea concluded his visit to Beijing Friday after a series of meetings hailed by Chinese media as a step forward in talks between the two countries.   Choe Ryong Hae, a top officer in North Korea’s military and a confidante of leader Kim Jong Un, met with Chinese officials this week, including Liu Yunshan, the Chinese Communist Party’s fi […]