Obama China pick vows clear-eyed approach
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama's nominee to be ambassador to China promised Thursday to bring a "hard-headed realist" approach to relations and said he felt personally invested in the fate of Taiwan. Federer, Roddick to meet in 3rd Wimbledon final
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North Korea has a long history of communicating with the United States through provocation and brinksmanship, and it has played to type ahead of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's four-nation trip to Asia that began Sunday. In recent weeks, Pyongyang has annulled its maritime border with South Korea, renounced the nonaggression agreement between the two countries, and moved missiles and equipment around in ways that could signal preparations for a launch, according to U.S. officials.
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