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WASHINGTON ~ Al-Qaeda’s first message to Barack Obama two weeks after his election to the US presidency shows a “panicked... Read More →

WASHINGTON ~ The International Space Station, one of the most ambitious space projects ever and a key launching board for... Read More →

DHARAMSHALA ~ Tibetan exiles worked this week to hammer out a new strategy for their fight against Chinese rule, as... Read More →

LOS ANGELES ~ US president-elect Barack Obama vowed this week he would “engage vigorously” in global climate change talks and... Read More →

WASHINGTON ~ US president-elect Barack Obama is sending evaluators to study the sprawling US bureaucracy to help him determine how... Read More →

UNITED NATIONS ~ World leaders pleaded on Wednesday for religious tolerance at a UN conference sponsored by Saudi Arabia, but... Read More →

BEIJING ~ China said this week that talks with envoys of Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, had failed... Read More →

DHARAMSHALA ~ More than 500 leading Tibetan exiles will gather in India next week for a rare meeting that could... Read More →

WELLINGTON ~ New Zealand Prime Minister-elect John Key moved a step closer on Wednesday to bringing a party representing the... Read More →