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The First Lady's Travel Journal

[2014-03-22 08:25]

Editor's note: Michelle is posting a daily travel blog and the following is the excerpt from Friday's piece.

Park, Abe to meet for talks to repair rift

[2014-03-22 08:25]

South Korea and Japan will hold talks with one another and the United States next week, Seoul said on Friday, in a breakthrough after Washington urged the pair to mend badly strained ties.

Myanmar to ban log exports to save forests

[2014-03-22 08:25]

Myanmar will ban the export of raw timber logs from April 1, choking off profits in the sector as the government steps up efforts to save forests.

EU, Ukraine sign association pact

[2014-03-22 08:25]

The European Union and Ukraine signed the core elements of a political association agreement on Friday, committing to the same deal that then-Ukranian president Viktor Yanukovich rejected in November.

New vote looms as Thai court voids polls

[2014-03-22 08:25]

Thailand's general election held last month was declared invalid on Friday after disruption by opposition protesters, setting the scene for talks about new polls between warring political parties to end months of deadlock.

Google co-founder scorns US snooping

[2014-03-21 07:53]

Google co-founder Larry Page on Wednesday condemned US government snooping on the Internet as a threat to democracy.

White House debuts climate data website

[2014-03-21 07:53]

In an effort to help residents of the United States prepare for the effects of global warming, the White House unveiled a new initiative on Wednesday to make climate data widely available to citizens and companies.

Venezuela tackles 'rebel' mayors

[2014-03-21 07:53]

Venezuelan intelligence agents arrested an opposition mayor on Wednesday who was accused of stoking violent protests, and another was jailed for 10 months in the latest moves against rivals of President Nicolas Maduro.

Bogota's leftist mayor removed from office

[2014-03-21 07:53]

The mayor of Colombia's capital Bogota was ousted from his post on Wednesday, President Juan Manuel Santos said, in a controversial decision that could affect May presidential elections and a peace process with left-wing rebels.

UNESCO chief looking forward to Xi's new vision

[2014-03-21 07:53]

Expectations high for president's speech on development, peace

Libya government vows to combat terrorism 'scourge'

[2014-03-21 07:53]

The Libyan government vowed on Thursday to fight terrorism in its first acknowledgment that "terrorist groups" were behind dozens of attacks against security services and Westerners.

Merkel says EU ready for more sanctions on Russia

[2014-03-21 07:53]

Warning comes as Crimean forces free Ukrainian naval commander

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