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Asia-Pacific
For all his flourish, President Barack Obama sure falls back on a few familiar phrases.
An earthquake measured 6.0 magnitude shocked Samoa Islands region on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said.
Twenty seven nations around the Indian Ocean simultaneously staged tsunami exercises on Wednesday to help their residents practice self-protecting skills, local reports said.
The United States will not meet directly with DPRK until Pyongyang commits to rejoining six-nation disarmament talks and abides by commitments to dismantle its nuclear programs, a top US diplomat said Wednesday.
The Philippines will be seeking at least $1 billion from international donors for reconstruction after devastating back-to-back storms highlighted the country's vulnerability to climate change, officials said Wednesday.
Former US President George W. Bush said here Wednesday that the six-party talks are "the best way" to bring peace on the Korean Peninsula.
Hundreds of Sydney residents participated in Ride-to-Work day on Wednesday, supported by the city's council, who plan to increase cycling in the city by 500 percent by 2017.
About 5,000 couples from 120 countries around the world exchanged wedding vows on Wednesday, the church said.
The Bank of Japan may decide to start withdrawing support for corporate finance on Wednesday, despite government criticism, at a policy meeting that may set the tone for its relationship with the new government.
Wildlife technicians of National and International Nature Conservation Trust have taken in control a man-eating tiger that killed five persons and wounded eight others in a span of five months in central Nepal, local media reported on Wednesday.
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