China will pour billions of dollars into an airport, power plants, roads and education to help raise the standard of living of Tibetans over the next three years, state media said Tuesday.Beijing has been aggressively developing Tibet for more than a decade in an effort...

Tens of thousands of North Koreans, including high level officials, rallied Thursday in the communist country's capital to defend their government's right to have nuclear weapons, state-run media reported."We have nothing to be scared about as we have a strong war deterrent," a North Korean...

Pregnant women from mainland China who are near their due date will be turned away at Hong Kong borders if they cannot prove they have appointments in the city's hospitals, officials said Tuesday. The number of births by mainland Chinese women in Hong Kong nearly...

The Israeli government on Sunday approved the appointment of the country's first Muslim Cabinet member, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office said.The appointment of Raleb Majadele as a minister without portfolio is expected to go before parliament for final confirmation on Monday.Majadele, a parliamentary backbencher, says...

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