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  • Island nation of Sao Tome breaks ties with Taiwan

    12/20/2016 7:44:55 PM PST · by Olog-hai · 26 replies
    Associated Press ^ | Dec 20, 2016 9:49 PM EST
    Taiwan says the African island nation of São Tomé and Principe has broken their diplomatic ties. Just 21 countries and governments now have diplomatic ties with Taiwan. Most of the world and the United Nations do not formally recognize Taiwan as a condition of maintaining relations with Beijing, which considers Taiwan a part of its territory. …
  • Pakistan, seen stalling, says wants nukes banned

    08/13/2009 10:41:25 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 1 replies · 210+ views
    Times of India ^ | 13 August 2009
    Pakistan, accused by some powers of blocking progress in the world's top disarmament forum, insisted on Wednesday that it wants an end to nuclear weaponry and is playing an active role to bring this about. But in a statement issued in Islamabad, it argued that "the legitimate security interests of all states" had to be protected in any move towards new talks in the long-stalled Conference on Disarmament, under UN auspices, in Geneva. Pakistan "subscribes to the goals of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation... and has always played an active and constructive role in the conference," the Pakistan Online News Service...
  • Propaganda Poster From North Korea: (Korean: US imperialists shouldn't carelessly provoke war)

    01/20/2003 4:54:01 PM PST · by weegee · 19 replies · 1,979+ views
    Yahoo ^ | Jan 20 2003 | no byline
    The North Korea Central News Agency released posters depicting North Korea's military power on January 20, 2003. The letters read, 'U.S. imperialists shouldn't carelessly provoke war.' A Russian envoy held six hours of talks with reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and described the meeting on the nuclear standoff between Pyongyang and Washington as substantive and successful. (Korean News Service/Reuters)