Asia forking out on defence

Incr-eased military spending by China and India is forcing other Asia-Pacific countries to modernise their armed forces despite the severe impact of the global financial crisis, experts say.

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Obama swoops into Prague for EU-US Summit

Barack Obama flew into Prague on Saturday for a summit with EU leaders, making his first venture behind the erstwhile Iron Curtain on the third leg of his maiden European tour as US president.

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Russia, Chile boost co-op

Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and his Chilean counterpart Michelle Bachelet focused their Kremlin talks on Saturday on boosting economic cooperation.

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