Once more on the 'Cheonan' disaster
On March 26, 2010 at 2122 hours the South Korean
ship Cheonan split and sank in the West Sea near Baekryong Island
killing 46 crew members. Subsequent investigations by an
international team of civilian and military experts from Republic of
Korea, the UK, the US, Australia, Sweden and Canada led to the
conclusion that a torpedo fired by a North Korean submarine had
caused the explosion that sank the ship.
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Obama invites China’s Hu for state visit
US President Barack Obama has invited Chinese
President Hu Jintao for a state visit, a US official said on
Saturday, as the two powers seek to narrow economic and political
differences. The date of the state visit, which will be only the
third hosted by Obama since he took office in January 2009, has not
been set, White House adviser Jeffrey Bader told reporters on the
sidelines of a G20 summit in Toronto.
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S Korea, US to delay OPCON transfer
South Korea and the United States have agreed on
a three-year delay of the transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON)
until December 1, 2015, Seoul’s presidential office Cheong Wa Dae
said Sunday.
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Israel bombing kills two Palestinians
Two Palestinians died and another one wounded as
a consequence of Israeli bombing last Friday against underground
tunnels in southern Gaza, witnesses and medical sources confirmed
Saturday.
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