Xi on track for China leadership at close of CPC Congress
CHINA: China's Communist Party on Wednesday
closed a pivotal congress that approved a new leadership committee,
putting Vice President Xi Jinping on course to take power in a
landmark transition. “I now announce that the 18th Chinese Communist
Party Congress has come to a victorious conclusion,”
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US to station space telescope in Australia
AUSTRALIA: The United States military will
station a powerful radar and a space telescope in Australia as part
of a major refocusing of priorities towards Asia, the two countries
announced Wednesday.
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Ahmadinejad calls for unity among Iraqi groups
IRAQ: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has
called for empathy and understanding among all Iraqi groups, saying
that the people of Iraq should enjoy peace, welfare and progress.
“All people of Iraq must enjoy peace, welfare and progress and this
issue calls for empathy and cooperation among all Iraqi tribes and
groups,”
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