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An elderly Tibetan refugee holds a Tibetan flag before participating in a candlelight vigil to protest against violence by Chinese police against demonstrators in Tibet, at Dharmsala, India, Tuesday.

A young man posts his photo with a leaflet demanding freedom for Tibet and telling Chinese police, come and get me. When they arrive, neighbors rise up to defend him.

Members of Seoul-based aid group North Korea Peace release a large balloon containing socks in Paju near the Demilitarized zone dividing the two Koreas Saturday.

South Korean activists sent warm socks and messages of love attached to balloons toward North Korea Saturday, according to the AFP news agency.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, welcomes Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Friday.

France and Afghanistan agree NATO should speed up by a year its timetable for handing all combat operations to Afghan forces in 2013, President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday, raising new questions about the unity of the Western military alliance.

Julia Gillard is on firm footing again. A blue suede shoe that she lost during a protest by aboriginal-rights activists has been returned.

Julia Gillard is on firm footing again. A blue suede shoe that she lost during a protest by aboriginal-rights activists has been returned.

The Jewish neighborhood of Pisgat Zeev in east Jerusalem is seen behind a section of Israel's separation barrier. Two Palestinian officials say Israel is proposing to essentially turn its West Bank barrier into the border with a future state of Palestine.=

Israel is proposing to essentially turn its West Bank separation barrier into the border with a future state of Palestine, two Palestinian officials said Friday, based on their interpretation of principles Israel presented in talks this week.

Greece will be the ‘the elephant in the room’ at the EU leaders' summit on Monday (30 January), even if a newly revealed shortfall to the proposed second bailout package for the country is not on the formal agenda, according to EU officials. More »

Workers load a Chinese boat at the Thai Mekong River port of Chiang Saen in the Golden Triangle region. The murder of 13 Chinese sailors in October on the Mekong was the deadliest attack on Chinese nationals overseas in modern times and highlights the growing presence of China in the Golden Triangle.

As China expands its influence on the Mekong River, it is encroaching on a region dominated for decades by a much more profitable trade: narcotics.

Sarkozy European Council

Only one country is opposed to give observer status to Eastern European non-eurozone countries in the new intergovernmental 'fiscal compact' treaty, diplomats told EurActiv. EU leaders meet on Monday (30 January) to agree on the treaty on tighter fiscal rules to preserve the eurozone from new crises. More »

Thailand's revered national symbol, the elephant, may face a new threat of extinction: being poached not just for their tusks, but for their meat.

A new taste for eating elephant meat — everything from trunks to sex organs — has emerged in Thailand and could pose a new threat to the survival of the species.

Britain should be relaxed about being "out of the room" when Europe discusses eurozone issues, Prime Minister David Cameron said yesterday (26 January), dismissing any prospect of signing up to a new treaty with other EU states to enforce stricter budget controls. More »


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