China, French Polynesia pledge to boost cooperation

China's top political advisor, Jia Qinglin, met with President of French Polynesia Oscar Temaru here Saturday and they pledged closer cooperation.

US Senate votes to move health care reform bill forward

The U.S. Senate voted on Saturday night to move an overhaul health care reform bill forward, removing the first procedural hurdle for the bill to be passed in the chamber.

• Japanese gov't finds documents proving existence of secret nuke pact
• Chinese political advisor meets French high commissioner
• China urged to increase UN role
• China hopes to advance relations with ROK: Hu
• Troops kill 18 militants in S. Afghanistan
• US welcomes Honduran interim leader's brief departure from reign
• DPRK criticizes UN resolution on its human rights
• US demands Iran's positive response to UN draft deal
• China, EU hold human rights dialogue
• Wen congratulates EU top leaders elected

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  Pentagon kicks off probe into Fort Hood shootings

  The US Department of Defense Thursday ordered a major review of the shootings in an Army base earlier this month.

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  Karzai sworn in as Afghan president for 2nd term

  The sitting Afghan president Hamid Karzai was sworn in as the president of the post-Taliban country for the second term on Thursday amid tight security.

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Obama's China trip shows US-China ties broad, deep

US President Barack Obama's just-concluded trip to China once again demonstrated that US-China relations are very broad and deep, president of the National Committee on US-China Relations, Stephen A. Orlins, said Wednesday.