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Taiwan official pleads guilty in US case

A Taiwanese official will soon be deported after pleading guilty Friday to mistreating two housekeepers brought from the Philippines to work in her Missouri home, US prosecutors said.
Liu Hsien-hsien, director of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Kansas City, Missouri, was arrested last week for allegedly treating her Filipino housekeepers like slaves.
Liu — who [...]

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Pakistan’s Khan offers to help US in Afghan pullout

Pakistan cricket hero turned politician Imran Khan told a huge rally Sunday that his party would help US troops pull out from Afghanistan and bring militancy in the country to an end.
Addressing a crowd of tens of thousands in the eastern city of Lahore he said his Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice) party would like [...]

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Activists slam US studio for filming in China city

BEIJING (AP) — Rights activists have criticized a Hollywood studio for filming a buddy comedy in an eastern Chinese city where a blind, self-taught activist lawyer is being held under house arrest and reportedly beaten.
Relativity Media is shooting part of the comedy “21 and Over” in Linyi, a city in Shandong province [...]

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US boosts pressure on Pakistan over terrorism

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Obama administration on Friday intensified pressure on Pakistan to do more to crack down on Islamist militants destabilizing Afghanistan. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered a tough public message that extremists have been able to operate in and from Pakistan for too long.
For the second time in two days, [...]

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US demands Pakistan action ‘in days and weeks’

The United States called on Pakistan Friday to take action within “days and weeks” on dismantling Afghan militant havens and encouraging the Taliban into peace talks in order to end 10 years of war.
Crucially, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appeared to extract recognition from Pakistan that it could do more in clamping down [...]

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Rare moment of levity in US-Pakistan relationship

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Washington’s troubled relationship with Pakistan has triggered plenty of heartburn for U.S. officials, but rarely sidesplitting laughter.
That changed Friday when Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton erupted in amusement during a town hall meeting in Islamabad when a participant described the U.S. as Pakistan’s impossible to please mother-in-law.
“We all know that [...]

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US lawmakers aim to lure Chinese, Canadian visitors

Two US senators unveiled a bill Thursday that aims to attract Chinese and Canadian tourists and encourage some foreign nationals to buy homes — and pay taxes — on US soil.
The proposal, crafted by Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer and Republican Senator Mike Lee, would allow Chinese nationals currently required to apply for a new US [...]

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Clinton steps up pressure on Pakistan

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday led a high-powered team for talks with Pakistan aimed at stepping up pressure on Islamabad to dismantle Taliban safe havens on its soil.
Accompanied by CIA director David Petraeus and top US military officer Martin Dempsey, Clinton met Pakistani military and civilian leaders for several hours at Prime [...]

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Pakistan army chief tells US: focus on Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s powerful army chief said in a rare briefing to parliamentarians that the U.S. should focus its efforts on stabilizing neighboring Afghanistan, rather than pressuring Islamabad to step up its war against Islamist militants on Pakistani territory, a parliament member said Wednesday.
Gen. Ashfaq Pervez Kayani’s appearance before two parliamentary defense [...]

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N.Korea, US to hold nuclear talks next week: report

North Korea and the United States will hold a second meeting next week in Geneva to discuss ways to restart stalled six-nation talks onthe North’s nuclear disarmament, a report said Monday.
“I have learned that a high-level dialogue between North Korea and the US will be held in Geneva,” Yonhap news agency quoted a diplomatic source as saying, [...]

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