Syria peace envoy in Moscow as Russia pressures Assad
29 December AFP
The UN-Arab League peace envoy for Syria, Lakhdar
Brahimi, was to hold talks in Moscow Saturday to find a way out of
the Syria conflict after Russia upped the pressure on President
Bashar al-Assad to open talks with the rebels.
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Japan's PM seeks security ties with Australia, India
29 December AFP
Japan's hawkish new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
has sought to expand the Japan-US security partnership to Australia
and India as it faces a bitter territorial row with China, a
newspaper reported Saturday.
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Philippines seeks unity after new birth control law
29 December AFP
President Benigno Aquino's government called for
reconciliation on Saturday after a “divisive” birth control act was
signed into law despite bitter opposition from the influential
Catholic church.
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