US defence chief to tour Asia next month: report
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US Defence Secretary Robert Gates is to visit Japan next month, a report said Saturday, as Washington seeks to persuade Tokyo to maintain its support for forces in Afghanistan.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell will travel on Monday to the area devastated by the Asian tsunami disaster, a White House spokesman said today.
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India's army chief General Nirmal Chandra Vij will pay a week-long visit to China this month in the first such visit for a decade, reports said.
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Opponents of the Lao government may be plotting bomb attacks in Vientiane and other areas of Laos timed to coincide with a summit of Southeast Asian leaders the country is hosting next month, the United States said.
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President George W. Bush will on Monday announce the withdrawal of up to 100,000 US troops from Europe and Asia as part of a major defense reorganization, officials said.
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Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, seeking to raise the American profile in the international relief effort in Asia, will tour devastated parts of the region next week to
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The United States will build stronger  defense ties with India, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld  vowed on Thursday, but New Delhi said proposed U.S. arms sales  to Pakistan could affect relations with Washington.
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US special envoy Joseph DeTrani will visit South Korea and Japan on the nuclear issue of the Democratic People&#39;s Republic of Korea (DPRK), State Department deputy spokesman Adam Ereli said at a briefing on Tuesday.
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The U.S. general named to help Palestinians reform their security forces and to promote security cooperation with Israel will probably visit the Middle East this month, the State Department said on Friday.
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U.S. chief negotiator on North Korea said on Friday the next round of six-party talks on Pyongyang's nuclear program could take place in the next few weeks, Itar-Tass news agency reported.
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China's military modernization is aimed at achieving parity with the United States and not limited to its drive for reunification with Taiwan, the US intelligence chief said Tuesday.
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The U.S. military's Asia-Pacific commander said Thursday he doesn't expect China to refuse future requests for American naval ships to dock in Hong Kong, following his discussions with Chinese officials this week.
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Robert Gates is using his first Far East Asia trip as Pentagon chief to try to convince allies and potential enemies that the Iraq war has not weakened America's commitment to the region.
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North Korea's chief nuclear negotiator plans to visit the United States within days for follow-up talks on a recent disarmament deal, South Korean news reports said Saturday.
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U.S. Defense Secretary  Robert Gates will encourage engagement with China and avoid  public criticism of its military build-up at an Asia security  conference this weekend, a senior U.S. official said.
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WASHINGTON Secretary of State Colin Powell will visit Japan, China and South Korea next weekend. The department says discussions will deal with such issues as regional security, stability, the global war on terrorism, Iraq and North Korea.
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Making India a key destination of his first foreign foray in the second stint of Bush Administration, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Thursday indicated that the two countries were ready to transform the relations into practical steps by saying