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Obama's Agenda For China(See "The Trouble With China's Trade Retaliation") Many experts agree that the trade spat is more smoke than fire, but feathers on both sides of the Pacific have been ruffled. "This relationship may have some rocky times ahead," says... In this article: China, United States, Beijing, White House, Asia, Europe, Washington, Complaints, and Climate change |
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washingtonpost.com | October 30, 2009
Politics Digest: U.S. officials traveling to Burma
Kurt Campbell, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, and Scot Marciel, a deputy assistant secretary, are scheduled to visit Burma on Nov. 3 and 4, the State Department announced Friday. A State...
In this article: Gavin Newsom, Burma, U.S., Eric H. Holder Jr., State Department, California, and Aung San Suu Kyi
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The Australian | October 12, 2009
US Remarks With New Zealand Foreign Minister
...Department. We've had the opportunity to talk on several occasions and reaffirm the strong partnership between the United States and New Zealand which has enhanced peace and prosperity in the Pacific and beyond for many years. We have two...
In this article: New Zealand, United States, Murray McCully, Afghanistan, United Nations, Climate change, Taliban, and Barack Obama
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Jake Tapper's Political Punch | September 26, 2009
Obama Administration Frees Three More Gitmo Detainees
...was true, people could read. " The Obama administration informed Congress and the Supreme Court earlier this month that it intends to transfer eight of the detainees to the obscure Pacific nation of Palau. The eight are Uighurs -- a Turkic...
In this article: Detainee, Gitmo, Al-Qaeda, Taliban, Allegation, Gladys Kessler, and Afghanistan
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | August 15, 2009
US senator to leave Burma with convicted American: statement
But the White House and State Department have both welcomed the trip, even though it is officially being made in a private capacity by Webb, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee on East Asia and Pacific affairs.
In this article: Jim Webb, John Yettaw, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, US, Democracy, State Department, Than Shwe, and Barack Obama
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U.S. Plan Raises Ire in Latin America
...the plan would give the United States access to Colombian bases from which to carry out vital counter-drug surveillance flights over the Pacific, a conduit for cocaine smuggled to Mexico and on to the United States. "Our ability to have broad...
In this article: United States, Hugo Chavez, Colombia, Washington, Alvaro Uribe, Pacific, Latin America, Manta, and Bogota
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | August 15, 2009
US Senator secures American's release
Both the White House and State Department welcomed Webb's trip, even though it was officially being made in a private capacity by the senator, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee on East Asia and Pacific affairs. The...
In this article: Jim Webb, John Yettaw, Burma, Than Shwe, United States, Barack Obama, US Senator, Rangoon, and Washington
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CNN | June 09, 2009
Officials: Palau considering taking Uighur detainees
...housed at Guantanamo Bay. Last week, Daniel Fried, the Obama administration's special envoy to oversee the closure of Guantanamo, visited Palau and Australia as part of a tour of the Pacific region. Although the State Department...
In this article: Detainee, United States, Guantanamo Bay, State Department, Pacific, Washington, China, Albania, and Australia
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The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. It extends from the Arctic in the north to Antarctica in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east. At 169.2 million square kilometres (65.3 million square miles) in area, this largest division of the World Ocean – and, in turn, the hydrosphere – covers about 46% of the Earth's water surface and about 32% of its total surface area, making it larger than all of the Earth's land area combined. The equator subdivides it into the North Pacific Ocean and South Pacific Ocean, with two exceptions: the Galápagos and Gilbert Islands are deemed wholly within the South Pacific. The Mariana Trench in the western North Pacific is the deepest point in the Pacific and in the world, reaching a depth of 10,911 metres (35,798 ft).
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