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                    [Title] => Feeling US snub, Saudis strengthen ties elsewhere
                    [Summary] => 

Increasingly vocal in its frustration over US policies in the Mideast, Saudi Arabia is strengthening ties elsewhere, seeking out an alignment that will bolster its position after it was pushed to the sidelines this year.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-30 03:42:40 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1106389 [AuthorName] => Adam Schreck and Lori Hinnant [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1265692 [Title] => A glance at why the US is buying Russian copters [Summary] =>

Some answers to questions about how the United States ended up buying more than $1 billion in new helicopters from the Russian arms export agency that has supplied weapons to Syria's military.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-08 03:15:46 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1252399 [Title] => News Analysis: Obama's balancing act in Iraq [Summary] =>

US President Barack Obama on Friday received Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki at the White House, as the latter is seeking US arms and assistance to bolster his country's army and  combat the rising violence that has left more than 6,000 people dead in Iraq this year alone.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-02 21:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1248879 [Title] => China banking worries weigh on markets [Summary] =>

Worries over the Chinese banking sector weighed on markets yesterday, a day after weak US jobs data reinforced expectations that the Federal Reserve won't be reducing its monetary stimulus anytime soon.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-24 03:00:15 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1638628 [AuthorName] => Pan Pylas [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 964242 [Title] => Biden says China cyber-theft must stop [Summary] =>

Vice President Joe Biden said yesterday that China's rise is good for the US and the world but its theft of US intellectual property must stop, as the two global powers began annual talks to build cooperation and hash out their deep-seated differences.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-11 05:12:08 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510042 [AuthorName] => Matthew Pennington [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/7324/uj4b.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 902806 [Title] => Obama's envoy for closing Gitmo prison reassigned [Summary] =>

The State Department has reassigned its special envoy for closing the US prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in another step away from one of President Barack Obama's first campaign promises.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-30 05:16:41 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 808660 [Title] => G-8 warns North Korea about further provocations [Summary] =>

The Group of Eight world leaders has warned North Korea that it faces more sanctions if it continues to threaten the stability of the region with provocative acts such as its failed long-range rocket launch in April.

[DatePublished] => 2012-05-20 18:52:43 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 804570 [Title] => What French election result means for US, world [Summary] =>

French voters chose Socialist Francois Hollande as their new president Sunday in a race that will have implications for Europe's debt crisis, the Afghanistan war and global diplomacy.

[DatePublished] => 2012-05-08 02:28:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 735975 [Title] => Russian PM Putin in China seeking closer ties [Summary] =>

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is visiting China in a bid to boost diplomatic ties and overcome hurdles to increased trade and sales of his country's vast energy resources.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-11 14:31:16 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 611615 [Title] => Plane crashed with 51 aboard in Venezuela [Summary] =>

A plane carrying 51 people crashed yesterday in eastern Venezuela, and officials said at least 21 people survived.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-14 02:40:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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