Nato has agreed to resume high-level contacts with Russia, working with what US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called a "greater unity of purpose".
BBC NEWS | Americas | Nato woos Russia on Afghanistan - 0 views
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Russia welcomed the move, six months after Nato froze contacts over the conflict between Russia and Georgia. Mrs Clinton stressed Afghanistan, which she called "Nato's biggest military challenge", was a mutual concern. She has raised the idea of a conference on the issue, with the participation of "all stakeholders", including Iran.
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"We can and must find ways to work constructively with Russia where we share areas of common interest, including helping the people of Afghanistan," said Mrs Clinton.
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BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | N Korea warning over 'satellite' - 0 views
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North Korea says it has put its military on full combat alert as a big military exercise by US and South Korean forces begins.
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"Shooting our satellite for peaceful purposes will precisely mean a war."
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The army earlier issued a separate statement saying all military personnel had been ordered "to be fully combat ready" in order to defend the nation.
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Obama will use spring summit to bring Cuba in from the cold | World news | The Observer - 0 views
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The White House has moved to ease some travel and trade restrictions as a cautious first step towards better ties with Havana, raising hopes of an eventual lifting of the four-decade-old economic embargo.
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The administration has moved to ease draconian travel controls and lift limits on cash remittances that Cuban-Americans can send to the island, a lifeline for hundreds of thousands of families.
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The legislation would allow Americans with immediate family in Cuba to visit annually, instead of once every three years, and broaden the definition of immediate family. It would also drop a requirement that Havana pay cash in advance for US food imports.
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BBC NEWS | Africa | Sudan Islamist leader 'released' - 0 views
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Sudanese Islamist leader Hassan al-Turabi has been released from prison, his family say.
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Mr Turabi was imprisoned two months ago after calling on Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to surrender to the International Criminal Court.
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As leader of the National Islamic Front and speaker of the Sudanese parliament, Hassan al-Turabi was a key ally of President Bashir until they split in a power struggle 10 years ago.
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BBC NEWS | Americas | Chavez warns Colombian minister - 0 views
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The criticism came after Mr Santos said he would not rule out Colombian forces pursuing left-wing Colombian rebels in neighbouring countries.
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The Colombian military incursion last year into Ecuador, in which a leading rebel Farc commander was killed, sparked one of the most bitter regional diplomatic rows in many years and led to both Ecuador and Venezuela sending troops to their respective borders with Colombia and a breakdown of diplomatic ties.
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Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has distanced himself from his defence minister's remarks - calling them out of place and imprudent.
BBC NEWS | Business | Japan's exports halved in January - 0 views
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Japan's current account recorded its largest deficit on record in January, reaching 172.8bn yen ($1.8bn; £1.2bn). It was its first deficit in 13 years.
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Government figures show that exports nearly halved in January, while imports fell by a third.
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Car exports alone dropped 66.1%, with semiconductor and electronic parts exports down 52.8%.
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | N Korea's Kim 'elected' to seat - 0 views
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North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il has been unanimously elected to a seat in North Korea's parliament.
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State media has claimed a 100% turnout in Sunday's elections for the rubber-stamp Supreme People's Assembly.
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Voting, which was compulsory, was for just one pre-approved candidate in each constituency.
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BBC NEWS | South Asia | Nato 'struggling in Afghan south' - 0 views
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Coalition forces in Afghanistan are not winning in large parts of the south, the commander of Nato and US forces there has said.
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The US has said it will deploy up to 17,000 extra troops to Afghanistan.
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In an interview with the BBC's Today programme, Gen McKiernan said there were areas in the north, east and west where "coalition efforts in support of the government of Afghanistan [are] winning". "But there are other areas - large areas in the southern part of Afghanistan especially, but in parts of the east - where we are not winning," he said.
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