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20 November 2009 

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Motorcycle Blast Kills 15 in Afghanistan  Audio Clip Available
Other News: Drone Kills 8 in Pakistan; World Powers to Meet on Iran Nuclear Deal; UN Refugee Agency Processing Sri Lankans' Claims in Indonesia, and more.
Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (L) takes the presidential oath besides Afghanistan's Chief Justice Abdul Salam Azimi during his inauguration at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, 19 Nov 2009
Karzai Sworn in for Second Term as Afghan President  Audio Clip Available
Other News: Obama, Lee Prod North Korea to Return to Nuclear Talks, End Cycle of Threats; Obama: Talks Underway on Consequences for Iran; Pakistan Doctors: At Least 19 Dead in Blast, and more.
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UN Urges Thailand to Release Hmong Detainees  Audio Clip Available
Other News: Obama Wraps up China Tour, Arrives in South Korea; Iraq VP Vetoes Part of Election Law; US Dismayed at Israeli Building Plan for East Jerusalem, and more.
Presidents Barack Obama (r) and Hu Jintao in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, 17 Nov 2009
US, Chinese Presidents Discuss Trade, Climate Change and Tibet  Audio Clip Available
Other News: Obama: Iran Must Prove Peaceful Nuclear Aims or Face Consequences; Britain Offers to Host Conference on Afghanistan; EU Rejects Palestinian Appeal for Statehood, and more.
Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong, back to camera, gives welcome address to APEC leaders, in Singapore, 14 Nov 2009
APEC Leaders Begin Meetings in Singapore  Audio Clip Available
Other News: Obama Calls For Cooperation With China, Greater Involvement in Asia; WFP: 1 Billion Hungry People in World; Attorney: Alleged Fort Hood Shooter May Be Paralyzed; and more.
President Barack Obama (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, 13 Nov 2009
Obama to Meet with New Japanese Leader at Start of East Asia Tour  Audio Clip Available
Other News: China Pledges Support for Economic Recovery, Urges Free Trade; Clinton Says Burmese Elections Not Legitimate Without National Dialogue; Cambodia Accuses Thai National of Spying, and more.
A US armored personal carrier drives past a defaced election poster of Afghan Pres. Hamid Karzai in Kabul (File)
Obama Orders Changes to Afghan Options  Audio Clip Available
Other News: Obama Readies for First Asia Tour as China Looms Large on Agenda; Clinton Calls for 'Unconditional Release' of Aung San Suu Kyi; North Korea Say South Will Pay "Expensive Price" for Naval Clash, and more.