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SKorea: Talks with North scrapped over negotiators

SKorea: Talks with North scrapped over negotiators
By SAM KIM and YOUKYUNG LEEAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The Koreas' first high-level talks in years have been scrapped because of a stalemate over who will lead each delegation, South Korea said Tuesday, a day before they were to begin. The cancellation is a blow to tentative

US official: China, US aligned on North Korea

US official: China, US aligned on North Korea
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) - A top U.S. national security official says President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping found "quite a bit of alignment" on the subject of North Korea and agreed that North Korea has to be denuclearized. White House national security adviser Tom Donilon says

Chinese official: Obama, Xi 'blazed a new trail'

Chinese official: Obama, Xi 'blazed a new trail'
By JULIE PACEAP White House Correspondent RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) - A senior Chinese official says President Barack Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping "blazed a new trail" away from the two nations' past differences at a two-day summit in the California desert that ended Saturday with few

Obama, Xi in 2nd day of talks at informal summit

Obama, Xi in 2nd day of talks at informal summit
By JULIE PACEAP White House Correspondent RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) - With a stroll under the California desert sun, President Barack Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping opened a second day of talks at a "get to know you" summit featuring a high-stakes agenda. Obama described the talks as "

Chinese official: Obama, Xi 'blazed a new trail'

Chinese official: Obama, Xi 'blazed a new trail'
By JULIE PACEAP White House Correspondent RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) - A senior Chinese official says President Barack Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping "blazed a new trail" away from the two nations' past differences at a two-day summit in the California desert that ended Saturday with few

Obama says US, China must develop cyber rules

Obama says US, China must develop cyber rules
By JULIE PACEAP White House Correspondent RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) - Treading carefully, President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping avoided a direct public confrontation on cybersecurity Friday as they opened a two-day summit aimed at forging closer personal ties between the leaders

Obama says US, China must develop cyber rules

Obama says US, China must develop cyber rules
By JULIE PACEAP White House Correspondent RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) - Treading carefully, President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping avoided a direct public confrontation on cybersecurity Friday as they opened a two-day summit aimed at forging closer personal ties between the leaders

2 Koreas to talk in border village after tensions

2 Koreas to talk in border village after tensions
By SAM KIMAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North and South Korea will meet in a village straddling their heavily armed border Sunday for the first government-level talks on the peninsula in more than two years as they try to lower tension and restore stalled projects that once symbolized

Obama-Xi meeting in Calif. sets low-key tone

Obama-Xi meeting in Calif. sets low-key tone
By GILLIAN FLACCUSAssociated Press RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) - A sprawling California desert estate built by billionaire philanthropists Walter and Leonore Annenberg is a place where political powerbrokers once discussed critical issues of the day and where royalty - real and Hollywood - soaked up

Obama-Xi meeting in Calif. sets low-key tone

Obama-Xi meeting in Calif. sets low-key tone
By GILLIAN FLACCUSAssociated Press RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) - A sprawling California desert estate built by billionaire philanthropists Walter and Leonore Annenberg is a place where political powerbrokers once discussed critical issues of the day and where royalty - real and Hollywood - soaked up