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International opinions about which nations serve as a positive influence on global affairs are changing. Around the world, more people are looking to Asia, with Japan topping the list, while increasing numbers are disappointed with Europe. However, Asians themselves remained wary of their neighbors.

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Chinese officials summed a UK ambassador to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday in an official complaint against British Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. The two dignitaries spoke with the 14th Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, on May 14.

Japan has allowed the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) to meet in Tokyo on Monday, the first time the group has met in an Asian country, drawing renewed anger from China.

The euro pulled back from a four-month low against the dollar during Asian trading Tuesday after Germany, the euro zone's largest economy, announced first-quarter GDP growth of 0.5 percent.

In a sign that airport security workers don't discriminate, former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was subjected to a TSA pat-down before boarding his flight at LaGuardia Airport in New York.

European Union naval forces attacked known pirate supplies in an overnight raid in Somalia on Tuesday.

Asian markets fell Tuesday as concerns over Greece's future in euro zone increased with the continuing standstill in talks to form a government.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into China fell in April compared to the same month last year, as investors, who are concerned about the renewed debt crisis in the euro zone, cut down on spending.

China denied allegations Monday by exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, that it was plotting to assassinate him using poison and trained female agents posing as Buddhist pilgrims.

China's internet community is abuzz with anger and xenophobia. Netizens are livid over the discovery of an alleged case of attempted rape of a young Chinese woman by a Western tourist in Beijing. However, other examples of selfless good deeds by visiting tourists temper sentiments.

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Political discord in Greece, voters punishing German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats, lower euro zone manufacturing output and China freeing up cash for lending all contributed to a global stocks slide as investors pursued the safe havens of government debt and the dollar.

On Monday, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak visited Myanmar to meet with top officials there. His decision to visit with Thein Sein signifies Myanmar's growing diplomatic importance in the region.

The China-Philippines South China Sea dispute may have a devastating effect on the Philippines? vital tourism industry after China issued a travel warning last week.

International Atomic Energy Agency chief inspector Hermann Nackaerts pressed Tehran to allow access to people, documents, information and sites, before two days of preliminary talks with Iran's envoy, Ali Asghar Soltanieh in Vienna began on Monday.

China sent military observers to Syria as part of the U.N. mission there supervising a crumbling ceasefire. Meanwhile, bombings last week in Damascus and attacks against a U.N. convoy in the south call into question the safety of peacekeepers in the country.

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Gold prices fell to a 4-1/2-month low on Monday, hit by concerns about a worsening debt crisis in the euro zone following political deadlock in Greece which fuelled risk aversion and put pressure on the euro.

The world's youngest billionaire has turned 28, and his birthday has come as a landmark moment for his company, as Facebook Inc is all set to start trading.

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Monday, with S&P 500 futures down 1 percent and contracts for the Dow Jones and Nasdaq 100 down 0.9 percent.