Tom Ramstack – AHN News Correspondent Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The U.S. government is trying to smooth over the latest blow to its diplomacy after a new Wikileaks disclosure revealed harsh State Department criticism of Chilean President Sebastian Pinera. The State Department documents accuse him of shady business dealings before he was elected. [...]

AHN News Staff Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (AHN) – India pitched hard for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) with its President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil calling her country an “attractive destination” for foreign investors. Patil is currently on a five-day tour of the Middle East and on Tuesday, [...]

Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor Dallas, TX, United States (AHN) – Bob Guccione, founder of Penthouse magazine and once one of the wealthiest men in the country, has died. The 79-year-old died Wednesday at Plano Specialty Hospital following a long battle with cancer. The Brooklyn-born Guccione changed the publishing world with his racy [...]

AHN News Staff Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines (AHN) – Philippine President Benigno Aquino III is back in the country from his first official visit to the United States. He brought with him 43,650 new jobs to be generated in the next three years through $2.4 billion investments Aquino secured. Aquino, who arrived in Manila [...]

Jeehan Fernandez – AHN News Writer New York, NY, United States (AHN) – The U.S. government has granted $434 million to the Philippines for investments in roads, community development projects and improvements in the country’s tax collection efforts under a five-year economic compact that aims to fight poverty. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton [...]

It appears that China’s diplomatic relations are moving forward with its neighbors however, there are some questions the need to be addressed. First of all we note that every time someone is a little upset with the U.S. on an ethics issue China moves in to establish diplomatic ties and replace our relationship with that [...]