BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA (Reuters) — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged developing nations on Wednesday to be “smart shoppers” on foreign aid, warning that powerful emerging economies such as China may be more interested in exploiting natural resources than promoting real development. Clinton delivered the warning to a global summit on development and aid held in South […]
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Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Rutte of the Netherlands Before Bilateral Meeting
November 30, 2011 
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VIDEO : President Obama’s Bilateral Meeting with Prime Minister Rutte of the Netherlands PRESIDENT OBAMA: Hello, everybody. It is wonderful to welcome Prime Minister Rutte and his delegation to the White House. Part of the reason we wanted to make this meeting happen is because we have no stronger ally than the Netherlands. […]
Read moreLeaders call for global donors to keep aid commitments
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BUSAN — South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called for major donor nations to keep their aid pledges amid concerns that a looming global economic crisis may cut assistance budgets. Lee and Ban were attending the world’s premier aid forum in the South Korean port city of Busan, […]
Read morePhotostream : U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan
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Photostream : International aid forum opens in Busan, South Korea
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Iran’s Foreign Minister’s Statement regarding demonstration In front of British Embassy
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TEHRAN — Following the protest demonstration by students that led the demonstration to get out of control, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran expressed regrets for some of the unacceptable behaviors by few demonstrators that were carried out in spite of the efforts made by the police forces and […]
Read moreObama “disturbed” by storming of UK embassy in Iran
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama strongly urged the Iranian government on Tuesday to take to task those responsible for storming the British embassy in Tehran. “All of us are deeply disturbed by the crashing of the … embassy,” he said during a meeting at the White House with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte. Iranian protesters stormed two British diplomatic compounds in […]
Read morePM David Cameron’s statement on storming of the British Embassy in Iran
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Prime Minister David Cameron has made a statement on storming of the British Embassy in Iran by protestors. In a statement released by his office on Tuesday, Mr Cameron said: “The attack on the British Embassy in Tehran today was outrageous and indefensible. The failure of the Iranian government to defend British staff […]
Read moreUK PM slams calls Iran response to embassy attack
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LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron says Iran’s failure to defend the British embassy from an attack in Tehran was a disgrace that will have serious consequences. Cameron called the storming of the embassy in Tehran on Tuesday “outrageous and indefensible.” The prime minister said all embassy staff have been accounted for and praised Britain’s ambassador to Iran for handling a […]
Read moreClinton praises trade pact with S. Korea as ‘win-win’ deal
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BUSAN — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday the free trade agreement with South Korea is a “win-win” deal, a day after President Lee Myung-bak signed off on a package of bills needed to implement the landmark agreement. Clinton, who is on a visit to the South Korean port city of […]
Read moreHillary Clinton in S. Korea Ahead of Historic Burma Visit
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SOUTH KOREA — United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has arrived in South Korea on the first leg of a two-nation tour that includes the first visit to Burma by a U.S. secretary of state in 50 years. Clinton meets Wednesday with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and attends the opening […]
Read moreJoe Biden visits Greece, Turkey at key moment in region
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden travels to Turkey this week amid deepening concern over Syria, before visiting a new Greek leader battling a debt crisis that could unravel the euro zone and sink the U.S. recovery. Biden flies into Ankara on Thursday with a range of hot-button topics to discuss including the eight-month […]
Read moreEU may revise treaty to unify fiscal policy
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WASHINGTON — The European Union says it will propose revising the EU’s basic treaty. The move is designed to unify the Eurozone’s fiscal policies and strengthen fiscal regulations. European Council President Herman Van Rompuy spoke on Monday after he met US President Barack Obama and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso at the White […]
Read moreObama: Euro Crisis Solution of ‘Huge Importance’ for US
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At the White House on Monday, President Barack Obama met with European Union leaders, focusing on the European debt crisis and efforts by governments to preserve the eurozone amid recession worries. Mr. Obama called a solution to European fiscal problems “of huge importance” to the United States. President Obama’s message for a troubled Europe […]
Read morePrince Harry heads home after US training
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Prince Harry has flown home after a nearly two month military training mission in California, which also saw the fun-loving royal let his hair down in San Diego and Las Vegas. The 27-year-old returned to Britain on Sunday from the Naval Air Facility in El Centro in southern California, where he arrived in early October to learn to fly Apache helicopter gunships in terrain similar to Afghanistan. […]
Read moreMahmoud Abbas ‘hopes’ for May 4 elections
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VIENNA – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday he hoped elections would be held on May 4 next year, after what he called “important” talks between his Fatah group and Hamas in Cairo. “I hope, God willing, that the elections will be on May 4,” Abbas told reporters during a visit to Vienna after […]
Read moreHillary Clinton Makes Landmark Visit to Burma This Week
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Burma this week, the first trip there by a U.S. secretary of state in more than 50 years. Clinton departs Monday for Asia, first stopping in South Korea before traveling on to Burma. Her visit to the isolated country begins Wednesday. U.S. President Barack Obama […]
Read moreFormer U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates awarded Korea’s highest medal
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SEOUL — South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Monday awarded South Korea’s highest order of national security merit to former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates for his contributions to security on the Korean Peninsula, the presidential spokesman said. Lee gave Gates the Tong-Il Medal of the Order of National Security Merit and expressed […]
Read morePope calls for responsible, credible climate deal
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI has urged this week’s U.N. climate change conference in South Africa to craft a responsible and credible deal to cut greenhouse gases that takes into account the needs of the poor. Government ministers from more than 100 countries are expected to attend the final sessions of the two-week conference that opens Monday in Durban. The immediate focus is […]
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