RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made clear Saturday that time is running out for diplomacy over Iran’s nuclear program and said talks aimed at preventing Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon would resume in mid-April. With speculation over a possible U.S. or Israel military attack adding urgency to […]
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Clinton: New nuclear talks with Iran in April in Turkey, but time running short for diplomacy
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Hillary Clinton promises U.S. will back Gulf security
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(Reuters) – The United States will work with Gulf Arab nations to strengthen their shared defenses against threats including Iran, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Saturday. Speculation about Tehran’s nuclear ambitions is a source of anxiety among Sunni-led Gulf Arab states, for whom Shi’ite Iran has long been a regional […]
Read moreSyria to Withdraw Troops From Cities ‘After Peace’
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Government troops will stay in urban areas until “peace and security prevail,” the Syrian government said on Saturday, RIA NOVOSTI reported. “The presence of the Syrian Arab Army in Syrian cities is for defensive purposes [so] as to protect the civilians,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi told state media late on Friday, according to […]
Read moreKofi Annan calls for immediate Syria ceasefire
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DAMASCUS — International envoy Kofi Annan urged Syria’s Bashar al-Assad to immediately implement a ceasefire as fighting raged even after the embattled president said he had accepted the peace plan. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across Syria on Friday to protest against what they regard as the inaction of Arab governments in […]
Read morePhotostream : Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti meets Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda
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Photostream : Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao meets Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti
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Hillary Clinton tries to rally partners on Iran, Syria
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (CNN) — Kicking off a short but intense trip to the Middle East, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is looking for help from America’s friends in the region to address complex security challenges in Iran and Syria. At her first stop Friday in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh, […]
Read moreMenkopolhukkam Jangan Banyak Omong, Biarkan POLRI Mengamankan
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Menkopolhukam: Tak Ada Penembakan Mahasiswa di Salemba Jakarta, 30 Maret 2012 (KATAKAMI.COM) — Persis tengah malam, Menteri Koordinator Bidang Politik, Hukum dan Keamanan (Menkopolhukkam) Marsekal TNI (Purn) Joko Suyanto menggelar jumpa pers di kantornya untuk memberikan keterangan tentang tidak benarnya kabar kematian seorang mahasiswa dalam bentrok unjuk rasa menentang kebijakan pemerintah menaikkan harga […]
Read moreBRICS Summit in New Delhi
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NEW DELHI — The Fourth BRICS Summit has concluded in New Delhi. The leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa taking part in the Summit exchanged views on the situation in the global economy, reforms of global management institutions, international stability and security issues. Delhi Declaration was published following the Summit. The […]
Read moreRussian President Dmitry Medvedev Sees World Built on Bigger BRICS
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(RIA NOVOSTI) — Russia’s President Medvedev called for a key role for the BRICS nations in world affairs, and demanded faster modernization of the world financial system to reflect their growing role, following talks with BRICS nations leaders in Delhi on Thursday. The BRICS nations are dissatisfied with the pace of reform of the […]
Read more“What does a pope do?” Fidel Castro asks Benedict
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HAVANA (Reuters) – Pope Benedict and Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, both octogenarians, joked about their age in a brief meeting on Wednesday and then Castro popped the question: so what do you do? The two world figures chatted for about 30 minutes at the Vatican embassy in Havana near the end of the […]
Read morePhotostream : Pope Benedict XVI meets with former Cuban Leader Fidel Castro
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Thousands massed in Havana for pope’s Mass
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HAVANA (AP) — Tens of thousands of people have massed inHavana’s Revolution Plaza for Pope Benedict XVI’s Mass on the final day of his visit to Cuba. Many people are standing under umbrellas to shade themselves from an already blistering sun as they listen to prayers broadcast to the crowd. Benedict made his way to the […]
Read moreHillary Clinton: Syria Should Pull Back Troops
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(VOA) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad can demonstrate the seriousness with which he has accepted a U.N. peace plan by withdrawing troops from civilian areas of Syria. President Assad on Tuesday agreed to the plan brokered by former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Secretary Clinton says President Assad’s […]
Read morePakistan army chief to meet senior US commanders
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s army chief will hold his first meeting with senior U.S. commanders Wednesday to discuss American airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers at two Afghan border posts last year. The attack, which the U.S. has said was an accident and Pakistan claimed was deliberate, severely strained the already troubled relations between […]
Read morePhotostream : Chilean President Sebastian Pinera meets Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito
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Photostream : Cuba’s President Raul Castro meets Pope Benedict XVI
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Photostream : U.S. President Barack Obama meets South Korean President Lee Myung-bak
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Erdoğan, Obama discuss Syria, Iran
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SEOUL — Concerns over Iran and Syria dominated a private meeting earlier today between Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and U.S. President Barack Obama in Seoul, daily Hürriyet reported. Obama said Ankara and Washington would continue to work together on the crisis in Syria. “It was a very fruitful meeting,” the Turkish prime minister told reporters. “We had […]
Read moreKim Jong-un visits mausoleum to mark 100th day of late leader’s death
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SEOUL, March 25 (Yonhap) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited a mausoleum of his father Sunday to mark the 100th day of the death of the late North Korean leader amid rising tensions over Pyongyang’s plans to launch a rocket. “Kim Jong Un, the supreme commander of the Korean People’s Army and supreme […]
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