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US Department of State

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Name: US Department of State

First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 5 Documents

Honduras de facto leader says will step aside

Your browser's settings may be preventing you from commenting on and viewing comments about this item. See instructions for fixing the problem.Discussion PolicyCLOSEComments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or ... [Washington Post - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Honduras, DE FACTO, Robert Wood, Tegucigalpa, Roberto Micheletti

First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 4 Documents

Honduras leader 'to step aside'

Mr Micheletti became interim leader after the army-led takeover on 28 June Honduras' interim leader, Roberto Micheletti, has said that he will step aside briefly ahead of elections scheduled for the end of the month.He has said he will be absent from ... [BBC - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Honduras, Roberto Micheletti, Manuel Zelaya, Boycott

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Manmohan Singh

MultiVu Digital Center Feed- FPC Briefing with Assistant Secretary of State for South and...

DATELINE CITY: November 18th, 2009 / Washington, DCFORMAT: SoundbitesSTORY SUMMARY: President Obama will host Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India at the White House on November 24 for an official state visit. This visit will be the first state ... [Forbes.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: India, Robert Blake, Manmohan Singh

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

International Atomic Energy Agency

IRAN REFUSES FROM IAEA'S PROPOSAL

Tehran rejected the proposed UN plan on sending the Iranian enriched uranium abroad for further processing, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said. According to him, the government is considering the possibility of exchanging uranium for fuel ... [Armtown.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran, Tehran, Manouchehr Mottaki

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Hamid Karzai

Karzai minister accused of accepting Chinese bribe

There have been reports that the Minister of Mines in Afghanistan has been accused of accepting a bribe of at least $20 million.The Washington Post has claimed Mohammad Ibrahim Adel accepted money to ensure a lucrative copper mining contract went to a ... [Big News Network - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Hamid Karzai, Bribery, Afghanistan, Ibrahim Adel

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Redirect trade funds

The Nov. 17 article Trips off course? on the International Trade Consortium's (ITC) globe-trotting ways, points out that the agency had a grand total of five appointments for county business professionals with their foreign counterparts while traveling ... [Miami Herald - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Miami (Florida, United States), US Department of State, Consortium

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

U.S. special envoy Bosworth to visit Japan after talks with N. Korea

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 KYODOThe U.S. State Department said Thursday special envoy Stephen Bosworth will visit Japan after his planned trip next month to North Korea aimed at bringing the reclusive state back to the stalled six-party denuclearization tal ... [Kyodo - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Stephen Bosworth, Special Envoy, North Korea, Japan

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Obama responds to Cuban blogger

President Obama's reply was posted on the dissident Cuban's blog US President Barack Obama has replied to questions from dissident Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez about future US-Cuban relations.Asked if he was prepared to hold direct talks with Cuba, the ... [BBC - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Barack Obama, Yoani Sanchez, Cuba

First Reported 16 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Politics)

US still hopes Iran will change mind on nuclear deal

WASHINGTON: The United States said Friday it hopes Iran will still accept a confidence-building nuclear deal even as it plans to meet again with five other world powers to discuss steps to end Tehran's defiance.Meeting in Brussels on Friday, the six powers ... [The News International - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Iran, Robert Wood, Tehran

First Reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 Documents

U.S. now knows who to place calls to in Europe

BRUSSELS -- Now that the European Union has a new president and foreign policy supremo, the U.S. State Department might finally learn exactly who to call when Hillary Clinton wants to talk to Europe.“I'm waiting anxiously for the first call,” the EU's ... [China Post - 8 hours ago]

Entities: European Union, Henry Kissinger, José Manuel Barroso

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

US lawmakers warn Gambia

Washington - Powerful US lawmakers have warned Gambia about its 'harassment' of media and in particular the fate of missing journalist Chief Ebrima Manneh, tying possible future US aid to his release.The Senate Appropriations Committee took the unusual ... [News24.com - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Gambia, Human Rights, Custody, US Department of State

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Politics)

U.S., Canada laud air pollution measures

CommentWASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. and Canadian governments agreed at a Washington meeting to increase action to address the environmental impact of transboundary air pollution.Representatives from the U.S. and Canadian governments met in Washington ... [UPI - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Air Pollution, Bilateral, Canada, United States

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The United States is also not keen on the idea, saying it preferred a negotiated solution. "It is our strong belief and conviction that the best means to achieve the common goal of a contiguous and viable Palestine is through negotiations between the parties" the U S State Department said in a statement on November 16

Settlements Stir Palestinian, American Ire [November 15-November 21] [Miftah - 36 mins ago]

U S State Department deputy spokesman Robert Wood welcomed the censure, saying it "demonstrates that the international community is deeply concerned over the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran and the government's failure to uphold its obligations under its own constitution and international human rights law." U N resolutions condemning Iran, North Korea and Myanmar have become an annual ritual in recent years...

U.N. panel condemns Iran for post-election crackdown (Reuters) [Yahoo! News - 1 hour ago]

Shortly after the Saudi airstrikes, US State Department spokesman Ian Kelly stated: "It's our view that there can be no long-term military solution to the conflict between the Yemeni government and the rebels." Yet, the US signed a cooperation agreement on military intelligence and training with Saleh's government last week, thus making them party to the conflict...

Saudi Arabia's Attack on Yemen [Middle East Online - 1 hour ago]

...rights situation in Iran and the government's failure to uphold its obligations under its own constitution and international human rights law. "Underlining that that 118 members of the General Assembly did not support it the resolution, Iran's UN envoy Mohammad Khazaee sharply criticised Canada for tabling the 'politically motivated' resolution, and criticised it for 'systematic violations of human rights including discriminatory policies against Aborigines, migrants and minorities. 'Wood, however, described the results as 'the largest vote margin on such a resolution on Iran in the UN ever.' 'The resolution expressed 'particular concern at the response of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran following the Presidential election of June 12, 2009 and the concurrent rise in human rights violations. These included -'the government's reported use of forced confessions,' 'its mass trials resulting in some death sentences, and the 'escalation in the rate of executions in the months following the elections. 'It listed several violations such as 'harassment, intimidation and persecution, including by arbitrary arrest, detention or disappearance, of opposition members, journalists and other media representatives, bloggers, lawyers, clerics, human rights defenders, academics, (and) students."

UN condemns Iran for post-polls rights violations [Times of India - 5 hours ago]

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Blogs

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BBC: President Obama replies to Cuba's dissiden... [Ashin Mettacara - 11/20/2009] US President Barack Obama has engaged in an unprecedented written exchange with a blogger in Cuba who is openly critical of its communist government.Cuba's blogger ...
From compassion to action, from action to knowl... [...My heart's in Accra - 11/19/2009] I’ve opened a lot of lectures lately – presentations about our Media Cloud research at Berkman – by complaining about the New York Times’s Africa coverage. I cite ...
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Big ambition for Equatorial Guinea [Africa Blog - 11/18/2009] This week has seen a rush of key policymakers and business executives from Africa flocking to London. Apart from Sierra Leone, oil and gas executives have been discussing ...

Audio/Video

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Costa Inquires About Political and Religious Fr... [Rep. Jim Costa - YouTube Channel - 11/19/2009]
First U.S. official resigns in protest over war... [Russia Today - YouTube - 11/13/2009]
Why was Berlin the key to the Cold War? [Slate Magazine - 11/06/2009]
Sri Lanka shows what it looks like to win a war... [Slate Magazine - 11/03/2009]
What Does It Look Like To Win a War on Terror? [Slate Magazine - 11/03/2009]

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