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IAEA nations, but not Israel, fete El Baradei in sendoff
Some nations who once criticised Mohamed ElBaradei over his approach to Iran’s disputed nuclear programme joined a roomful of effusive tributes to the outgoing chief of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency...
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West raises stakes over Iran nuclear programme
President Obama and the leaders of France and Britain have deliberately raised the stakes in the confrontation over Iran's nuclear programme by dramatising the disclosure that it is building a second...
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Gridlock in the Mideast
Want to know how it feels to be George Mitchell, President Obama's special envoy to the Middle East? Try getting from Jerusalem to Ramallah on a typical weekday at the rush hour. And experience...
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Other rumbles in the Iran nuclear storm
In the sound and fury following the U.N. nuclear governors’ censure of Iran last week for its cover-up of a second uranium enrichment site, and Tehran’s rejection of a nuclear cooperation deal with...
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Berlusconi charms Israel with EU talk
Berlusconi and Netanyahu shake hands during a meeting in Italy last year Silvio Berlusconi is seldom shy about making headlines, and he’s also known to turn on the charm when he meets foreign leaders....
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Did I hear ‘freedom fries’? – France says Iran is no Iraq
French U.N. Ambassador Gerard Araud briefs reporters at the United Nations in New York. UN photo February 2003. Anti-French sentiment sweeps across the United States. President George W. Bush and his...
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Writing on the walls
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip may just feel a little less isolated today. Israel is bowing to international pressure and rejigging its embargo on the enclave in the wake of the bloodshed 3 weeks ago...
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U.S. lawmakers wonder, where did our love go? with Turkey
It almost sounded as if U.S. lawmakers felt jilted by Washington's long-time NATO ally Turkey. "How do we get Turkey back?" demanded Representative Gary Ackerman at a House Foreign Affairs Committee...
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Mideast peace veterans and handshake diplomacy
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton repeatedly referred to them as "veterans" of the Middle East peace process. That description is probably one thing everyone can agree on. The process to bring...
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Tardy Obama plays second fiddle to Swiss at UN
It happens every year. When the U.S. president arrives at the United Nations for the General Assembly’s annual gathering of world leaders, the east side of midtown Manhattan goes into lockdown mode....
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