Archive for the ‘Peace and Safety’ Category

World Reacts To Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize

Friday, October 9th, 2009

The European Union hopes it would encourage people to create a safer world.

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NATO proposes new era of cooperation with Russia

Friday, September 18th, 2009

BRUSSELS – NATO proposed a new era of cooperation with Russia Friday, calling for joint work with Moscow and Washington on missile defense after the United States scrapped a planned anti-missile system.

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North Korea quits nuclear talks

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

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Models of a North Korean Scud-B missile (C) and South Korean Hawk surface-to-air missiles are seen at the Korean War Memorial Museum in Seoul April 14, 2009. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak

SEOUL – North Korea said on Tuesday it would quit international nuclear disarmament talks and restart a plant that makes bomb-grade plutonium after the United Nations chastised it for launching a long-range rocket.

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Pope calls for Israel-Palestinian peace at Easter

Monday, April 13th, 2009

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict called in his Easter message on Sunday for a renewed push for Israeli-Palestinian peace just weeks before he travels to the Holy Land for the first time as pontiff.

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Obama urges cooperation on global threats

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama invoked Christian and Jewish holidays on Saturday to urge nations to confront together the challenges he saw firsthand during last week’s marathon trip to Europe.

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Carter discusses Mideast peace prospects with Assad in Syria

Saturday, December 13th, 2008

President Bashar Assad on Saturday discussed prospects for peace in the Middle east with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
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PA negotiator: Obama told Abbas he’d spare no effort to see Mideast peace

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has called Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and told him that peace is a vital interest for Israelis and Palestinians, according to a Palestinian negotiator.
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Gates Sees Terrorism Remaining Enemy No. 1

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

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A soldier in Iraq guards suspected terrorists, a duty becoming the norm. (By Maya Alleruzzo — Associated Press)

New Defense Strategy Shifts Focus From Conventional Warfare
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Rice Returns to Her Mideast Treadmill

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks during a joint press conference with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in the Jordanian capital Amman on March 31, 2008.
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Rice calls for peace after prayer in Bethlehem

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

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Watch video: Rice Visits Birthplace of ‘My Lord and Savior Jesus Christ’
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