Still the optimist
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 | Post a comment
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Tony Blair, after mediating Israel’s new Gaza import policies, is marking three years as Quartet peace envoy.
Arab nations back indirect peace talks with Israel
Monday, May 3rd, 2010 | Post a comment
CAIRO — Arab nations on Saturday endorsed indirect peace talks between the Palestinians and Israelis, a move that likely paves the way for the start of long-stalled U.S.-brokered negotiations.
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Obama weighs new peace plan for the Middle East
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010 | 2 comments
Despite recent turbulence in U.S. relations with Israel, President Obama is “seriously considering” proposing an American peace plan to resolve the Palestinian conflict, according to two top administration officials.
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World Reacts To Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize
Friday, October 9th, 2009 | 5 comments
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 | Post a comment
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 | Post a comment
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 | Post a comment
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 | One comment
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 | 2 comments
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 | One comment
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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