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Archive for the ‘Peace and Safety’ Category
World Reacts To Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize
Friday, October 9th, 2009NATO proposes new era of cooperation with Russia
Friday, September 18th, 2009BRUSSELS – 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.
North Korea quits nuclear talks
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
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.
Pope calls for Israel-Palestinian peace at Easter
Monday, April 13th, 2009VATICAN 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.
Obama urges cooperation on global threats
Saturday, April 11th, 2009WASHINGTON – 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.
Carter discusses Mideast peace prospects with Assad in Syria
Saturday, December 13th, 2008President 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, 2008U.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
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
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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