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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton outlined a pragmatic stance on human rights in China and Russia, saying it is sometimes better to raise problems with them "behind closed doors."
The Obama administration put new emphasis on human rights abuses in Iran on Monday after months of a "delicate balancing act" aimed at seeking a nuclear deal and not jeopardizing activists affected by a government crackdown after disputed presidential elections. In what aides described as the "most detailed and comprehensive" speech on human rights by a senior official since President Obama took ...
Efforts by the Obama administration to reach out to Iran have not produced a deal to halt Tehran's apparent pursuit of nuclear weapons, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday, and the U.S. now appears closer to moving forward with potentially crippling new sanctions. "I don't think anyone can doubt that our outreach has produced very little in terms of any kind of a positive ...
World leaders raised the pressure for results at the UN climate summit on Tuesday, amid procedural wrangles, finger-pointing and defence of national interests.
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World leaders began arriving at the UN climate summit Tuesday, seeking to give a shot in the arm to the floundering talks after warnings that the whole event was at risk of ending in failure.
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran said Monday a court will try three Americans who wandered across the border from Iraq last July and became ensnared in an increasingly bitter standoff with the West over Tehran's nuclear program.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton outlined a pragmatic stance on human rights in China and Russia, saying it is sometimes better to raise problems with them "behind closed doors."
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Statement by AIUSA's Executive Director Larry Cox regarding today's speech by Secretary Clinton.
Rejecting bipartisan criticism, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday detailed an administration human-rights approach that she called "pragmatic and agile," meant to emphasize not just democracy but also development and to raise sensitive issues with countries like Russia and China behind closed doors.
Pennsylvania Rep. John Murtha has been hospitalized with abdominal pains.
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration on Monday laid out a human rights agenda that recognized the limits of American authority: emphasizing the need for change within countries, defending engagement with adversaries like Myanmar and Iran and asserting that differences with big countries like China and Russia are best hashed out behind closed doors.
In many quarters in Seattle, the guilty verdict against Amanda Knox caused outrage. But in Italy, the outrage was mostly prompted by U.S. reaction. A review of the case and why jurors decided as they did
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran said today it would try three Americans jailed since crossing the border from Iraq in July, a step certain to aggravate the U.S. at a time when Tehran is locked in a standoff with the West over its nuclear program.
