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Brazil's foreign minister acknowledges differences with the U.S. government over Honduras and other issues — and says he spent more than an hour Thursday talking with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by phone.
Israel agreed to a 10-month halt in construction in its West Bank settlements on Wednesday, drawing an immediate rejection from Palestinians because the freeze did not include east Jerusalem.
The Obama administration on Wednesday welcomed Israel's decision to temporarily freeze new construction in Jewish settlements in the West Bank as a step toward restarting Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has proposed a 10-month freeze on West Bank settlement construction in what he says is an attempt to jumpstart Mideast peace talks.
LARCHMONT — Republican village Mayor Liz Feld says she’s weighing a run for the U.S. Senate seat vacated this year by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
As President Obama rolls out his plan, he will be adjusting his approach for voters, allies and enemies.
India's prime minister said Wednesday that Pakistan must do more to punish the masterminds of last year's terrorist attacks in the Indian financial capital.
Israel on Wednesday proposed a 10-month halt to new construction in West Bank settlements as a step toward restarting Mideast peace negotiations.
President Obama toasted a growing U.S. friendship with India at the first state dinner of his administration Tuesday, an evening of regal pageantry and symbolic politics in a tent on the White House South Lawn.
JERUSALEM | Israel on Wednesday proposed a 10-month halt to new construction in West Bank settlements as a step toward restarting Middle East peace negotiations. Palestinians swiftly rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's offer because it did not include a building freeze in Jewish neighborhoods in East Jerusalem, the mainly Arab sector of the city the Palestinians want as the capital of a ...
President Obama will lay out his strategy on Afghanistan on Tuesday in an address to the nation from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., the White House said Wednesday. While still mum on the details -- press secretary Robert Gibbs said Mr. Obama hasn't even told him whether a final decision has been reached -- the White House said the president will tell Americans what's at stake ...
Democratic incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand may have a serious problem on her hands if Rudy Giuliani gets in next year's race for the U.S. Senate in New York State.
Washington -- Technically, Gov. Jennifer Granholm violated the Emily Post rules of proper attire by wearing slacks to the White House State Dinner for India's prime minister.
FROM THE BLADE'S NEWS SERVICES WASHINGTON - President Obama plans to announce a redrawn battle plan for Afghanistan, including what the military says could be a roughly 50 percent increase in U.S. forces, in a national address Tuesday night from the U.S. Military Academy. Although military and administration officials cautioned that Mr. Obama has not settled on a final figure, the military is ...
President Will Announce Plans to Send More Troops Despite War-Weary Public; Exit Strategy Will Be Emphasized
A vast, rebel-driven criminal network in eastern Congo has a reach well beyond Africa, the report says.
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