I was just speaking to a friend about how tragedy unites people more than anything we could think of.
Cuba Agrees to U.S. Medevac Flights
January 15, 2010, 10:57am
Surprise, surprise…
US-Israel talks in Paris aborted
A meeting between Israel’s prime minister and a senior US envoy has been cancelled amid growing differences over settlement building in the West Bank.
Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot said the US put off the meeting in response to Benjamin Netanyahu’s refusal to heed US demands to halt settlement activity.
June 24, 2009, 11:54am
Do we think Bibi is gonna budge?
Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, is meeting Barack Obama, the US president, in Washington, for talks that could set the stage for any future developments on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
US administration officials said Obama would press Netanyahu to endorse an independent Palestinian state during Monday’s talks at the White House.
May 18, 2009, 10:59am
If this is any indication of the new method of approach with the Taliban perhaps the US can actually change its reputation in Afghanistan and the region.
Clinton backs Taliban dialogue
Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, has said Taliban members prepared to abandon violence should be offered “an honourable form of reconciliation” in Afghanistan.
Speaking at an international conference at The Hague in the Netherlands on Tuesday, Clinton said she backed efforts by Afghanistan’s government to “separate the extremists of al-Qaeda and the Taliban from those who joined their ranks not out of conviction, but out of desperation”.
March 31, 2009, 11:56am
BBC NEWS | Americas | US may boycott racism conference
The US is likely to boycott a UN racism conference, reports suggest, saying a text drawn up for the event criticises Israel and restricts freedom of speech.
February 27, 2009, 11:14pm
BBC NEWS | Americas | Four charged in US suicide probe
Spanish police have arrested 11 people, including professional footballers and agents from Fifa, over alleged involvement in drugs smuggling.
February 26, 2009, 4:13pm
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Sat collision highlights growing threat
February 12, 2009, 12:02pm
