Security Council resolution could mark beginning of exit strategy
Times (UK) Aug 3, 07 8:09 AM CDT
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The US and UK have circulated a draft resolution to the UN Security Council that would greatly increase the UN's role in Iraq, writes the Times of London. The resolution follows Bush and Brown's meeting at Camp David and is seen as a step towards an exit strategy from Iraq for the two countries.
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It's the EU or us, writes former UN ambassador
Financial Times (UK) Aug 1, 07 4:38 PM CDT
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Famously combative John Bolton claims that the fate of the US-UK "special relationship" lies entirely with Gordon Brown and the new British government. In an op-ed for the Financial Times , the former UN ambassador writes that the new PM must choose sides: either stand by the US or continue the "long, slow slide into the European porridge."
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Defection deepens political crisis as suicide bombs kill 70
Reuters Aug 1, 07 3:01 PM CDT
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The Sunni Accordance Front defected from Iraq's government today, accusing PM Nuri al-Maliki of being uncooperative, Reuters reports, on a day when suicide bombs killed more than 70 in Baghdad. "This is probably the most serious political crisis we have faced since the passage of the constitution,'' a deputy PM said of the troubled government.
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Takes mission to Jerusalem, West Bank
Reuters Aug 1, 07 1:12 PM CDT
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Condoleezza Rice took her diplomatic tour to Jerusalem and the West Bank today, hoping to rekindle peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian government of Mahmoud Abbas. Rice comes bearing a promise from Saudi Arabia to support the peace conference proposed by the White House for later this year, Reuters reports.
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With eye on energy-rich seabed, submarines make test dive
Reuters Jul 29, 07 5:34 PM CDT
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In a race to claim rich natural resources under the North Pole, two Russian submarines successfully dove several thousand feet in Russia's northern territorial waters today, Reuters reported. Though US and Russian subs have long plied the waters under the pole, none has reached the seabed there, at a depth of more than 13,000 feet.
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Civilian deal reverses US precedent
Associated Press Jul 27, 07 1:46 PM CDT
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The United States unveiled a plan today to share nuclear fuel and technology with India, upending decades of American non-proliferation strictures, the AP reports. The deal allows only civilian uses, but critics are concerned nonetheless about the specter of an Asian nuclear arms race.
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Dictator's brother fills in at annual rite, rapping US, Bush
Miami Herald Jul 26, 07 3:25 PM CDT
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Fidel Castro did not give his usual sermon at Cuba's annual Revolution Day celebration today; instead, his brother Raul took center stage. The no-longer-quite-so-interim leader, who assumed power a year ago because of his brother's health problems, told a cheering crowd that he's willing to negotiate with the US after the Bush administration leaves office, the Miami Herald reports.
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Leaders' virtual meetings produce
few concrete results
New York Times Jul 25, 07 5:43 AM CDT
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Across thousands of miles, President Bush remains a close adviser to Iraqi PM Nuri al-Maliki. At least every 2 weeks, the politicians confer over a satellite uplink, usually for more than an hour of discussion about the civil war, Iraq's future, and even their shared religious devotion. "They talk about the challenges they face," a source tells the Times.
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On first day of sitdown, parties still tangled over allegations of interference
New York Times Jul 24, 07 6:09 PM CDT
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The United States and Iran began their first day of diplomatic talks on Iraq today, but the Times reports that the summit is still tangled over US allegation that Iran is funding armed militias inside Iraq. Iran vehemently denied the charge today; an American official who attending the meeting said little progress was made.
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Bhutto mounts challenge to second presidential term
Times (UK) Jul 22, 07 5:24 PM CDT
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Pervez Musharraf is facing yet another hurdle: Benazir Bhutto says she will return to Pakistan to challenge his plans for another presidential term. The exiled ex-PM tells the Sunday Times she is considering abandoning talks with the increasingly unpopular Musharraf, embarrassed last week after the country's Supreme Court reinstated the chief justice, whom he suspended.
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Acknowledging 'war fatigue,' president warns against hasty withdrawal
Washington Post Jul 12, 07 4:56 PM CDT
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President Bush used today's interim report on the Iraq war to renew his call for Congress to withhold judgment on the troop surge until a September update, saying the military will "be in a better position to adjust" in 2 months. The report notes positive movement in eight out of 18 areas but gives unsatisfactory marks on eight other benchmarks.
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