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NEWS ABOUT: diplomatic ties

diplomatic ties stories: 4 news summaries

 Turkey, Armenia Move 
 Toward Diplomatic Ties 

Talks won't touch WWI-era massacre at root of ill feelings, however

Aug 31, 09 9:13 PM CDT
(AP) - Armenia and Turkey, bitter foes for a century, took a step toward reconciliation today by announcing they would launch final talks aimed at establishing diplomatic ties. But they won't discuss the deepest source of their enmity: the World War I-era massacres of Armenians under Ottoman rule. The sides say they... More »

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Turkey • massacre • nationalism • Armenia • Ottoman Empire • diplomatic ties • President Obama

 Chernobyl Exchange Teen
  Demands to Stay in US

Furious Belarus officials call California host family 'kidnappers'

Sep 8, 08 8:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Chernobyl exchange teen who doesn’t want to leave her host California family has infuriated Belarus officials, who are demanding her return. Tanya Kazyra, 16, has spent the last nine summers with a Petaluma family as part of a humanitarian exchange health program for children suffering the effects of... More »

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Belarus • Chernobyl • exchange student • humanitarian organizations • diplomatic ties

US Flip-Flops on Closing Belarus' DC Embassy

Shuttering was to be retaliation for republic's booting of Americans

May 1, 08 2:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Washington backpedaled at the last minute from closing the Belarusian embassy today, the AP reports. The State Department aims to retaliate for yesterday's expulsion of most of the staff of the US embassy in Minsk—and could yet take action against Belarus diplomats, an official said. More »

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diplomacy • Belarus • US Embassy • ambassador • diplomatic ties • Alexander Lukashenko • Minsk

Colombia:
FARC Was
After Uranium

Ecuador cuts ties, says slain rebel leader was key in hostage deal

Mar 4, 08 11:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Colombia has accused Ecuador and Venezuela of cooperating with FARC guerrillas who were trying to buy uranium, the BBC reports, even as Ecuador cut ties with Colombia and Venezuela expelled its diplomats. “FARC is taking big steps in the world of terrorism to become a global aggressor,” said... More »

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Venezuela • Colombia • Ecuador • guerilla • uranium • FARC • Hugo Chávez • Alvaro Uribe • Ingrid Betancourt • Raul Reyes • Rafael Correa • diplomatic ties • hostage

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