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  • June 2008

    • Bush to Ask Congress to Take N. Korea off Terror List

      The Washington Note  |  Jun 25, 08 1:13 PM CDT

      Bush to Ask Congress to Take N. Korea off Terror List

      (Newser) - President Bush will ask Congress tomorrow to remove North Korea from the “terrorist watch list,” reports Steve Clemons in the Washington Note, a move meant to build confidence with Kim Jong-Il and China in the quest to bring the North back from its nuclear pariah status. In return, reports the Age, Pyongyang is today to list all its nuclear activities and permanently disable its nuclear reactor. More »

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      Condoleezza Rice  • Dick Cheney  • North Korea  • Robert Gates  • John Negroponte  • state sponsors of terror list

  • February 2008
  • January 2008

    • Waterboarding Returns to Spotlight

      Reuters  |  Jan 29, 08 1:30 PM CST

      Waterboarding Returns to Spotlight

      (Newser) - American interrogators' tactics included waterboarding sometime before 2005, but the tactic "has not been used in years," the ex-director of national intelligence says. John Negroponte's acknowledgment, the most definitive confirmation yet of the Bush administration's use of waterboarding, comes as Michael Mukasey prepares to return to Capitol Hill to address questions about the interrogation program, Reuters reports. More »

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      torture  • Michael Mukasey  • waterboarding  • John Negroponte

  • November 2007

    • Pakistan Rebuffs US Demands

      Guardian (UK)  |  Nov 19, 07 3:00 AM CST

      Pakistan Rebuffs US Demands

      (Newser) - Alarmed at the deteriorating crisis in Pakistan, the US has made it clear it will not  recognize the results of elections held under emergency rule. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, on a special mission to Pakistan, failed to convince President Musharraf to free political prisoners, resign as army commander or hold free elections, reports the Guardian . More »

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      Pakistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • nuclear weapons  • diplomacy  • emergency rule  • John Negroponte  • free elections

    • Musharraf Won't Budge for US

      New York Times  |  Nov 17, 07 1:29 PM CST

      Musharraf Won't Budge for US

      (Newser) - In a face-to-face meeting today with a top American diplomat, Pervez Musharraf remained tightlipped when pressed on when he would end emergency rule in Pakistan. Musharraf told John Negroponte he would cease martial law when security improves in the country, but his resistance is winning him few fans in Pakistan and the US, the New York Times reports. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Pakistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • Benazir Bhutto  • State Department  • Nawaz Sharif  • diplomacy  • Pakistan elections  • John Negroponte  • military rule

    • Pakistan Ends Bhutto Detention

      Reuters  |  Nov 15, 07 7:29 PM CST

      Pakistan Ends Bhutto Detention

      (Newser) - Benazir Bhutto has been released from house arrest and her detention orders withdrawn just hours before Pakistan's President Perzez Musharraf swears in an interim government of his choosing and a US diplomat arrives for talks, Reuters reports. "She is free to move wherever she likes," said a police official. Bhutto had been detained—again—since Tuesday, to prevent her from attending a demonstration opposing emergency rule. More »

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      Pakistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • Benazir Bhutto  • John Negroponte  • house arrest

    • Musharraf Says Edict Protects Elections

      New York Times  |  Nov 13, 07 1:51 PM CST

      Musharraf Says Edict Protects Elections

      (Newser) - Pervez Musharraf defended his 10-day-old emergency rule today, rejecting the US demand to lift it quickly and saying the edict is meant to protect elections. In a Times interview, Pakistan’s president said, “I don’t know, I don’t know” when asked the duration of the suspension of the constitution and the Supreme Court, and the jailing of 2,500 opponents. More »

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      Pakistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • Benazir Bhutto  • US Supreme Court  • emergency rule  • John Negroponte

  • August 2007

    • Seoul Seeks Direct Talks With Taliban

      Reuters  |  Aug 2, 07 9:06 PM CDT

      Seoul Seeks Direct Talks With Taliban

      (Newser) - South Korean delegates arrived in Afghanistan today to press for an end to the 2-week hostage crisis that has left two dead, Reuters reports. Seoul has asked for direct talks with the Taliban, which continues to hold 21 church workers, most of them women. But South Korea is powerless to meet kidnappers' demands that the Afghan government release rebel prisoners. More »

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      Afghanistan  • Taliban  • kidnapping  • South Korea  • hostage  • Korean hostages  • John Negroponte

  • April 2007

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