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diplomacy stories: 168 news summaries

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Two Koreas
Set Summit

Leaders of divided peninsula will
meet for first time since 2000

Aug 8, 07 7:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - The leaders of North and South Korea will meet for a three-day summit at the end of the month for the first time in 7 years, Reuters reports. The summit in Pyongyang is expected to have little impact on the six-party negotiations that succeeded in inducing the North Koreans to... More »

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nuclear proliferation • North Korea • diplomacy • South Korea • Pyongyang • nuclear program

Bolton: UK Can Have Just One Closest Ally

It's the EU or us, writes former UN ambassador

Aug 1, 07 4:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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diplomacy • European Union • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • United States • John Bolton • Britain

Iran Talks Raise Tension,
But Not Consensus

On first day of sitdown, parties still tangled over allegations of interference

Jul 24, 07 6:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Iraq • Iran • diplomacy • United States • militia

Russia Expels UK Diplomats

Tensions rise amid tit-for-tat retaliation

Jul 19, 07 6:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Russia has expelled four British diplomats in what the Kremlin called a "proportionate response" to the expulsion of four Russian diplomats from Britain earlier this week. Russia says it will stop cooperating with British counterterror efforts as well. Relations between London and Moscow have been strained since Russia denied... More »

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Russia • diplomacy • United Kingdom • Vladimir Putin • murder • polonium • Britain

N. Korea Said Ready to Close Reactor in July

Pariah set to come in from the nuclear cold

Jun 18, 07 7:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea will close down its main nuclear reactor as early as next month, Reuters reports, citing Russia's Interfax news agency. UN  nuclear inspectors have been invited into the country; now a diplomatic source tell Interfax that inspectors will be present as the Yongbyon reactor, which produces weapons-grade plutonium, begins... More »

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North Korea • diplomacy • IAEA • Yongbyon • aid • nuclear program

British Captives
Standoff Stiffens

Experts say there is no clear border between Iran and Iraqi waters

Mar 30, 07 7:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - London and Tehran and ratcheted up the rhetoric over the 15 British soldiers being held captive in Iran yesterday, the LA Times reports: Britain got the UN Security Council to issue a statement of "grave concern," while Tehran released more video of sailors professing guilt and issued charts... More »

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Iraq • Iran • United Nations • Tony Blair • diplomacy • London • Tehran • captives • Persian Gulf • Britain

Iran Promises Female Soldier's Release

Britain steps up pressure by freezing business activity

Mar 28, 07 6:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iran promised to release by Friday the female sailor captured along with 15 men in a British patrol boat last week. England stepped up pressure to free  the soldiers by cutting off "bilateral business" and publicizing secret documents which mark its boat nearly two miles from Iranian waters at... More »

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Iraq • Iran • War on Terror • United Nations • military • Middle East • diplomacy • Faye Turney • London • Tehran • captives

Irish Rivals Unite for Self-Rule

Powersharing agreement in Northern Ireland will allow continuation of self-rule

Mar 27, 07 12:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ian Paisley and Gerry Adams sat down together yesterday and agreed  to a power sharing deal for Northern Ireland that would include their rival parties. A British deadline to disband the national assembly if a pact wasn't forthcoming jump-started the negotiations, after four years of stalled talks.  The coalition... More »

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Tony Blair • Northern Ireland • diplomacy • United Kingdom • Ian Paisley • Gerry Adams

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