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treaty stories: 12 news summaries
Jeffrey Sachs

 Coal Harms the Planet 
 —and Owns the Senate 

Blame industry as well as ideology if US shirks Copenhagen

Oct 21, 09 8:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the world turns to Copenhagen this December, the US, which never ratified the Kyoto Protocol, may once again fail to sign up to save the world from serious climate change. Ideology plays a part, Jeffrey Sachs notes, as many Republican senators are "intent on derailing any Obama initiative.... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • environment • coal • Kyoto Protocol • coal mining • treaty • Copenhagen climate change conference • Jeffrey Sachs

US Puts UAE on Fast Track
to Nuclear Power

Abu Dhabi could have electricity program by 2017

Apr 2, 09 6:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Arab state may be on the fast track to developing nuclear power—with the help of the US, the Wall Street Journal reports. American experts have been jetting to Abu Dhabi in recent few months to support the UAE’s nuclear aspirations, which could be speedily realized by 2017... More »

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Congress • nuclear power • nuclear weapons • Abu Dhabi • United Arab Emirates • treaty • nuclear facilities • George W. Bush • President Obama • nuclear energy

(AP) - Hillary Clinton, declaring a fresh start for relations with Russia, has predicted that the two nations would complete a new arms reduction treaty by year-end and find common ground on other major issues as well, the AP reports. Upbeat and often smiling, both Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov... More »

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Russia • Hillary Clinton • Sergei Lavrov • treaty • nuclear arsenal

analysis

Hopes High in Climate Fight as Obama Takes Lead

US to take major role in new environmental treaty

Mar 1, 09 11:40 AM CST
(Newser) - The Kyoto Protocol signed more than a decade ago faced roadblocks to achieving its environmental goals—but with President Obama pushing hard on climate change, new international agreements could be much stronger, the New York Times reports. Obama has placed the US “at the forefront of the international climate... More »

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climate change • environment • Kyoto Protocol • treaty • Obama administration • President Obama

Kerry Replaces Biden on Foreign Relations Committee

Nuclear nonproliferation among agenda items as Mass. Dem takes over from Biden

Nov 20, 08 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - John Kerry will be the next chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the Boston Globe reports, replacing Joe Biden when he assumes the vice presidency in January. Kerry plans to use his new post to ramp up anti-terrorism efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and to curb the spread of... More »

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Congress • Joe Biden • Vietnam • John Kerry • Senate • treaty • Senate Foreign Relations Committee • President Obama

Poland Agrees to Host US Missile System

Russia opposes controversial
defense shield

Aug 14, 08 4:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Poland and the US signed a preliminary agreement to install US interceptor missiles on Polish soil today, the Telegraph reports. The move is widely seen as a response to Russian aggression in Georgia, a notion buttressed by the Polish prime minister. “The events in the Caucasus show clearly... More »

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Russia • Poland • Georgia • United States • missile defense system • treaty • ballistic missile program

 Iraq Minister 
 Demands Exit Timetable 

Foreign minister Rubaie won't accept a US security deal without one

Jul 8, 08 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq won’t accept any security deal that doesn’t include strict guidelines for a US withdrawal, National Security Adviser Mouwaffak al-Rubaie said today. The US waved off similar statements from Nouri al-Maliki yesterday, saying they didn’t believe the Iraqi PM really wanted a timetable, but Rubaie’s comments... More »

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Iraq • Nouri al-Maliki • troop withdrawal • timetable • treaty • Iraqi government • Iraq exit strategy

Timetable Needed to End 'Foreign Presence' in Iraq: PM

'Specific time' for withdrawal must be part of new security deal, Maliki says

Jul 7, 08 12:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq is ready to be rid of US troops, its prime minister said today, and he wants a timetable. “We are looking at the necessity of terminating the foreign presence on Iraqi lands and restoring full sovereignty,” Nouri al-Maliki told Arab diplomats, saying the “memorandum of understanding”... More »

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Iraq • Nouri al-Maliki • timetable • treaty • Iraqi government • Iraq exit strategy • memorandum of understanding • Status of Forces Agreement

Security Talks Hit 'Dead End,' Iraqi PM Says

Maliki: US long-term proposals step on nation's sovereignty

Jun 13, 08 9:14 AM CDT
(AP) - Talks with the US on a longterm security deal have hit an impasse over fears the US will infringe on Iraqi sovereignty, the nation's prime minister said. "The first drafts presented left us at a dead end," said Nouri al-Maliki. "So, we left these first drafts, and... More »

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Iraq • Nouri al-Maliki • treaty • military agreement

Britain, Spain Soften Over Rock

Settling of dispute over Gibraltar means EU can sign long-delayed treaties

Jan 9, 08 11:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Britain and Spain have worked out a compromise on Gibraltar that will pave the way for the EU to sign some important treaties, Reuters reports. Treaties on child protection and aviation had been held up for years because Spain balked at plans to let officials in the British enclave administer... More »

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Spain • European Union • United Kingdom • treaty • Gibraltar

US Expedition Heads to Arctic

Expedition joins scramble to lay claim to the Arctic

Aug 14, 07 3:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Diving into the international scramble to grab parts of the Arctic, a US Coast Guard cutter is voyaging north this week to determine if any of the underwater territory can be claimed for America. The four-week expedition, which starts Friday, will use sonar technology to map the northern Chukchi Cap,... More »

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Russia • Canada • United States • North Pole • Arctic • Coast Guard • treaty • Chukchi Cap

EU Leaders OK New Treaty

Brussels summit
ends with hard-won deal to replace
failed constitution

Jun 24, 07 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - EU negotiators pulled an all-nighter and the German chancellor played a risky game of chicken with Poland en route to reaching an agreement on a treaty that will govern the 27-nation body. The deal resurrects much of the ill-fated 2005 constitution while streamlining bureaucracy and introducing a top foreign-policy position... More »

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Angela Merkel • European Union • Europe • constitution • treaty • Brussels

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