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(AP) - An airstrike by US fighter jets that appears to have killed Afghan civilians could turn into a major dispute for NATO allies Germany and the United States, with tensions rising over Germany's role in ordering the attack. Afghan and NATO investigations are just beginning, but both German and US officials... More »

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ANALYSIS

 Obama's 5-Step 
 Foreign Policy Plan 


Jul 13, 09 6:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama is several months into a second campaign: a bid to win the world’s approval. But what shapes his foreign policy? Michael Scherer outlines five key parts for Time:
  • Pull from personal history: Obama has been pushing stories of his Indonesian childhood and Kenyan grandfather while
... More »

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Barack Obama • diplomacy • US foreign policy • international relations • foreign affairs • President Obama

(Newser) - Revamped leadership in India and Pakistan and some behind-the-scenes encouragement from the US could lead to negotiations over the disputed Kashmir region, the New York Times reports. But while there are shimmers of hope, the relationship is still strained. “I am happy to meet you,” India’s PM... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • India • Kashmir • international relations • Asif Ali Zardari • Manmohan Singh • Richard Holbrooke

In Beirut, Clinton Reassures About US Overtures to Syria

Election could see pro-US gov't ousted from Lebanon

Apr 26, 09 9:32 AM CDT
(AP) - Hillary Clinton reassured the Lebanese people today that Washington supports "voices of moderation" and will never make a deal with Syria that undermines the country's interests. Clinton spoke on a surprise visit to Beirut ahead of a critical June 7 election that could see the pro-US Lebanese government ousted... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Lebanon • Syria • Hezbollah • secretary of State • Beirut • foreign policy • international relations • Lebanese elections

 Cuba Poisons 
 US Diplomats' 
 Pets: Report 

State Department unveils '07 findings as relations with Cuba warm

Apr 11, 09 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama better hide the family dog when he reaches out to Cuba, The Hill reports. As Obama and Congressional Democrats seek warmer relations with the island nation, the State Department released a 2007 report saying Havana has been poisoning the pets of US diplomats in Cuba. "The apparent... More »

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Congress • communism • State Department • Cuba • international relations • Obama administration

Chavez Looks to Smooth Tensions with US

Venezuelan president ready to 'press the reset button'

Apr 5, 09 5:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez indicated yesterday that he hopes to ease tensions between his leftist government and the US, reports Reuters. The Cuba ally has long been a vocal critic of American policies, famously calling former President Bush "the devil" and dismissing Barack Obama as an "ignoramus.... More »

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Barack Obama • Venezuela • Trinidad • international relations • Hugo Chávez • George W. Bush

 Bill and Vlad Pal Around Davos 

Sec. of State's hubby wastes no time slipping into global role

Jan 30, 09 7:55 AM CST
(Newser) - With the ink barely dry on Hillary Clinton’s confirmation as secretary of state, her husband is already glad-handing on the world stage, holding meetings with foreign leaders at Davos that culminated with a 90-minute sit-down with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. At a private party, Putin toasted Clinton as... More »

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Moscow • Vladimir Putin • Bill Clinton • international relations • World Economic Forum • Davos

 N. Korea 
 Clamps Down 
 on Border 

Major setback to years of economic, tourist ties between Koreas

Dec 1, 08 1:50 AM CST
(Newser) - North Korea today made good on its threat to restrict border crossings from South Korea, severely hampering trade and ending tourism with its neighbor. The move, blocking large numbers of South Koreans and reducing border-crossing hours, is a protest against South Korea's new hardline president that negates years of hard-fought... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • border control • international relations • Kim Jong Il • President Obama

Obama Vows to 'Engage Vigorously' in Climate Fight

President-elect surprises conference with video message

Nov 18, 08 3:30 PM CST
(Newser) - In an unexpected video appearance today at a conference on climate change, President-elect Barack Obama promised to fight global warming, saying the stakes are too high to continue delaying action and denying global warming. He vowed to usher in a “new era of global cooperation” come January and says... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • environment • United Nations • global warming • Arnold Schwarzenegger • international relations • President Obama

Medvedev Hopeful That Obama Will Thaw Relations

Russian prez cites
'great aspirations'

Nov 16, 08 11:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Russia’s president believes Barack Obama’s presidency “will act to overcome problems which have accumulated” between his country and the US, he said in Washington. “We have great aspirations” for Obama’s White House, Dmitry Medvedev added. Former secretary of state Madeleine Albright, who moderated the meeting,... More »

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Russia • missile defense system • international relations • Dmitry Medvedev • President Obama

OPINION

World Reacts With Open Arms, Eye on Reconciliation

Global pundits weigh in on a historic victory

Nov 5, 08 12:13 PM CST
(Newser) - The election of Barack Obama has been watched around the world, and pundits from all over are weighing in.
  • In Germany's Der Spiegel, Gabor Steingart says the president-elect's genius is his "tone of political romanticism." Americans warmed to his message of sympathy and reflection—and made
... More »

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Barack Obama • diplomacy • Europe • Gordon Brown • Tzipi Livni • international relations • Election 2008 • President Obama

Russia Claims US Citizen Provoked War

Cites teacher's found passport as proof of meddling in Georgia

Sep 3, 08 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - To support its claims that US intelligence agents played a role in the Georgian conflict, the Kremlin has produced a US passport belonging to an Army veteran from Texas, the Wall Street Journal reports. They say the passport was found in an outpost used by Georgian special forces. The alleged... More »

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China • Russia • CIA • Vladimir Putin • espionage • Soviet Union • KGB • Georgia • spy • international relations • passport

Russia Will Absorb South Ossetia 'in Several Years'

'Separatist regimes ... cut off from reality,' Georgian official fires back

Aug 29, 08 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia intends to absorb Georgia’s breakaway province of South Ossetia “in several years” or perhaps sooner, the speaker of the region’s parliament tells AP. In meetings this week in Moscow between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and South Ossetian leader, Eduard Kokoity, the intent was “firmly stated... More »

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Russia • diplomacy • Georgia • international relations • Russian military • Dmitry Medvedev • Abkhazia • South Ossetia

Russia Returns Favor, Cuts Off NATO Council

Alliance earlier stopped 'business as usual' over Georgia invasion

Aug 21, 08 4:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Russia formally suspended military cooperation with NATO today over Georgia, the Guardian reports, a move affecting operations in Afghanistan and the Mediterranean. “Cooperation had really already been ended with the Russians,” a US official said, per an alliance declaration earlier in the week. If NATO supports “the... More »

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Russia • NATO • Georgia • international relations • SERGEY LAVROV • military exercises

Book Review

How Osama Rejected His
Family's Values

Author examines
bin Laden's roots, Saudi clan's ties to US

Apr 1, 08 1:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Osama is the most famous of the bin Ladens, but he’s also the clan's black sheep. In his new book, The bin Ladens, Steve Coll explores the sprawling family, which is so different from its most famous scion that Osama’s war takes on a Freudian dimension. The... More »

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Saudi Arabia • Osama bin Laden • international relations • book reviews • Steve Coll

 Brown: World Needs US to Lead

PM will exhort global leadership to presidential candidates

Mar 26, 08 6:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - British PM Gordon Brown plans a landmark speech in Boston next month, calling on the US to once again provide inspiration to a world in need of American "values and leadership." The address will be aimed at John McCain, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama—not President Bush, the... More »

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European Union • Gordon Brown • international relations • Iraq war • George W. Bush • liberal interventionism • American leadership

China Nixes Another US Navy Port Call

USS Reuben James won't dock in Hong Kong for New Year's

Nov 30, 07 2:38 PM CST
(Newser) - China has turned down another US Navy ship's request to make a port call in Hong Kong on New Year's Eve, bringing to three the number of vessels caught up in the dispute. The denial, announced today, accompanied China's last-minute decision last week to bar USS Kitty Hawk from visiting... More »

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China • diplomacy • United States • international relations • US Navy • USS Kitty Hawk • USS Reuben James • Pearl Harbor

China Fires Back at US in Diplomatic Feud

Beijing blasts arms sale to Taiwan, honor for Dalai Lama

Nov 29, 07 4:59 PM CST
(Newser) - Tensions between the US and China took a turn for the worse today with China making clear that its refusal to let a US Navy carrier dock in Hong Kong was deliberate and not a simple "misunderstanding" as characterized by the White House. Beijing said "erroneous" US activities—... More »

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China • Taiwan • United States • Dalai Lama • international relations • USS Kitty Hawk

Foes Hungry for US Grains

Iran, Venezuela hungry for American corn, wheat

Sep 13, 07 7:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Venezuela's Hugo Chavez has called President Bush Satan, and Iran is that nuclear thorn in Washington's side, but neither country hesitates to import tons of grains straight from America's bread basket—especially during shortages the past few months. "They want to feed their people. They don't want to screw... More »

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Iran • agriculture • Venezuela • corn • wheat • international relations • grains

First Lady Prods UN Head on Burma Policy

Laura Bush urges tougher stance on crackdown on protests

Sep 6, 07 7:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - As part of her ongoing campaign to raise awareness about strife in military-led Burma, Laura Bush called on the UN to condemn recent arrests of political dissidents. The first lady made her passion clear with a phone call to Secretary General Ban Ki Moon last week, in which she called... More »

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United Nations • Laura Bush • international relations • Burma • Ban Ki-Moon

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