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Palestinians' Abbas
May Not Seek Reelection 

Move could be a feint to jump-start peace negotiations

Nov 5, 09 10:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will not seek reelection next year, insiders say. Abbas has seen his credibility with Palestinians damaged during peace negotiations with the US and Israel, now stalled. “The president insists on not running in the upcoming election,” an official tells the Guardian, though some... More »

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Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • president • Israel and Palestinians • peace process • negotiations • presidential race

 Karzai Foe Set to Pull Out 
 of Afghan Runoff 

Talks have broken down between Abdullah, president

Oct 30, 09 8:42 PM CDT
(AP) - Talks between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and challenger Abdullah Abdullah have broken down, and Abdullah is likely to pull out of next week's presidential runoff, a person with knowledge of the talks said today. An announcement could come as early as Saturday but more likely Sunday, the person said. More »

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Hamid Karzai • negotiations • runoff election • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election

 Iran Waffles on Nuke Deal 

Talks begin today as state news hints out-of-country enrichment deal won't fly

Oct 19, 09 11:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - State news reports coming out of Iran suggest that country is backpedaling on a possible deal to enrich partially processed uranium in Russia or France for use in nuclear power plants. State-run television reports that the government is in fact opposed to shipping partially enriched nuclear fuel outside of the... More »

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Iran • nuclear weapons • United States • nuclear program • uranium enrichment • negotiations • Vienna

Iran, Western Powers Schedule More Nuclear Talks

Inspector may visit Qom site within weeks

Oct 1, 09 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Talks in Geneva today over Iran’s nuclear program ended with a firmer commitment from Tehran to allow international inspectors into the newly disclosed enrichment site at Qom and an agreement to continue negotiations by the end of the month. The EU’s foreign policy representative said inspectors may be... More »

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Iran • IAEA • nuclear weapons • negotiation • negotiations • nuclear enrichment • Qom

US, Iranian Diplomats Talk One-on-One

Lunch meeting could signal Washington's willingness to reach out

Oct 1, 09 9:26 AM CDT
(AP) - The US says senior American and Iranian delegates have met one-on-one on the sidelines of a high-stakes gathering on Tehran's nuclear program. US Under Secretary of State William Burns met with Saeed Jalili, Tehran's chief negotiator during a lunch break today in seven-nation talks in Geneva today.  More »

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Iran • diplomacy • nuclear program • negotiations

(Newser) - YouTube is in talks with big Hollywood studios about making movies available for rent on the popular video-sharing site, the Wall Street Journal reports—a rare move toward making YouTube users actually pay for content. Lions Gate, Warner Brothers and Sony are among the studios that could make titles available,... More »

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Google • YouTube • Sony • negotiations • Warner Brothers • movies • new release • streaming video • movie studios • Lions Gate

Obama to Moderate Abbas-Netanyahu Meeting: Peres 

Israeli prez says settlement issue isn't settled, yet

Aug 31, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama will play moderator to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in a meeting at the UN before the end of next month, Israeli President Shimon Peres tells Fox News. “I think they will meet by the end of September,” he says. "... More »

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United Nations • Mahmoud Abbas • Shimon Peres • Benjamin Netanyahu • Israel and Palestinians • negotiations • Mideast peace talks • Obama administration • President Obama

(Newser) - As Afghans prepare to vote on Thursday, the top issue for all the leading presidential candidates remains whether and how to negotiate with the Taliban. Hamid Karzai, still predicted to win, has made vocal calls for negotiations but has done little so far in office, and Taliban insurgents are imperiling... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Hamid Karzai • negotiations • insurgency • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election

OPINION

Bolton: Israel May Strike Iran by December

Jerusalem gets what Obama doesn't, writes ex-UN ambassador

Jul 29, 09 5:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates was in Jerusalem recently to dissuade Israel from attacking Iran, but according to John Bolton, "relations between the US and Israel are more strained now than at any time since the 1956 Suez Canal crisis." Israel understands what the Obama administration does not—... More »

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Iran • Israel • Middle East • Robert Gates • nuclear weapons • nuclear program • John Bolton • negotiations • Obama administration • preemptive strike

(Newser) - Talks to end the political crisis in Honduras collapsed last night, raising the prospect of violence in the Central American nation if ousted president Manuel Zelaya fulfills his promise to return with or without a deal. Pro-Zelaya protesters are marching in the capital today after the interim government rejected a... More »

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Central America • negotiations • Honduras • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya

(Newser) - North Korea’s sentencing of two US journalists to hard labor further complicates relations between the nations, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The White House seeks tougher UN sanctions against North Korea after it tested a nuclear bomb last month, and experts say the sentences’ timing is no coincidence. “... More »

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Hillary Clinton • North Korea • Al Gore • nuclear weapons • journalist • negotiations • UN sanctions • state sponsors of terror list • Euna Lee • Laura Ling

Cuba Open to US Talks on Migration, Mail

Signals cooperation
on counterterrorism, drugs, emergency aid

May 31, 09 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cuba today said it's ready to restart talks with the US on migration and postal services, the New York Times reports. An American official confirms, meanwhile, that the island nation will also work with the United States on issues including terrorism, drugs, and disaster relief. The development marks another step... More »

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Barack Obama • terrorism • drugs • Cuba • migration • United States • negotiations • postal • disaster relief

(AP) - General Motors says not enough of its bondholders agreed to swap their debt for company stock, meaning the troubled automaker is almost certainly headed for bankruptcy protection. GM has until Monday to finish restructuring or file for bankruptcy. But the company said today that its offer to exchange $27 billion... More »

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bankruptcy • General Motors • negotiations • auto industry • Chapter 11 • financial crisis • creditor

 6 Globe Unions 
 Cut Deal; Largest Remains 

Two more still need to settle differences or Boston paper will shutter

May 4, 09 9:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Under threat of closure from the New York Times Co., six of the Boston Globe's seven unions have hammered out tentative deals with management, agreeing to millions in concessions, reports the Globe. But the newspaper's largest union, the Boston Newspaper Guild, is taking a break from negotiations following what the... More »

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unions • negotiations • New York Times Company • Boston Globe • Teamsters • pressmen's union • Boston Newspaper Guild

Times Co. Gives Globe 
Weekend to OK $20M Cuts

But accounting error further infuriates staffers

May 2, 09 3:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Boston Globe will live to print another edition, now that the New York Times Company has extended its deadline to midnight tomorrow, the Globe reports. Marathon negotiations continued after last night’s deadline, when the Times Co. granted the eleventh-hour reprieve for the paper’s unions to approve $20... More »

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Boston • unions • negotiations • New York Times Company • Boston Globe

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton said today that the US is “laying the groundwork” for sanctions against Iran if it doesn’t participate in nuclear talks, the BBC reports. The secretary of State said a rebuff of US overtures or continued enrichment would lead to a “very tough” response. Iran is... More »

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Iran • Hillary Clinton • secretary of State • sanctions • United States • uranium enrichment • negotiations • Obama administration

(AP) - Iran's president said today he is willing to build a new relationship with the United States, adding that he is preparing new proposals aimed at breaking the impasse with the West over his country's nuclear program. "The Iranian nation is a generous nation," Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a rally.... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • nuclear program • uranium enrichment • negotiations • Obama administration • President Obama

(Newser) - The US wants to be a direct party to nuclear talks between Iran and the UN, CNN reports. Washington had stayed away from earlier negotiations because it has no diplomatic relationship with the country, but the State Department said today it had asked an EU official to invite Iran to... More »

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Iran • United Nations • nuclear power • Germany • European Union • State Department • nuclear weapons • United States • uranium enrichment • negotiations • UN Security Council

analysis

 With Talks, 
 US Looks to 
 Split Taliban 

Experts push for controversial negotiations

Mar 8, 09 11:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - The idea of negotiating with the Taliban may seem absurd to many Americans—but experts are increasingly encouraging the Obama administration to talk with some of the group’s low-ranking members, writes Helene Cooper in the New York Times. Such a strategy could help divide the Taliban by targeting insurgents... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • David Petraeus • negotiations • Obama administration • President Obama • Bill Maher Grid

ANALYSIS

 Now, Obama Awaits 
 Overture From Iran 


Jan 31, 09 10:57 AM CST
(Newser) - While Barack Obama is not backing away from his campaign pledge to meet Iran without preconditions, the new administration is hoping Tehran will take the first step toward détente, Politico reports. “If countries like Iran are willing to unclench their fist, they will find an extended hand from... More »

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Iran • Hillary Clinton • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • State Department • negotiations • Obama administration • Dennis Ross • President Obama

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