US/MIDDLE EAST: Setbacks force more pragmatic approach

A spokeswoman for the US Consulate in Jerusalem yesterday said that Washington would not rule out...

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NORTH KOREA: Six-party process is on track

A fresh round of six-party talks on Pyongyang's nuclear programme opened in Beijing today. Just...

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A draft resolution to impose new UN sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme was sent to the...

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Parliament yesterday agreed to renew the country's nuclear deterrent. The decision has important...

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Beijing today noted yesterday's US decision on the Banco Delta Asia with "deep regret".

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The opposition Grand National Party (GNP) is signalling this week that it might soften its...

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Election-winning Prime Minister Andrus Ansip hopes to form a broad centre-right coalition by...

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Russia announced yesterday that the first fuel deliveries to Iran's Bushehr plant, which Russian...

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Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohammed El Baradei arrived in...

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The administration's nuclear non-proliferation strategy has scored some important successes, but...

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