Posts Tagged Diplomacy

Critics assail Israeli silence on Arab peace plan

In this Monday, April 8, 2013 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry during the annual ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem. On the surface, the Arab League’s new peace initiative offers Israel everything it ever dreamed of _ normal relations with an entire region that has long objected to the very existence of the Jewish state, and even the chance to keep some war-won land. But two weeks after Secretary of State John Kerry persuaded Arab leaders to reissue their 2002 offer with new incentives, Israel is maintaining a striking silence and critics are accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of tragically missing a historic opportunity. (AP Photo/Gali Tibbon, Pool)

JERUSALEM (AP) — On the surface, the Arab League’s improved peace initiative offers Israel everything it ever dreamed of — normal relations with an entire region that has long objected to the very existence of the Jewish state, and even the chance to keep some war-won land.

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Russian security services say they detained a US diplomat they claim is a CIA agent

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian security services say they detained a US diplomat they claim is a CIA agent.

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Monday, May 13, 2013

Acting IRS commissioner repeatedly failed to tell Congress that tea party groups were targeted

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Sunday, May 12, 2013

House oversight chief plans to seek depositions of veteran diplomat, former Joint Chiefs chair

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