Posts Tagged International relations

US, NKorea to hold first post-Kim Jong Il talks

U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Affairs Glyn Davies speaks to journalists upon arrival at a hotel in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012. The U.S. and North Korea reopen nuclear talks Thursday that will provide a glimpse into where Pyongyang's opaque government is heading after Kim Jong Il's death and test its readiness to dismantle nuclear programs for much-needed aid. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. and North Korea reopen nuclear talks Thursday that will provide a glimpse into where Pyongyang’s opaque government is heading after Kim Jong Il’s death and test its readiness to dismantle nuclear programs for much-needed aid.

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Greece to get $170B bailout, reduce debt

Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde, left, speaks with Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos during a round table meeting of eurozone finance ministers at the EU Council building in Brussels on Monday, Feb. 20, 2012. Eurozone governments will likely approve on Monday a long-elusive rescue package for Greece, saving it from a potentially calamitous bankruptcy next month, senior officials said. But finance ministers meeting in Brussels will have a few last issues to wrangle over, such as tighter controls over Greece's spending and further cuts to the country's debt load.  (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

BRUSSELS (AP) — The bailout has saved Europe, for now, but it’s unlikely to save Greece.

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Syrian opposition says 7 die in intense shelling

In this Monday, Feb. 20, 2012 citizen journalism image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and accessed on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, houses are seen destroyed from Syrian government forces shelling, at Baba Amr neighborhood in Homs province, Syria. An opposition group says several people have been killed in heavy shelling of a district in central Syria a day after the army sent reinforcements ahead of a possible ground assault. (AP Photo/Local Coordination Committees in Syria) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTO

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian gunners pounded rebel strongholds in the besieged city of Homs on Tuesday, killing at least 30 people and bringing frantic cries for help from residents who say food and water are running dangerously low, according to activists.

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Israelis fear homefront vulnerable to Iran attacks

In this Monday, May, 10, 2010 file photo, a view of Tel Aviv, Israel. Despite its confident saber-rattling, there are growing concerns in Israel that the country may be catastrophically vulnerable to counterstrike if it attacks Iran's nuclear program. A rocket-defense system is being thrown up in Tel Aviv, where Israel's sprawling military headquarters sits smack in the middle of office towers, art museums, nightlife districts and tourist hotels. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty, File)

JERUSALEM (AP) — Despite its confident saber-rattling, Israel’s concern is growing that the country is vulnerable to a devastating counterstrike if it attacks Iran’s nuclear program.

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Iran says may cut oil to more European countries

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Tehran is considering extending an oil embargo on France and Britain to other European countries, a semiofficial Iranian news agency reported Monday.

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