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NATO seeks missile defense agreement with Russia (Reuters)

November 19th, 2010

Sgt. Ysidro Gonzalez, of Alice, Texas, from 1st Battalion, 8th Marines Alpha Company storms through the door of a compound after the door was blown open to search for bomb-making materials during a patrol that came under fire from Taliban insurgents in the town of Nabuk in Helmand province, in this October 26, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly/FilesReuters - NATO will invite Russia to take part in a U.S.-European missile defense shield at a summit on Saturday, a move that would herald the closest cooperation between the…

G20 moves closer to agreement on currencies (AP)

October 23rd, 2010

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, talks with France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde during the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, Friday, Oct. 22, 2010.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, Pool)AP - A high-level meeting of the world’s major economies is moving closer to an agreement on policies to reduce currency tensions that threaten the global recovery, a U.S. official…

G20 summit moves closer to agreement on currencies (AP)

October 23rd, 2010

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, talks with France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde during the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, Friday, Oct. 22, 2010.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, Pool)AP - A summit of the world’s major economies is moving closer to an agreement on policies to reduce currency tensions that threaten the global recovery, a U.S. official said…

No agreement on direct Israel-Palestinian talks (AP)

August 11th, 2010

Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov, right, shakes hands with his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres, left, after presenting him with the Stara Planina state order at the Presidency building in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. Bulgarian officials said the award reflected Peres' contribution to Bulgarian-Israeli relations. The Israeli president is on a one-day official visit. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)AP - There is still no decision to resume direct Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, President Barack Obama’s envoy acknowledged Wednesday, despite optimism in Washington that agreement was close.


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Shiite agreement gives Iraq’s clerics greater say (AP)

May 5th, 2010

Ahmed Chalabi, the head of the Accountability and Justice Committee speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, May 5, 2010. Chalabi said Iraq's other political groups should be reassured by the fact that the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani the revered Shiite cleric in Iraq who's essentially the head of the marjaiyah has said no political groups should be excluded from the political process. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - An agreement to form an alliance between Iranian-backed Shiite blocs gives the final say on political disputes to Iraq’s top clerics, solidifying a role for the Shiite religious…

Greek leader says agreement reached on aid deal (AP)

May 2nd, 2010

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou arrives at the cabinet meeting in the Greek Parliament in Athens, Sunday, May 2, 2010. Papandreou said Sunday that Greece has reached agreement with the IMF and European Union on a rescue package for the debt-laden country. His government later in the day is set to announce harsh spending cuts through 2012, as part of the loan agreement worth some 120 billion euros ($159 billion). (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)AP - Greece has reached agreement with the EU and IMF on an aid package to stave off bankruptcy, and has no choice but to implement new harsh austerity measures,…

Greek leader say agreement reached on aid deal (AP)

May 2nd, 2010

Mpuso Lgubale, secretary-general of South Africa's metalworkers' union, addresses a rally by Communist-affiliated unionists in central Athens on Saturday May 1, 2010. Several thousand people protested in the capital and other Greek cities in May Day rallies fueled by anger at expected harsh austerity measures needed to secure rescue loans for near-bankrupt Greece. In a separate Athens protest later Saturday, riots broke out between hundreds of anarchist youths throwing petrol bombs and stones at riot police. Ten arrests were reported. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)AP - Prime Minister George Papandreou said Sunday that Greece has reached agreement with the IMF and European Union on a rescue package for the debt-laden country.


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Clinton says agreement with Russia near on nukes (AP)

March 19th, 2010

From left, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton talk to each other posing for a family photo after the news conferences in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 19, 2010. Clinton is participating in a meeting of the quartet of Middle East peace mediators - the U.S., Russia, the EU and the United Nations.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday that American and Russian negotiators are “on the brink” of agreement on a nuclear arms reduction treaty.


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