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Russia says U.S. offers deal to arms suspect Bout (Reuters)

November 18th, 2010

Reuters - A Russian diplomat said on Thursday that U.S. authorities pressured suspected arms dealer Viktor Bout to admit guilt during his extradition flight to the United States, offering him…

Iraq’s Allawi: power-sharing deal “is dead” (Reuters)

November 13th, 2010

Ibrahim al-Jaafari, former Prime Minister and the Head of Current National Reform, speaks during a news conference in Baghdad November 13, 2010. Iraq's Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc told parliament on Sunday it would remain part of a Shi'ite-led government, despite a walkout and angry comments from its leader that threatened to damage the long-sought accord.  REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS)Reuters - The head of Iraq’s main Sunni-backed political group has pronounced a new power-sharing deal “dead” and predicted more violence, just days after the accord aiming to end political…

Climate talks seek complex, interlocked deal: U.N. (Reuters)

November 10th, 2010

Reuters - U.N. climate talks starting in Mexico this month will seek a complex set of interlocking deals to slow global warming but will fall well short of a new…

Local Greek poll a test for rescue deal (AP)

November 7th, 2010

AP - Greeks have begun voting in a municipal election seen as a crucial test of support for austerity measures in the crisis-hit country.

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Medvedev to sign nuclear power deal in Vietnam (Reuters)

October 29th, 2010

Reuters - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will sign agreements to help build Vietnam’s first nuclear power plant and a hydroelectric power station during a visit to the Soviet-era ally starting…

U.N. talks to save nature zero in on historic deal (Reuters)

October 27th, 2010

Reuters - Ministers from around the world began on Wednesday a final push for a U.N. deal to protect nature, urged by the World Bank to value the benefits of…

Japan, India sign deal to boost trade, investment (AP)

October 25th, 2010

AP - The leaders of India and Japan signed a broad agreement Monday aimed at increasing trade and agreed to speed up talks toward a civilian nuclear energy deal —…

American visits Iran blast site under freedom deal (AP)

October 17th, 2010

Iranian-American businessman Reza Taghavi, 71, speaks at this home a day after he was released from Evin prison in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010. Taghavi said Sunday he spent more than two years in a Tehran prison despite being innocent — simply for handing over $200 in cash to a man in Iran that an acquaintance in the United States had given him. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - An Iranian-American businessman freed after more than two years in Tehran’s main prison visited survivors of a deadly 2008 mosque bombing as a condition of his release in…

Lawyers working on deal for youngest at Guantanamo (AP)

October 15th, 2010

AP - Lawyers for the youngest detainee at Guantanamo said Thursday they are working on a deal to settle charges that he allegedly killed a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan, prompting…

Israelis, Palestinians signal deal on settlements (AP)

October 7th, 2010

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Israeli official Ilan Harari attend a meeting during Netanyahu visit in the Israeli town of Lod, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. Netanyahu has agreed to hold a vote on a controversial citizenship bill in what appears to be a move aimed at garnering support for an extension of a West Bank settlement slowdown. (AP Photos/Jack Guez, Pool)AP - In the clearest sign that a deal may be emerging to keep the troubled U.S. Mideast peace push alive, a top Palestinian official said Thursday that his side…