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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…

Sweden seeks detention of WikiLeaks founder (Reuters)

November 18th, 2010

Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, which has made public about 500,000 classified U.S. files on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, holds a news conference at the Geneva Press Club in Geneva, November 4, 2010, the day before the United Nation's Human Rights Council examines the U.S. human rights record in its universal periodic review programme. REUTERS/Valentin FlauraudReuters - A Swedish prosecutor on Thursday requested that Julian Assange, the founder of whistle blowing website WikiLeaks, be detained over rape allegations, a charge he strongly denies.


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EU seeks to reassure nervy markets over Ireland (Reuters)

November 12th, 2010

President Barack Obama (R) and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao walk with other leaders during the family photo session at the G20 Summit in Seoul November 12, 2010. The Group of 20 struggles at its summit in Seoul to agree how to put the world economy on a sounder footing, as renewed fears over Ireland's ability to pay its debts underscore the lingering fallout of the global financial crisis. Also seen are (from L to R) Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and Ethiopia's President Meles Zenawi. REUTERS/Philippe WojazerReuters - European Union leaders sought on Friday to reassure investors, who have been unnerved by Ireland’s fiscal problems, that in the event of a restructuring of any EU state’s…

Abbas seeks Security Council meeting on settlements (Reuters)

November 10th, 2010

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas sits under a picture of the Dome of the Rock during a meeting with Middle East envoy Tony Blair (not seen) in the West Bank city of Ramallah October 19, 2010. REUTERS/Mohamad TorokmanReuters - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has asked for a U.N. Security Council meeting to discuss Jewish settlement building on occupied land in the West Bank where the Palestinians aim…

Obama seeks better ties with skeptical Muslim world (Reuters)

November 10th, 2010

Reuters - President Barack Obama held up his boyhood home of Indonesia as an example to the Muslim world in a speech on Wednesday in which he said America was…

APEC seeks to build vast free trade area (Reuters)

November 10th, 2010

Japan's Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (3rd L) and other foreign and trade ministers from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) countries pose for a family photo in Yokohama, south of Tokyo November 10, 2010. REUTERS/Yuriko NakaoReuters - * Draft says leaders to press for balanced growth


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NATO head seeks Russian cooperation in Afghanistan (Reuters)

November 3rd, 2010

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (3d L) speaks during a meeting with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow November 3, 2010. REUTERS/Alexander NatruskinReuters - NATO’s chief will ask Russia on Wednesday to boost cooperation in Afghanistan, as the alliance gears up for a summit this month to which it has invited its…

Karzai seeks list of aid projects needing security (AP)

October 24th, 2010

An Afghan works at a bakery in the city of Kandahar,  south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)AP - The Afghan president on Sunday asked for a list of national aid projects that need protection by private security guards, potentially signaling his wish to reach a compromise…

Iran’s top leader seeks to secure clerics’ support (AP)

October 19th, 2010

In this photo released by the official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, waves to the crowd in a public gathering during his visit to the city of Qom, 78 miles (125 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010.  (AP Photo/Office of the Supreme Leader) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES **AP - Iran’s supreme leader pushed defiant senior clerics to throw their support behind the government Tuesday as he began a 10-day visit to the holy city of Qom, hoping…

Diplomats: Iran seeks seat on UN nuke agency board (AP)

September 23rd, 2010

The Bushehr nuclear reactor in southern Iran. The US and Iranian leaders have taken their rivalry to the UN General Assembly after six world powers said they were seeking an AP - Diplomats say Iran is seeking a seat on the decision-making board of the same U.N. nuclear agency probing its activities for evidence that Tehran may be interested in…