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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration called for a peaceful and stable leadership transition in North Korea on Monday but made few demands on a nuclear-armed nation known for its unpredictability, poverty and hostility to the United States. Prospects for new nuclear disarmament talks involving North Korea and the United States appeared to dim with the unexpectedly sudden death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and uncertainty surrounding the planned succession to his politically untested son. Top Obama administration n...
In this June 27, 2006 file photo, reviewed by a US Department of Defense official, U.S. military guards walk within Camp Delta military-run prison, at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. The classified diplomatic cables released by online whistle-blower WikiLeaks and reported on by The New York Times cited documents showing the U.S. used hardline tactics to win approval from countries to accept freed detainees from Guantanamo Bay. AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File MATTHEW LEE,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The r...
This photo shows WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in Stockholm, Sweden. AP Photo/Scanpix/Bertil Ericson, File WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of State Department documents leaked Sunday revealed a hidden world of backstage international diplomacy, divulging candid comments from world leaders and detailing occasional U.S. pressure tactics aimed at hot spots in Afghanistan, Iran and North Korea. The classified diplomatic cables released by online whistle-blower WikiLeaks and reported on by news organizations in the United S...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is wrapping up a four-day visit to Washington with a televised give-and-take with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. The Obama administration has done its best to repair strained relations with the Afghan leader, its partner in the war agains t mi l i tant s i n Afghanistan. Karzai, meanwhile, will continue to seek to convince Americans that his regime is worth fighting and dying for, with a visit to Arlington National Cemetery and private talks with top lawmakers. After a Capitol Hill...
U.S. terror warning could hurt Europe's economy ALAN CLENDENNING, Associated Press Writers MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press Writers MADRID (AP) — A rare advisory for U.S. travelers to beware of potential terrorist threats in Europe drew American shrugs Sunday from Paris to Rome, but tourism officials worried that it could deter would-be visitors from moving ahead with plans to cross the Atlantic. The travel alert is a step below a formal warning not to visit Europe, but some experts said it could still hurt a fragile European e...
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in earthquake- ravaged Chile this morning to offer the devastated country moral and material support as it recovers from the deadly disaster. "We brought some satellite phones," Clinton told Chilean President Michelle Bachelet in a picture-taking session. "That was the one thing we could get on the plane right away." Clinton flew into the capital of Santiago, delivering much-needed satellite communication equipment and a technician. It's a first installment of what she...
