Archive for October, 2009

Japan foreign minister to meet Clinton over U.S. bases: report

Reuters – TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s foreign minister will meet his U.S. counterpart on Friday for talks expected to focus on a row over the reorganization of U.S

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U.S. sends six Uighurs from Guantanamo to Palau

Reuters – WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration has sent six Uighur Chinese detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the Pacific island nation of Palau, the Justice Department said on Saturday

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Delaware beats Switzerland as most secretive financial center

Reuters – WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Move over Switzerland. The tiny state of Delaware beats the Alpine country in a contest for the most secretive financial jurisdiction, a tax justice rights group said on Saturday.

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Obama’s Afghan decision not likely before November 11

Reuters – WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama is unlikely to make a decision on his Afghanistan strategy and sending thousands more troops there before he embarks on his trip to Asia on November 11, a senior administration official said on Saturday.

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Clinton urges Abbas to talk without settlement halt

Reuters – JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Hillary Clinton turned U.S. pressure on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday when she endorsed Israel’s view that its expansion of settlements on occupied land should not be a bar to resuming peace talks.

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Delaware beats Swiss as most secretive financial center

Reuters – WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Move over Switzerland. The tiny state of Delaware beats the Alpine country in a contest for the most secretive financial jurisdiction, a tax justice rights group said on Saturday.

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U.S. sends 6 Uighurs from Guantanamo to Palau

Reuters – WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration has sent six Uighur Chinese detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the Pacific island nation of Palau, an administration official and a rights group said on Saturday.

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