Archive for October, 2009
Gore ‘certain’ Obama will attend climate talks
AFP – BERLIN (AFP) – Al Gore is confident that US President Barack Obama will attend key UN climate change talks in Copenhagen, the former US vice president and Nobel peace laureate said in a German magazine interview.
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Gore ‘certain’ Obama will attend climate talks
US Congress to vote on UN Gaza report
AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US House of Representatives is expected to vote Tuesday on a resolution calling on President Barack Obama to reject the UN’s Goldstone report, which accuses Israel and Palestinian militants of war crimes in Gaza.
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US Congress to vote on UN Gaza report
US bid to revive Mideast talks falters
AFP – ABU DHABI (AFP) – Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Saturday demanded a total Israeli freeze on work on West Bank settlements after a “difficult” meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who is struggling to revive stagnant peace talks.
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US bid to revive Mideast talks falters
U.S. sees 10 million more H1N1 vaccine doses next week
Reuters – WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Five drug companies are now increasing production of the vaccine for the H1N1 swine flu, and 10 million more doses are expected next week, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said on Saturday.
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U.S. sees 10 million more H1N1 vaccine doses next week
Abbas urges settlement halt after Clinton meeting
AFP – ABU DHABI (AFP) – Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas on Saturday demanded a total Israeli freeze on new settlements after he held a fruitless meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Abu Dhabi.
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Abbas urges settlement halt after Clinton meeting
Abbas: No peace talks without settlement freeze
AFP – RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton the Palestinians would not agree to re-launch peace talks with Israel without a complete freeze of Jewish settlements, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat said on Saturday.
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Abbas: No peace talks without settlement freeze
Bush says Afghan war must be won to stop ‘tyranny’
AFP – NEW DELHI (AFP) – Former US president George W. Bush said Saturday that the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan must be won to stop a return to “brutal tyranny” in the nation.
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Bush says Afghan war must be won to stop ‘tyranny’
