Posts Tagged ‘foreign’

Glimmer of hope: Iran may release jailed American hikers, says foreign minister

Iran’s foreign minister said on Saturday that two Americans jailed for spying may be released. His comments came as international pressure mounted to secure a bail-for-freedom deal for the pair who were detained along the Iran-Iraq border in 2009.

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Libyan rebels catch Gadhafi foreign minister (AP)

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 20, 2011 file photo, Libyan Foreign Minister Abdul-Ati al-Obeidi gets into a car outside the Russian Foreign Ministry, after meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow. Libyan rebels have captured Moammar Gadhafi's foreign minister, a rebel official said Thursday. Ahmed Said, an adviser to the interior minister in the rebels' interim government, confirmed that the foreign minister had been captured but he did not identify him by name. A week ago, Gadhafi's Foreign Minister Abdul Ati al-Obeidi told British broadcaster Channel 4 that Gadhafi's 42-year rule was over.(AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel, File)AP – Rebels hunting the top officials in Moammar’s Gadhafi’s ousted regime have captured his foreign minister and are closing in on Gadhafi himself, rebel officials said Thursday.


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Libya rebels claim Gadhafi foreign minister caught (AP)

A boy, wearing a pre-Gadhafi flag, sits with at Tripoli's main square on the celebrations of the first day of Eid al-Fitr in Tripoli, Libya, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011. Muslims are celebrating the festival of Eid al-Fitr which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)AP – Libyan rebels have captured Moammar Gadhafi’s foreign minister, a rebel official said Thursday.


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Foreign ministers from North and South Korea meet (AP)

North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun, right, talks to South Korean counterpart Kim Sung-hwan at the 18th ASEAN Regional Forum in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Saturday, July 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)AP – The foreign ministers of North and South Korea met Saturday for the first time since nuclear disarmament talks collapsed in acrimony three years ago, but the U.S. warned at Asia’s largest security gathering that much difficult diplomatic work lies ahead.


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Pentagon hacked, 24K files stolen by ‘foreign intruders’

Foreign hackers broke into the Pentagon computer system this spring and stole 24,000 files – one of the biggest cyber-attacks ever on the U.S. military, according to a Department of Defense official.

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Oregon woman develops foreign accent after surgery (AP)

In this June 2, 2011 photo, Karen Butler, a 56-year-old mother of five who lives in Newport, Ore.  In late 2009, she developed foreign accent syndrome after dental surgery and now sounds to many people like she grew up in Britain not Madras, where she's from. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Lynne Terry)  MAGS OUT; NO SALES; TV OUTAP – Karen Butler has a British-sounding accent, but she’s never been to Europe. She woke up from dental surgery one day talking funny. A year and a half later her “foreign” accent remains, and her story has traveled around the world.


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Boehner doesn’t watch first GOP 2012 debate — candidates slam Obama on foreign policy

The the chatter surrounding the first Republican debate in Greenville, S.C. – a key early primary state – was more about what candidates weren’t there than who was.

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