Posts Tagged ‘spring’

EU, Arab Spring favorites for Nobel Peace Prize (AP)

Thorbjoern Jagland, General Secretary of the Council of Europe and Norwegian chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize award committee gestures during an interview with the Associated Press at his office at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011. Jagland says his panel has already decided on its laureate for this year and he is confident that the selection will be well-received. (AP Photo/Christian Lutz)AP – Arab Spring or European Union? Speculation ahead of the Nobel Peace Prize announcement on Friday is split after cryptic comments by the award committee’s chairman.


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President Abbas declares ‘Palestinian Spring’ (AP)

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas waves to supporters during his arrival at the government compound, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011. Abbas has received a hero's welcome in the West Bank, triumphantly telling his people the 'Palestinian Spring' has begun following his historic speech to the U.N. last week. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)AP – Thousands of Palestinians cheering and waving flags gave President Mahmoud Abbas a hero’s welcome in the West Bank Sunday, as he told them triumphantly a “Palestinian Spring” had been born following his historic speech to the U.N. last week.


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Obama exhorts US, allies to bolster Arab spring (AP)

The President of the United States Barack Obama speaks during a  press conference after meeting with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Warsaw, Saturday, May 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)AP – Holding out Poland’s transformation to democracy as a model for the world, President Barack Obama on Saturday exhorted Western allies and the American public alike to extend their support, energy and vision to those now reaching for democracy in the Middle East and North Africa.


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G-8: Nations, banks to give $40B for Arab Spring (AP)

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, center, welcome US President Barack Obama to Le Ciro's Restaurant, during a dinner meeting for the G8 summit in Deauville, France, Thursday, May 26, 2011. G8 leaders, in a two-day meeting, will discuss the Internet, aid for North African states and ways in which to end the conflict in Libya.  (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP – Rich countries and international lenders are aiming to provide $40 billion in funding for Arab nations trying to establish free democracies, officials said at a Group of Eight summit Friday.


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Spring chicken? Posada, Yanks still feuding

It appeared the fences were mended Monday, at least until Jorge Posada and the Yankees disagreed on another matter: Whether Posada refused to catch during spring training. Sources claim when Posada was asked to catch in a spring game, he declined. Monday, however, Posada adamantly denied he was ever asked to catch in a game this spring.

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Afghan Taliban: Spring offensive starts now (AP)

A U.S. soldier with the 1st battalion 3rd brigade and 1st infantry division monitors  the area through the scope of his weapon at a check post of a joint U.S. and Afghan security forces base in Musa khel, district of Khost province southeast of Kabul, Afghanistan on Saturday, April 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Nishanuddin Khan)AP – The spring fighting season in Afghanistan geared up this weekend with a war of words.


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Taliban announce beginning of spring offensive (AP)

Afghan men look at a banner at the area where the Mujahideen victory anniversary was expected to be celebrated in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, April 28, 2011. Today marks the 19th anniversary of the Afghan Mujahideen victory over the former Soviet Union invasion in Afghanistan and a nationwide celebration which was planned to mark the anniversary was canceled. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP – The Taliban on Saturday announced the beginning of their spring military offensive against the U.S.-led coalition, a day after a new Pentagon report claimed that the militants’ fighting spirit was low after sustaining heavy losses on the battlefield.


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