Posts Tagged ‘talks’

Russia’s FM arrives in Syria for talks with Assad (AP)

AP – Russia says its foreign minister has arrived in Syria for talks with President Bashar Assad.

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AP Exclusive: US talks to Afghan insurgent group (AP)

In this Feb. 13, 1996 file photo shows Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Afghan rebel leader and chief of the insurgent group Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin, speaking at a news conference in Islamabad, Pakistan. Anxious to accelerate peace moves, top-level U.S. officials have held talks with a representative of a major Afghan insurgent movement led by a former prime minister that Washington had branded as a terrorist. The meetings with the group led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar show not only the degree of U.S. interest in pursuing a settlement but also the complexity of putting together an agreement acceptable to all sides in factious Afghanistan. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash, File)AP – Anxious to accelerate peace moves, top-level U.S. officials have held talks with a representative of an insurgent movement led by a former Afghan prime minister who has been branded a terrorist by Washington, a relative of the rebel leader says.


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Greek bond swap talks to resume Wednesday (AP)

Protesters take part in a rally organized by the PAME Communist-affiliated union as they hold banners with anti-austerity slogans in Athens, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. Strikes and demonstrations over austerity measures hit the Greek capital of Athens on Tuesday, as international debt inspectors returned to resume their scrutiny of the country's reforms. Banner at front reads: 'For the crisis, unemployment, poverty, exploitation, immigration...responsible the imperialism. Let's organize, unite and fight...' (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)AP – Representatives of Greece’s private bondholders say they will return to Athens on Wednesday to resume talks on forgiving the country a big part of its debt.


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Taliban: Afghan talks won’t mean end to fighting (AP)

A US soldier walks near the scene of a suicide attack in Kandahar south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012. A teenage suicide bomber slipped inside police headquarters in Kandahar in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, detonating his cache of explosives and wounding one officer, the chief of the headquarters said. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)AP – The Taliban’s political wing is ready to enter peace talks to end the war in Afghanistan, but the insurgents will in the meantime continue their armed struggle, the group said Thursday.


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Afghan claim of US prison abuse strains key talks (AP)

Gul Rahman Qazi , center, head of an Afghan investigative commission speaks during a media conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012. Afghan President Karzai had charged the commission with investigating the detention of some hundreds of suspected militants and the investigative commission has accused the U.S. military of abusing detainees at its largest prison, and says those held without evidence should be freed.(AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP – Afghan investigators accused the American military Saturday of abusing detainees at its main prison in the country, bolstering calls by President Hamid Karzai for the U.S. to turn over control of the facility and complicating talks about America’s future role in Afghanistan.


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SKorea president open to NKorea nuclear talks (AP)

North Koreans bow in front of a portrait of the late leader Kim Jong Il outside a stadium in Pyongyang as people paid respects to him on New Year's Day Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. (AP Photo)AP – South Korea’s president opened the door Monday to possible nuclear talks with North Korea and warned the neighboring country to avoid any provocations, saying the Korean peninsula is at a crucial turning point.


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French defense minister backs Taliban talks (AP)

French Defense Minister Gerard Longuet speaks during a press conference after visiting French soldiers with the NATO- led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. France's defense minister on Sunday backed U.S. efforts to open peace talks with the Taliban, even as NATO reported the death of another service member that brought last year's toll to 544 troops killed in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP – France’s defense minister on Sunday backed U.S. efforts to open peace talks with the Taliban, saying a proposed Taliban liaison office outside Afghanistan would provide a venue for those within the radical Islamic movement who are willing to explain their positions.


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