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Kabul, 26 February, 2007— Afghan President Hamid Karzai is under pressure to sign a controversial amnesty bill approved by the country’s national assembly last week. The bill provides sweeping immunity for those guilty of war […]

Washington, 20 February, 2007– President Bush, presiding over the swearing-in of retired Vice Admiral Mike McConnell as the new director of national intelligence, called for more flexibility in the use of personnel with foreign backgrounds […]

Washington, 20 February, 2007— The six-party agreement to end North Korea’s nuclear program was the result of multilateral cooperation and has strengthened the diplomatic relationship between the United States and China, the top U.S. negotiator […]

Washington, 14 February, 2007— President Bush February 14 hailed the six-party agreement on North Korea’s nuclear program as a victory for multilateral diplomacy. “The best diplomacy is diplomacy in which there is more than one […]

Washington, 9 February, 2007— The United States cannot rely on military force alone in addressing the challenges of the 21st century, according to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and must strengthen its diplomatic resources to […]

Washington, 7 February, 2007— European countries should join the United States in a nonmilitary campaign aimed at pressuring the Iranian government to turn away from its nuclear ambitions, the U.S. representative to the International Atomic […]

Helmand, 5 February, 2007— Some 8,000 people have fled their homes in the Musa Qala district in the southern Helmand province in the last three days and many need urgent assistance, local officials reported on […]

Washington, 5 February, 2007— The most important point for the Six-Party Talks “is to get the North Koreans to begin to denuclearize,” says the lead U.S. envoy for multilateral discussions among North Korea, South Korea, […]