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Carter, Former World Leaders in N. Korea for Talks

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Former President Jimmy Carter and other past world leaders were hoping to meet with North Korea's ruler as they began a three-day mission Tuesday to discuss dangerous food shortages and stalled nuclear disarmament talks. Children presented flowers to Carter, former Finnish President Martti...

Major Economies Pledge Support for Regime Changes

WASHINGTON -- The world's major economies neared an agreement Friday on how to measure the types of dangerous imbalances that contributed to the worst global downturn in seven decades. After an all-night negotiating session, officials said that they had resolved key issues that had blocked implementation of a rebalancing...

Clinton Presses for Reform Across the Arab World

WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that the Arab world's revolutions could be remembered as "just a mirage in the desert" if leaders fail to make good on demands for greater democracy and economic opportunity. The warning from the Obama administration's top diplomat came amid increased...

Can African Union Succeed in Libya Where US, Others Failed?

Already juggling some of the world's most bloody conflicts and dire health crises, the African Union is now taking on what Washington, Europe and the Arab states have so far failed at -- trying to achieve peace in Libya. That's a tall task for the barely 9-year-old African Union, a loose organization of African delegates...

Ecuador Expels US Ambassador in WikiLeaks Flap

QUITO, Ecuador -- Ecuador said Tuesday it is expelling the U.S. ambassador over a diplomatic cable divulged by WikiLeaks that accuses a newly retired police chief of a long history of corruption and speculates that President Rafael Correa was aware of it. Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino announced Ambassador Heather...

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America's Emerging Economic Reincarnation

Everyone is familiar with the blockbuster movie Avatar , set in the 22nd century, when genetically engineered creatures inhabited by humans are mining precious metals on a distant planet.

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Rep. Karen Bass: A new alliance for the future

Give a man fish and you'll feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you'll feed him for a lifetime.

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US trade rep: Euro struggles weigh on trade talks

PARIS -The U.S. trade chief says Europe's debt struggles and resulting market turmoil are weighing on global talks about loosening trade barriers.

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05/28/12 China's Foreign Minister in Singapore for 2-day visit Source: The Straits Times - Singapore Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Yang Jiechi arrived in Singapore for a two-day visit on Monday, on his first official visit here as Foreign Minister.
05/28/12 UNCTAD Holds Workshop On CPL Source: Brudirect.com The Brunei Government is committed to strengthen its positions in the Global Competiveness Index Assessments and a proper 'Competition Policy and Law (CPL)' can be of assistance towards meeting such objective.
05/28/12 North Korea Experiences Drought; Plans to Bolster... Source: International Business Times (Australia) North Korea has been experiencing famine and hunger for the past years and this extreme weather condition has made the country's state even worse.
05/28/12 Argentina to vet mining company imports - MarketWatch Source: Stockwatch - Cyprus BUENOS AIRES -(MarketWatch)- Mining companies with operations in Argentina will be required to submit requests to the government 120 days before importing goods and set up an "import substitution" department to boost buying of locally made goods, the planning ministry said in a statement Monday.
05/28/12 Kingdom leading Mediterranean initiative to preserve. Source: Jordan Times Five countries across the Mediterranean are working under Jordanian leadership to safeguard the region's heritage and culture by preserving its ancient theatres.

Background on International relations

'International Relations' (I.R.) (occasionally referred to as international studies, (I.S.) although the two terms are not perfectly synonymous) is the study of relationships between countries, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations (IGOs), international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and multinational corporations (MNCs).

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