Tag: Relations
China and Japan pledge to start annual meetings
" China and Japan pledged to hold annual meetings and put past suspicions behind them, as President Hu Jintao visited Japan, the Wall Street Journal reported. "Our relations are at a new starting point," Hu said during the visit, the first by a Chinese president in a...
Chinese Ambassador walks out on Gormley
"The Chinese Ambassador has walked out of the Green Party convention after criticism by John Gormley of China's role in Tibet.The ambassador, Liu Biwei, walked out as Mr Gormley delivered his leader's speech shortly before 9pm.Mr Gormley told delegates that human rights must...
Startling Evidence Links Hugo Chavez to FARC
The files on the laptop of a slain terrorist are revealing startling details of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's support for FARC, cocaine traffickers, and terrorists. The data recovered includes details of...
Spin Doctors Spin the Spin Master Penn's Departure
Spin Doctors Spin the Spin Master Mark Penn's Departure from the Clinton Campaign Politisite reported, on NowPublic and it's Blogs, last night that Mark Penn had stepped down as the Clinton Campaign's Chief...
Ryerson University Facebook Incident Over, For Now
A student who created a facebook study group narrowly dodged expulsion after Ryerson university decided to just give him a failing grade on the homework portion of his class.It is a move that has many critics outraged, saying student Chris Avenir was nothing more than a...
RI cannot bridge US-Iran relations, says American...
"Indonesia will never be able to bridge relations between the United States as well as other Western countries and Tehran, Karld D Jackson, an observer at John Hopkins University in Washington, DC, said on Thursday.
Jackson made the statement to comment on Indonesian...
Indonesian mily chief asks Malaysia to be more se...
""We appeal to the Malaysian government and people to be more sensitive to issues that may disrupt harmonious relations between Indonesia and Malaysia," he said at a meeting with Malaysian Ambassador to Indonesia Dato' Zaenal Abidin bin Muhamad Zain at the TNI Headquarters in...
EU ready for Cuba ties after Castro exit
"The European Union has said it is ready to seek ways to re-launch ties with Cuba following the announcement that President Fidel Castro will not return to power.
Some of the 27 EU states, led by Spain which normalised its relations with Havana last year, are in favour...
China denies U.S. spying charges; Major Diplomacy...
As I earlier reported in the case of a former Boeing aerospace engineer accused of funneling NASA technology to China for decades, a major dustup over allegations of long-term, systematic Chinese spying is ahead."China denied Thursday that it was conducting espionage...
Ahmadinejad announces landmark visit to Iraq
Ahmadinejad is making the visit to Iraq as part of an attempt to establish "good relations" between the two nations."Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of Iran, will make an unprecedented two-day
trip to Baghdad from...
Foreign minister: RI enjoys close ties with Austr...
""We also enjoy very close relations with Australia under former Prime Minister John Howard`s government and the Lombok Treaty showed the good relations between the two countries," he said. Australia and Indonesia signed a security pact dubbed the Lombok Treaty in Indonesia`s...
Chomsky on World Ownership
"Chomsky on World Ownership
Michael Shank | January 23, 2008
Editor: John Feffer
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Noam Chomsky is a noted linguist, author, and foreign policy expert. On January 15, Michael Shank...
Indonesia-Japan to focus in three things
""Closer relations between the youths of the two countries are important so they can be expected to inherit and continue the present good relations between Indonesia and Japan," presidential spokesman Dino Pati...
MIDEAST: U.S. Seen in Policy Retreat
"MIDEAST: U.S. Seen in Policy Retreat
Analysis by Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani
CAIRO, Jan 10 (IPS) - Recent months have witnessed several notable political reorientations in the Middle East, involving Iran, the Gulf states, Egypt and Lebanon. Several experts say...
Dodd, Biden drop out after Iowa defeat
"Dodd, Biden drop out after Iowa defeat
By: Martin Kady II
January 4, 2008 01:52 AM EST Two Senate veterans — Democrats Joe Biden of Delaware and Chris Dodd of Connecticut — are abandoning their...
