WASHINGTON: New Israeli construction on land claimed by the Palestinians threatens peace efforts and undermines the United States’ ability to help end the Arab-Israeli conflict, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told a leading Jewish organization on Monday. Israel’s recent announcement of new housing in east Jerusalem exposed differences between the US and the Jewish [...]
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MOSCOW: The top diplomats of Russia and the United States on Thursday hailed major progress on a new accord to slash the nuclear arsenals of the Cold War-era foes and predicted a deal would be clinched soon. Russian and US negotiators have been holding talks in Geneva to agree a replacement to the 1991 Strategic [...]
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WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday ruled out Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s suggestion that three detained American hikers in Iran be swapped with Iranian citizens held in the United States. Clinton said that the hikers, along with other Americans jailed in Iran, should be released immediately on humanitarian grounds. She said [...]
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CNN has learned from two senior Democratic sources that former President Bill Clinton will attend the Senate Democrats’ weekly luncheon Tuesday to address the caucus about health care.
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