WASHINGTON, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) President-elect Barack Obama on Monday gave a sense of his foreign policy priorities by saying he sees much work to do on reining in Iranian and North Korean nuclear programs and promoting Middle East peace. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Chris Hill will meet North Korean officials in Singapore ahead of December 8 multilateral talks in Beijing on persuading North Korea to abandon its nuclear programs, a U.S. official said on Monday. ... > full story
TEHRAN, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) Iran said on Monday U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's comments about its nuclear program were an indication Washington's stance toward Tehran had not changed. ... > full story
MOSCOW, Nov. 28, 2008 (Reuters) Russia's military said on Friday it had intensified efforts to develop new ballistic missiles in response to U.S. plans to deploy an anti-missile system in Europe and Russia's navy test fired a new generation rocket. ... > full story
TOKYO, Nov. 27, 2008 (Reuters) Iran would welcome talks between President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, the country's vice president said in an interview with Japan's Kyodo news agency ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25, 2008 (Reuters) Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Tuesday Israel was free to take any action it deemed necessary against Iran's nuclear program, saying there were no U.S. restraints. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, 2008 (Reuters) Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said before White House talks on Monday that achieving a Palestinian statehood deal he and President George W. Bush failed to seal should be a main goal of the Obama administration. ... > full story
LIMA, Nov. 22, 2008 (Reuters) U.S. President George W. Bush preached a message of "free markets, free trade and free people" on Saturday at his last international summit, pledging to use his remaining time in office to work toward a successful conclusion of a global trade deal. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 2008 (Reuters) European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana, who leads nuclear negotiations with Iran on behalf of major powers, said Friday he hoped an Obama administration would be more engaged in the talks. ... > full story
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