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November 30, 2012, 12:35 am
By
Pete Kasperowicz
"The time for the waiting game is over," Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) said on the Senate floor late Thursday.
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November 29, 2012, 10:59 pm
By
Ramsey Cox
The Department of Defense would be prevented from using funds to move suspected terrorists from Gitmo facilities to U.S. prisons.
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November 29, 2012, 6:48 pm
By
Jennifer Martinez
Internet service and cellular networks were blacked out in Syria on Thursday, disrupting communications traveling into and outside of the country, according to the State Department.
Renesys, a U.S.-based firm that monitors Internet networks, reported on its blog that Syria's Internet connectivity was shut down early Thursday afternoon and all of the country's IP address blocks were unreachable. Google also reported on its Transparency Report tool that its Web services were inaccessible in Syria on Thursday. The search company tweeted: "Internet access completely cut off in Syria. This is why a #freeandopen Internet is so important."
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November 29, 2012, 6:22 pm
By
Julian Pecquet
U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice said a Palestinian state cannot be created "by pressing a green voting button in this hall."
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November 29, 2012, 5:02 pm
By
Daniel Strauss
The senator said Rice's inaccurate description of the attack in Libya should not disqualify her from becoming secretary of State.
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November 29, 2012, 4:11 pm
By
Julian Pecquet
The U.N. is expected to overwhelmingly recognize Palestine as a non-member observer state Thursday.
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November 29, 2012, 1:25 pm
By
Julian Pecquet
Sen. Graham said "the Palestinians created this problem and this is a major setback for U.S.-Palestinian relations." Read more...
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November 29, 2012, 12:43 pm
By
Elise Viebeck
The administration wants the number of new HIV patients lower than the number on antiretroviral drugs within five years.
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November 29, 2012, 10:30 am
By
European Parliament trade panel chairman Vital Moreira
Guest Commentary During my three years as chairman of the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee (INTA), several high-profile issues have stirred considerable excitement: the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty and the increase of Parliament’s role in trade policy; the ratification of the European Union-Korea Free Trade Agreement; the refocusing of the Generalized System of Preferences; and the debate on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). At once the most unexpected and welcome development, however, was the November 2011 launch of the High Level EU-U.S. Working Group and their yearlong exploration of the feasibility of an EU-U.S. Free Trade Agreement — unexpected because this project had long been taboo in European Union trade policy, for fear that a bilateral deal between two of the world’s largest economies would hurt the Doha Round beyond repair; and welcome because of the great potential for mutual gains.
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November 29, 2012, 9:28 am
By
Julian Pecquet
Your morning global affairs speed-read The United Nations is expected to overwhelmingly approve the Palestinians' bid for non-member observer state status today, over the stringent objections of Israel and the United States. The Obama administration maintains that the move could hurt chances for a two-state solution, but Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says those talks have been going nowhere anyway and this could help the Palestinian cause. Lawmakers are expected to try to cut funding to some specialized U.N. agencies if the Palestinians seek membership in them. And Republicans are likely to seek to blame Obama for failing to stop the Palestinian bid, even though Abbas appears to have been working to line up international support since at least 2005. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is holding a press conference at noon. Euro-trade: A delegation of European parliamentarians arrives in Washington today to launch a barrier-free transatlantic market. They're meeting with the Ways and Means Committee behind closed doors on Friday. Mending bridges: Ukraine's foreign minister, Kostyantyn Gryshchenko, arrives in Washington today following disputed parliamentary elections last month that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called “a step backward.” On the Hill: The House Foreign Affairs Committee's Western Hemisphere panel marks up legislation to shut Argentina out of U.S. capital markets (H.R. 1798). In the morning, the full committee holds a hearing on Israel's right to defend itself with a trio of pro-Israel conservatives.
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