Ecuador agrees to resume talks 1½ years after Colombia’s unauthorized cross-border raid

October 5th, 2009 Ecuador government seeks end to Indian protestQUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador says it will consider changes to draft mining and water laws that provoked a clash with Indians last week that claimed a protester's life. Vice President Lenin Moreno says an accord signed with Indian leaders will bring down Amazon roadblocks that have been up for a week.

September 25th, 2009 QUITO - Ecuador is in talks to purchase 12 Cheetah C fighter jets from South Africa for the armed forces, a media report said citing Defence Minister Javier Ponce. Ecuador Air Force has recommended the purchase of South African warplanes due to its low cost, the El Universo daily reported.

September 14th, 2009 Ecuador, Colombia talk again 1½ yrs after raidQUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador and Colombia will hold direct talks to mend diplomatic relations that ruptured a year-and-a-half ago after a cross-border military raid that killed Colombian rebels inside Ecuador, officials said Monday. Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Fander Falconi said he will meet with his Colombian counterpart, Jaime Bermudez, early next week on the sidelines of a U.N.

September 8th, 2009 Ecuador police bust half-ton of processed cocaineQUITO, Ecuador — Police in Ecuador say they have seized a half-ton of processed cocaine disguised as a shipment of fertilizer. The nation's anti-drug chief, Col.

August 17th, 2009 NKorea agrees to resume tours, family reunionsSEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Monday that it will resume largely stalled cross-border exchanges with South Korea, a surprise move that could help ease months of tensions over the communist country's missile and nuclear tests. The North's announcement followed a meeting Sunday between the country's leader Kim Jong Il and the chairwoman of Hyundai Group, the biggest South Korean investor in the North, who traveled to Pyongyang last week to secure the freedom of a company employee and discuss restarting joint business projects.

August 10th, 2009 Unasur agrees to summit on US bases in ColombiaQUITO, Ecuador —South American presidents expressed deep concerns Monday with a planned U.S. military expansion in Colombia, but failed to reach consensus on a joint statement rejecting U.S.

July 24th, 2009 Clinton calls Zelaya move 'reckless'WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling a move by ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya to cross the border briefly into his homeland "reckless." Zelaya took only a few steps across the border from Nicaragua as he waited for military officials to contact him. Clinton, at a joint news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Friday, said: "President Zelaya's effort to reach the border is reckless." She added that it would not help restore democratic and constitutional order in Honduras.

July 14th, 2009 US, Cuba resume migration talks after 6-year pauseWASHINGTON — The United States and Cuba are renewing negotiations on the U.S.-Cuba Migration accords. The State Department said department official Craig Kelly headed the U.S.

July 1st, 2009 Rome gives citizenship to seized Israeli soldierROME — Rome has given honorary citizenship to an Israeli soldier kidnapped by militants linked to Gaza's militant Islamic Hamas group three years ago. Sgt. Gilad Schalit's father, Noam Schalit received the honor at a city hall ceremony Wednesday.

June 17th, 2009 ON BOARD AIR INDIA ONE - With India putting Pakistan on the defensive over cross-border terrorism, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said President Asif Ali Zardari did not raise the Kashmir issue during his discussions with him in Russia. "No discussion on Kashmir took place.

June 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Friday ruled out resumption of talks with Pakistan until it took tangible measures to prevent terrorism directed against this country. "Not unless they (Pakistan) take concrete measures to prevent terrorist attacks emanating from the soil of Pakistan aimed against India (can talks resume)," External Affairs Minister S.

May 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's latest overture to India to restart talks after elections has found no takers in the political establishment barring the Left parties. With Islamabad showing no sign of action against those behind the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, New Delhi is unlikely to resume the stalled dialogue process with Islamabad in the near future if either the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) or National Democratic Alliance (NDA) forms the next government.

May 9th, 2009 Angry mob lynches 2 robbery suspects in EcuadorQUITO, Ecuador — Police say an angry mob dragged two suspected robbers from a police station in Ecuador and burned them to death. A police statement says the crowd of about 800 people also set fire to the station.

April 29th, 2009 Carter says US-Syria ties could return this yearBOGOTA — Former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday that the United States and Syria are close to restoring full diplomatic ties, but he doubted Cuba's new openness means its leaders are ready to grant free speech or change their political system. Syrian President Bashar Assad is "very eager" to restore full ties with Washington, Carter said.

April 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday denied any US pressure on India to restart talks with Pakistan and made it clear that the stalled composite dialogue will not resume unless Islamabad shows 'sincere evidence' to prosecute all the pepetrators of the Mumbai carnage. 'Let me say, there is no pressure on us to resume dialogue.