Clinton meets new South African president with eye on improving strained tiesDURBAN, South Africa —U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with South African President Jacob Zuma Saturday in a bid to improve strained ties with the country. Hillary Rodham Clinton to meet new South African president with eye on improving strained tiesDURBAN, South Africa —U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with South African President Jacob Zuma Saturday in a bid to improve strained ties with the country. Trial of Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi resumes for closing argumentsYANGON, Myanmar — The trial of Myanmar’s jailed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi resumed Friday with her lawyers set to present a final argument in their efforts to save the Nobel laureate from a possible five-year prison term. Dalai Lama to get honorary citizenship of WarsawDHARAMSALA - Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, will get honorary citizenship of Warsaw during his visit to Poland next week, his aides said here Thursday. North Korea says it will not re-enter six-party talks to end its nuclear weapons programPHUKET, Thailand — North Korea says it will not re-enter six-party talks to end its nuclear weapons program, citing the “deep-rooted anti-North Korean policy” of the United States. House approves resolution extending sanctions against MyanmarWASHINGTON — The House has voted to renew sanctions meant to penalize the junta that runs the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar, also called Burma. Ousted Honduran President Zelaya prods US to act as talks stall, prepares for returnMANAGUA, Nicaragua — Ousted President Manuel Zelaya held out hope for a negotiated solution to Honduras’ deepening political crisis even after talks in Costa Rica fell apart, but vowed to prepare the way for his return to power regardless of their outcome. Walter Cronkite, Legendary CBS anchor dies at 92 of Cerebrovascular diseaseLegendary CBS anchor Walter Cronkite dies at 92
Talks to end Honduras’ crisis seen as last chance to avert violence; ousted leader vows returnTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Allies of Honduras’ ousted President Manuel Zelaya say U.S.-backed talks in Costa Rica Saturday may be the last chance to avert a clash, perhaps even civil war. Honduras’ interim government reinstates curfew, citing groups trying to create disturbancesTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras’ interim government has reinstated a curfew, citing threats by groups looking to provoke disturbances. No end to Honduras coup crisis in sight; delegates of presidential rivals agree to meet againSAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Delegates representing the ousted and interim governments of Honduras failed to forge an agreement during a second day of talks and no fixed date was set for future negotiations. Chavez blasts US plan to solve Honduras coup; talks continue but both sides stubbonrnSAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denounced a U.S.-backed effort to ease Honduras’ coup crisis on Friday as a second day of negotiations ended without a deal between rival contenders for the presidency. Both sides in Honduran coup dispute in Costa Rica for negotiations, but refuse to budgeSAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Leaders of the government that ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya in a coup arrived in Costa Rica Thursday for talks aimed at resolving the crisis, but with both sides questioning the other’s claim to the presidency, there seemed to be very little common ground. Both sides in Honduran political crisis signal flexibility, accept Costan Rican mediationWASHINGTON — Both sides in Honduras’ leadership crisis on Tuesday signaled willingness to forge a diplomatic solution to the deadlock over the fate of President Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted last month in a coup. Israel to deport Gaza boat activists, including former US congresswoman, Nobel laureateJERUSALEM — Israel is deporting a former U.S. congresswoman, a Nobel peace prize laureate and other activists who were arrested trying to break the naval blockade of the Gaza Strip, a government spokeswoman said Monday. UN chief arrives in Myanmar to lobby for Suu Kyi’s release, political reconciliationYANGON, Myanmar — Officials say the U.N. secretary-general has arrived in Myanmar for a two-day mission aimed at winning the release of jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. At Nazi camp, Obama sees the capacity for evil and a need to confront it in the modern worldWEIMAR, Germany — President Barack Obama absorbed the stark horrors memorialized at the Buchenwald concentration camp Friday and said the lesson for the modern world is vigilance against evil, against subjugation of the weak and against the “cruelty in ourselves.” Obama hails ’some progress’ in efforts to stabilize recession-racked economies across globeDRESDEN, Germany — President Barack Obama says he’s seen “some progress” in bringing stability to the world in the wake of the deep recession that has criss-crossed the continents in recent months. New book series explains climate change to childrenNEW DELHI - It’s up to children to change their own lives and protect the environment, says leading green campaigner R.K. Pachauri, whose organisation has collaborated in publishing a series of child-friendly books on the perils of climate change. Obama to tour Buchenwald labor camp, asserting Holocaust denial is ‘ignorant,’ ‘hateful’DRESDEN, Germany — President Barack Obama met Friday with Chancellor Angela Merkel in this city crushed by allied bombing in World War II before visiting a scene of the 20th century’s great European horror to make an urgent point about the fear that still stalks its survivors. AP News in BriefNo sign of boy, 6, said to have floated off in homemade balloon after it lands in Colorado Aung San Suu Kyi trial opens to diplomats, journalistsYANGON - Diplomats and a handful of journalists were permitted Wednesday to attend the third day of Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi’s trial, providing a rare opportunity for her to meet with the international community. Israeli president announces meeting with President Obama next week _ before Netanyahu tripJERUSALEM — Israel’s ceremonial president, Shimon Peres, meets next week with President Barack Obama, before the American leader sees Israel’s new prime minister. Zuma, one-time goat herder, set to become South Africa’s president after overcoming scandalsKWANXAMALALA, South Africa — One-time goat herder Jacob Zuma is poised to lead Africa’s strongest economic power after elections Wednesday — a victor of the fight against white rule, an unabashed polygamist, and a survivor of sex and corruption scandals that threatened his political career. Bolivia cuts diplomatic ties with Israel over GazaLA PAZ - Bolivia broke diplomatic ties with Israel over the ‘disproportionate’ attacks of the Israeli Army on the Gaza Strip, Bolivian President Evo Morales said Wednesday in La Paz. |
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NEW YORK — Walter Cronkite, the premier TV anchorman of the networks’ golden age who reported a tumultuous time with reassuring authority and came to be called “the most trusted man in America,” died Friday. He was 92.
