Posts Tagged ‘World Leaders’

Comment on G-8/G-20 aid disappointment

The disappointment in the conclusions to the G-8 and G-20 meetings have been varied and widespread. Many were hoping that Canadian PM Stephen Harper calls to restore accountability would be heard.

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British PM Will Not Have Discuss With Argentinal The Future of The Falklands

No Talks On Falklands, David Cameron Tells Argentina — The Telegraph

David Cameron is set to restate “robustly” Britain’s sovereignty over the Falkland Islands in unscheduled talks with the Argentine president at the G20 gathering of world leaders.

British sources said the Prime Minister would starkly turn down a fresh request from Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner for talks on the issue as tensions rose once again between the two nations.

Mr Cameron was expected to make his point to Ms Kirchner either during an official leaders’ dinner at the Toronto summit last night or at some point in the “margins” of official discussions on Sunday.

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My Comment: PM Cameron confirms that talks between Argentina and Britain on the Falklands issue is dead on arrival.

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Nuke Facility Raid An Inside Job? — CBS News/60 Minutes

Eyewitness Talks To 60 Minutes About Brazen Assault On South African Nuclear Facility.

(CBS) This story was first published on Nov.

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Will The U.S. Join The Land Mine Ban?

White House Is Being Pressed to Reverse Course And Join Land Mine Ban — New York Times

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration, under intense political pressure from Capitol Hill and elsewhere, is engaged in a vigorous debate over whether to reverse course and join an international treaty banning land mines, administration officials said this week.

In re-examining the issue, the administration is stepping back into the glare of a perennial cause that has captured the attention of world leaders, royalty and celebrities.

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A Commentary On President Obama’s Nuclear Summit

Chinese President Hu Jintao(4th R,front)poses for a group photo with other world leaders during the Nuclear Security Summit at the Washington Convention Center in Washington,April 13,2010 0.(Xinhua/Li Xueren)

Obama’s Nuclear Strutting And Fretting — Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post

There was something oddly disproportionate about the just-concluded nuclear summit to which President Obama summoned 46 world leaders, the largest such gathering on American soil since 1945.

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