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• Clinton urges Iran to free US hikers

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Tehran/Berlin, Nov 10 (DPA) US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Monday called for Iran to immediately release three US hikers charged with espionage after four months of detention in Tehran.Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal were arrested by Iranian security forces in July after disappearing along the ...
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• Eighth Person Pleads Guilty to Illegally Accessing Confidential Passport Files

  
  PogoWasRight.org — Authority: 147
  An eighth individual pleaded guilty today to illegally accessing numerous confidential passport application files. Susan Holloman, 58, of Washington, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Alan Kay in the District of Columbia to a one-count criminal information charging her with unauthorized computer access. ...
  8 hours ago

• Iran Accuses 3 American Hikers of Espionage

  
  NYT > Global Home — Authority: 141
  Missing American hikers detained in Iran, from left, Josh Fattal, Shane Bauer and Sarah Shourd.
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• US, North Korea to hold talks in December

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Seoul, Nov 9 (IANS) The US and North Korea will hold talks in December, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported Monday citing a senior official here.“The bilateral meeting appears most likely to be held after the Thanksgiving holiday, which falls Nov 25-29,” the official said requesting anonymity.The US State ...
  13 hours ago

• StagExpert – State Department Health Fair 2009

  
  fresh healthy body — Authority: 133
  One of the performances for Health Fair 2009 at the State Department in Arlington, VA.
  2 days ago

• Troubling Signals On Free Speech

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 162
  In his eagerness to please international opinion, President Obama has taken a small but significant step toward censoring free speech. It was nice to hear Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton say on October 26, "I strongly disagree" with Islamic countries seeking to censor free speech worldwide by making ...
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• Slavery Survives in South Asia

  
  Haq's Musings — Authority: 467
  The return of democracy in Pakistan last year has once again put feudal politicians firmly in charge of the nations affairs. Both major parties, the PPP and the PML, are heavily dominated by the countrys biggest landowners, who are reliability voted into power by their poor landless peasants making up the majority ...
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• State DNR to hold public meeting on Reiter Foothills Forest Recreation Plan

  
  Pacific Northwest Backroad Adventures — Authority: 430
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 6, 2009OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will host a public meeting to provide information and receive public comments on a draft recreation plan for the Reiter Foothills Forest.Reiter Foothills Forest is a popular recreation area located in eastern ...
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• Mixed week on renditions accountability

  
  IntLawGrrls — Authority: 481
  This week saw two contrasting results emerging from courts in the United States and Italy regarding extraordinary rendition : ► In the United States, the case of Maher Arar (right) was once more rejected by the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. (prior IntLawGrrls posts here ) ► In Italy, however, ...
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• U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT: ISRAEL IS NOT A TOLERANT SOCIETY

  
  Qwaider Planet — Authority: 165
  By Akiva EldarHaaretz.com Israel dismally fails the requirements of a tolerant pluralistic society, according to a new report from the U.S. State Department.Despite boasting religious freedom and protection Read More......( read more )
  3 days ago

• State Department to Mr. Zelaya: A Deal is a Deal!

  
  The Foundry — Authority: 754
  Last week former President Zelaya of Honduras signed an agreement with the interim government of Roberto Micheletti that cleared the way for ending the constitutional crisis in that Central American country. Key to the agreement was a provision leaving it up to the Congress to vote on Mr. Zelaya’s possible ...
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• 3 qualities that could make Clinton memorable

  
  Madam Secretary — Authority: 425
    In a recent Time magazine article , journalist Joe Klein lists three qualities that could make Clinton "a memorable Secretary of State": 1. "She brings a vision of departmental reform -- the need to elevate foreign aid programs to the same status and rigorous scrutiny as diplomacy -- that could change ...
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• CIA Agents Convicted of Kidnapping; Italian Officials Walk Free: Corriere Della Sera,Italy

  
  The Moderate Voice — Authority: 728
  Milan prosecutor Armando Spataro has done something no one else has: He has obtained the first convictions involving the CIA practice of ‘rendition.’ For those interested in reading the Italian coverage of yesterday’s first ever convictions for the U.S. government’s practice of ‘renditioning,’ this is ...
  3 days ago

• Quoting history: engaging in the information sphere

  
  MountainRunner — Authority: 490
  Years ago, the House Appropriations Committee opened an inquiry into “cultural diplomacy.” The response from the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs at the time was that it was a necessary response to the “enormous sums” our adversary was spending on propaganda, “possibly more than the rest of ...
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• Matt Damon, State Dept. Create Global Warming Propaganda PSA

  
  Big Hollywood — Authority: 815
  Recently, actor Matt Damon narrated a video for the State Department , addressing the problem of chronic  worldwide hunger. The video is extremely well made; those who watch it can’t help but be touched by it. This first minute of the three-minute video revolves around one problem: Hunger. Poor children are seen ...
  3 days ago

• Confirmed: At Last - Arturo Valenzuela to WHA!

  
  Diplopundit — Authority: 508
  Image from OASNominations of Shannon and Solomont still on hold One of the two administrations nominees for the Western Hemisphere has been confirmed. Arturo A. Valenzuela, President Obama’s nominee to be Assistant Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) bureau was confirmed by the Senate ...
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• Travel Problems

  
  Ahmnodt Heare for President — Authority: 126
  I am supposed to be leaving for the Meeting of Independent Presidential Candidates next weekend.  I had to renew my passport and I received it yesterday.  There is a slight problem with the updated passport:  My first name is spelled wrong.  For some reason, it is spelled “Amhnodt” instead of “Ahmnodt.” ...
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• The Role of New Media in a National Toy Recall

  
  Professional Blog Service — Authority: 466
  Never doubt the power of a few well-connected people, or a confluence of timing, technology, and information, to have a huge impact on events around the world. I got to witness one of these events firsthand, and even played a very small role in it. You may remember it. It turned out to be one of the biggest ...
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• Snapshot: Top 10 Recipients of US Foreign Aid

  
  Diplopundit — Authority: 508
  (click on image to see larger view) Extracted from CRS: State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2009 Appropriations | PDF
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• 23 US Officials: Rendered Guilty in Italy

  
  Diplopundit — Authority: 508
  Image via WikipediaSpyTalk’s Jeff Stein who was one of the 44 editorial employees canned by CQ-Roll Call in late September is now blogging at Huffington Post. He currently has a piece in Foreign Policy on the recent conviction of 23 US officials in Italy (FP | Rendered Guilty | November 4, 2009). Excerpts: ...
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