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Karzai set to resolve Afghan crisis, says Clinton

October 20, 2009 World

Washington: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the Afghan President will “set the stage” for resolving the political crisis by announcing his intentions today. Clinton also hoped that the crisis in the war-torn country would be resolved soon.

At the same time a UN-backed panel threw out nearly a third of Hamid Karzai’s votes from [...]

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Indian women peacekeepers have set an example: Hillary Clinton

October 1, 2009 World

In preventing violence against women and girls in Liberia, Indian women peacekeepers have set an example that must be emulated in UN peacekeeping missions across the world, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said.
“I recently met with an all women police unit from India in Liberia who provide an excellent example of the steps a [...]

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US not ’satisfied’ despite Pakistan’s pledge to fight terror

September 28, 2009 World

Pakistan has increased its commitment in the fight against terrorism, but the Obama administration is still not “satisfied”, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said, pointing to the large presence of the Al Qaeda and the Taliban country.
“Well, look at, again, what has happened in the last nine months. Pakistan has increased its commitment in [...]

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Clinton discusses North Korea with Asian counterparts

September 22, 2009 World

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Monday met foreign ministers from Japan, South Korea and Australia to weigh action on North Korea’s nuclear programme and Tokyo’s call for a shake-up in the US-Japanese relationship.
The meetings came at the start of a week of major diplomacy in New York as world leaders gathered for the annual [...]

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Clinton warns ‘more isolation, economic pressure’ on Iran

September 19, 2009 Business

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday that Iran’s defiance on the nuclear issue would lead to “more isolation and economic pressure”.
“There will be accompanying costs for Iran’s continued defiance: more isolation and economic pressure, less possibility of progress for the people of Iran,” she said in a speech at the Brookings Institution, a [...]

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Clinton to discuss energy projects in Pakistan

September 19, 2009 World

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to announce a number of energy projects in Pakistan during her visit to the country, a media report said Friday.
The matter was discussed during a meeting between US envoy to Pakistan Anne W. Patterson and Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani here Friday.
They also discussed other bilateral [...]

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Counter-terrorism, Pakistan dominate Chidambaram talks in US

September 10, 2009 World

Building on institutional exchanges between intelligence and law-enforcement agencies of India and the US has been the thrust of Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram’s meetings with top officials of the Obama administration. This enhanced cooperation will be underlined in his meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Thursday evening.
Officials of the FBI, intelligence and security [...]

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Former Clinton fundraising chief charged with bank fraud

August 26, 2009 Business

A Democratic Party fundraiser and former finance chairman of Hillary Clinton’s presidential run was arrested Tuesday for an alleged attempt to defraud Citibank of $74 million.
Hassan Nemazee, an Iranian-American and chief executive of Nemazee Capital Corporation, was charged with one count of bank fraud in a New York federal court, the US Justice Department said. [...]

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Releasing Lockerbie bomber is wrong: Clinton

August 19, 2009 World

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said Scotland will be “wrong” to release a Libyan man serving a life sentence in Scotland for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people.
“It is obviously wrong to release someone who has been in prison based on the evidence about his involvement in such a horrendous crime,” [...]

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Obama and Bill brought ‘enormous intelligence’ to White House: Hillary Clinton

August 10, 2009 World

Both President Barack Obama and former president Bill Clinton brought “just enormous intelligence” to the nation’s top job, says the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton comparing the way the two functioned.
“Well, I think both of them bring just enormous intelligence to the job,” she told CNN in an interview broadcast Sunday when asked what [...]

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