Vatican rejects French nominated gay ambassador

Diplomatic relations between France and the Vatican aren't exactly at an all-time high. In fact perhaps it wouldn't be unfair to call them somewhat strained - and that's in spite of the Papal visit to this country...

Appointment of New Diplomat Hailed as 'Brilliant'

When I read in a Department of State news release this morning that Fran Drescher will be appointed the nation’s newest public diplomacy envoy Monday morning, I immediately surmised that Condoleezza Rice and her...

Rice in Georgia on peace mission

Condoleeza Rice has arrived in Tblisi, a visit that is likely to be seen as confrontational by Russia. Rice is not going to also visit Moscow, instead returning directly to the US from Georgia. "U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Georgia Friday on the second...

North Korea still evil, US says

North Korea is still a terrorist state after all, the US said today. "The US will not immediately remove North Korea from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, the secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, said...

Observing Brazil - Argentina Relations

The relationship between Brazil and Argentina are better with Cristina Kirchner than they were with Nestor Kirchner. Though we must consider that during the first 100 days of Cristina`s government, she has been involved mostly with domestic problems, and not with foreign...

New York Times Op-Ed: Israel Will Attack Iran

"Yes, you read my title correctly. Today's New York Times includes an op-ed piece by Benny Morris, a Professor of Middle Eastern history at Ben Gurion University. He claims Israel will most certainly attack Iran...

Rice acknowledges US policy shift on Iran

I think its high time people start talking with one another, online talking, not committing anything. I think this is the right step forward. "Rice acknowledges US policy shift on Iran 6 hours ago WASHINGTON (AFP)...

Obama to target sanctuaries in tribal areas in Pakistan

Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama will  attempt  to  exterminate the tribal sanctuaries in Pakistan and shift focus from Iraq to other areas."White House hopeful Barack Obama on Tuesday promised to shift the “single-minded” US focus on Iraq to a...

Sudan makes diplomatic efforts to block Darfur genocide case

After Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was charged by the prosecutor (Luis Moreno-Ocampo) of International Criminal Court (ICC) yesterday, his government unveil its diplomatic plan to stop the genocide case on Darfur: pressure on UN, refuse ICC jurisdiction to...

McCain, Obama Respond to Iran Missile Test

By Albert N. Milliron, Editor, Politisite.comIran said today it had tested  long-range missiles with the ability to reach U.S. in the Persian Gulf.  Iran futher related that these missle have guidence that...

South Africa's Mbeki in Zimbabwe to meet Mugabe

Thabo Mbeki, the South African President, arrived in Zimbabwe today to meet with Robert Mugabe, ahead of next week's presidential run-off poll."Mbeki arrived in the capital Harare just before 1 pm local time (1100...

30th Anniversary of "Ping-pong Diplomacy" Marked in Beijing

Pop culture references to this historic event is a thing of the past. This break through moment of US-China relations was revisited in the movie Forrest Gump- but other than that, only the Baby Boomers remember. What...

Activists send female underwear to Burmese embassies

Allrighty then..." Activists exasperated at the failure of diplomacy to apply pressure on Burma's military regime are resorting to a new means of protest against the regime's recent crackdown: sending female...

Obama pledges Cuba policy change

If elected the next US president, Barack Obama says his will seek direct diplomacy with communist Cuba."The frontrunner for his party's nomination for the presidency was speaking to Cuban exiles in Florida.Mr Obama...

Blogger Chats with Former Ambassador to Israel

As promised in a post this morning, I made a guest appearance on BBC’s WORLD Have Your Say program at Noon (Central). To my surprise, the appearance afforded me the opportunity to exchange views on the subject of...

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