...own country in the Brazilian Embassy , early on Friday declared dead a pact to end the crisis, while de facto leader Roberto Micheletti said he would form a new government without Zelaya 's participation. The United States and the...

In this article: Manuel Zelaya, Roberto Micheletti, United States, Banana, Supreme Court, Organization of American States, and Honduras

...way for a government that does not stand up against corruption," he said Friday in London. President Barack Obama had earlier warned Karzai that he must fight corruption, just as the U.S. must decides whether to raise troop levels or...

In this article: United Nations, Hamid Karzai, Ban Ki-moon, Taliban, U.N. Security Council, Abdullah Abdullah, Barack Obama, U.S., Narcotic, and NATO

...of Kazakhstan that a recent spike in the country 's population was due to the virility of its menfolk. Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi , center, is photographed with two unidentified women in Sardinia , 2004 Photo: AP Silvio Berlusconi ,...

In this article: Silvio Berlusconi, Borat, Nursultan Nazarbayev, Rome, Kazakhstan, Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Sacha Baron Cohen, Sardinia, and Italy

...government would be installed. And by law, it should be presided by the president of Honduras , Manuel Zelaya ," Reina said. Shortly before midnight, Micheletti announced that a unity government had been created even though Zelaya had not...

In this article: Manuel Zelaya, Roberto Micheletti, United States, Honduras, Tegucigalpa, and Washington

By Fiona Ortiz Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said on Thursday that a deal to end a four-month political crisis was at risk of collapse but behind the scenes negotiators worked to form a temporary cabinet to run the country.

In this article: Manuel Zelaya, Roberto Micheletti, Honduras, United States, Supreme Court, TeleSUR, and Ricardo Lagos

...to break the deadlock in negotiations to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told the Financial Times he would speak to Barack Obama , US president, next week to urge him and other leaders to go to Copenhagen on...

In this article: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Copenhagen, Gordon Brown, Barack Obama, Barcelona, UN, Hu Jintao, and Manmohan Singh

...going to make any difference," Mullen told a conference in Washington. After weeks of internal deliberations, President Barack Obama's advisers appear to be moving toward a hybrid war strategy combining counterinsurgency with...

In this article: Hamid Karzai, Mike Mullen, United States, Washington, Barack Obama, Taliban, Pentagon, NATO, Afghanistan, and Kabul

By Raymond Colitt - Analysis Emboldened by emergency measures that helped pull Brazil out of a brief recession , President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is intervening more aggressively in the economy and betting on big government. While...

In this article: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Big government, Sao Paulo, Joint venture, Recession, and Arminio Fraga

... Karzai makes his Cabinet appointments. Then we will have a better idea about his intentions." Obama said Monday that Karzai had assured him in a telephone call that " he understood the importance of this moment." "But as I indicated to...

In this article: Hamid Karzai, Abdullah Abdullah, Barack Obama, Kabul, U.S., Mohammed Fahim, Afghanistan, and Taliban insurgency

...appointments and gives more authority to local leaders, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. The proposed deal could help President Barack Obama make the case for a counterinsurgency strategy that hinges in large part on success winning Afghan...

In this article: Hamid Karzai, United States, Barack Obama, Taliban, Kabul, Robert Gibbs, U.N., Angela Merkel, White House, and Afghanistan

...questioned, while Karzai himself faces a newly strengthened opposition. Karzai 's return removes at least one obstacle as President Barack Obama weighs whether to send up to 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan , where violence this year reached...

In this article: Hamid Karzai, Taliban, Barack Obama, Kabul, Afghanistan, U.N., Gordon Brown, and Washington

...as a weak leader in charge of a government riddled with corruption, Karzai has been told by U.S. President Barack Obama , British Prime Minister Gordon Brown , U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and others that he must do more. Some analysts...

In this article: Hamid Karzai, Abdullah Abdullah, Barack Obama, Ban Ki-moon, Gordon Brown, Taliban, Washington, Afghanistan, and U.N.

...there was now a new government in Germany? No? Then give credit -- both for the victory and the fact that you haven't heard about it -- to Angela Merkel , chancellor of Germany. Even if you knew all of that, you might as well cheer anyway,...

In this article: Angela Merkel, Germany, Europe, European Union, Nicolas Sarkozy, Helmut Kohl, Sausage, Potato, Christian Democrat, and Recession

...of the presidency. The first round of voting in August was marred by widespread fraud in favor of Karzai. U.S. President Barack Obama , who is mulling boosting U.S. troops in Afghanistan , congratulated Karzai , but told him in a...

In this article: Hamid Karzai, Abdullah Abdullah, Barack Obama, Kabul, Afghanistan, Gordon Brown, United States, and Taliban

Adds quotes) The White House said on Monday Hamid Karzai was the legitimate president of Afghanistan and that President Barack Obama's decision on whether to send more U.S. troops there was still weeks away. White House spokesman Robert...

In this article: Hamid Karzai, Barack Obama, Robert Gibbs, Afghanistan, White House, United States, and Abdullah Abdullah

Presidents Shimon Peres of Israel , Mahmud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority and Hugo Chavez of Venezuela all will pay visits to Argentina this month to meet with President Cristina Kirchner , officials said on Sunday. Chavez will be in...

In this article: Shimon Peres, Hugo Chavez, Argentina, Mahmud Abbas, Cristina Kirchner, Ideology, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Entre Rios

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , a day after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned that the West is 'not going to wait forever' for Iran to accept a UN -backed nuclear deal. posted November 01, 2009 at 10:46 am EST • A daily...

In this article: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Hillary Clinton, Uranium, The Guardian, IRNA, UN, Tehran, and US

...said Tuesday, as the world awaited Tehran 's response to a nuclear deal that could ease tensions with the West. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has long insisted Iran has a right to pursue its nuclear ambitions, but the remarks Tuesday...

In this article: Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Uranium, U.N., Tehran, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Russia, Islam, and Geneva