United States Department of State

...Rice, who scandalized human rights activists by calling him "a good friend." Her comment came after the publication of a State Department report with a long list of human rights abuses in Equatorial Guinea including torture,...

In this article: Teodoro Obiang Nguema, Riggs Bank, Equatorial Guinea, Condoleezza Rice, U.S., Washington, and Spain

...home on June 28 and threw him out of the country, sparking Central America's biggest political crisis since the end of the Cold War. The U.S. State Department says Sunday's election is "a democratic way forward for the Honduran people" after...

In this article: Manuel Zelaya, Roberto Micheletti, Honduras, Barack Obama, Tegucigalpa, National Party, Liberal Party, and Supreme Court

...and Tanzania that killed 224 people, including 12 Americans. Somalia is among a handful of places where terrorists can train openly. The U.S. State Department says terrorist training also takes place in Afghanistan, Pakistan, parts of...

In this article: Somalia, United States, Al-qaida, Islam, Al-Shabab, Mogadishu, Suicide, and Minneapolis

...the first review of Washington's position since 2003. ''While our review is ongoing, our current policy remains in effect,'' a State Department spokesman, Ian Kelly, said on Saturday, on the eve of the Cartagena Summit on a...

In this article: Colombia, US, International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Human Rights Watch, State Department, and United Nations

...sought to buy 1000 letter bombs from Greek arms dealers while working as a Libyan intelligence officer. The documents, prepared by the State Department, raise further questions about the wisdom of the Scottish government in releasing...

In this article: Libya, Pan Am Flight 103, Tiger Woods, State Department, Kenny MacAskill, The Sunday Times, Centre for Strategic Studies, and Cancer

...said on Friday. At the end of a trip to Sudan by President Barack Obama's special envoy Scott Gration, the State Department said it saw little movement on issues such as voter registration and border delineation between Khartoum and...

In this article: Scott Gration, State Department, Sudan, Darfur, Washington, Khartoum, Ideology, United Nations, and Barack Obama

...Multimedia & Internet, Art, Precious Metals, Legal Issues Looting Matters: Coin Dealers and Collectors Lose Case Against the US State Department SWANSEA, Wales, Nov. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- David Gill, archaeologist, reflects on the...

In this article: State Department, Richard J. Leon, Cyprus, Plaintiff, and Freedom of Information Act

By Jeremy Pelofsky A former U.S. State Department official and his wife pleaded guilty on Friday to charges that they spied for almost three decades for the Communist-led Cuban government. Walter Kendall Myers had "top secret" clearance...

In this article: Cuba, State Department, Washington, Fidel Castro, U.S., David Kris, Foreign Service Institute, and FBI

...and online fundraising. The Iranian election protesters in 2009 using Twitter to spread their word, a movement that prompted the U.S. State Department to ask Twitter to keep the site up and running. That's a pretty good list, but of course...

In this article: Twitter, Webby Awards, Firefox, Salesforce, Iphone, Craigslist, Google Chrome, File sharing, E mail, and Cloud computing

MPA and State Department partner to revamp historical rooms for the holidays. The Magazine Publishers of America announced today that the U.S. State Department has enlisted the magazine industry to help decorate 17 rooms for the holiday...

In this article: State Department, Better Homes and Gardens, Blair House, Hearst, Harry S. Truman, and Washington, D.C.