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NKorea tensions spike at Asian security forum (AP)

July 23rd, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in world

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, signs the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation along with others  at the end of the 17th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), in Hanoi, Vietnam, Friday, July 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Hoang Dinh Nam, Pool)AP - North Korea inflamed tensions over the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship by threatening the United States and South Korea on Friday with a physical response if they carry out naval maneuvers this weekend. The U.S. refused to back down.


NKorea tensions spike at Asian security forum (AP)

July 23rd, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in world

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, center left, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center right,  pause for a photo during a bilateral meeting at the 17th Association of Southeast Asian Nation Regional Forum on Friday July 23, 2010 in  Hanoi.   (AP Photo/Paul J. Richards, Pool)AP - North Korea on Friday threatened the United States and South Korea with a physical response to planned weekend naval exercises as tensions with the communist nation rose in the aftermath of the sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on the North.


NKorea tensions spike at Asian security forum (AP)

July 23rd, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in world

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, center left, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center right,  pause for a photo during a bilateral meeting at the 17th Association of Southeast Asian Nation Regional Forum on Friday July 23, 2010 in  Hanoi.   (AP Photo/Paul J. Richards, Pool)AP - North Korea on Friday threatened the United States and South Korea with a physical response to planned weekend naval exercises as tensions with the communist nation rose in the aftermath of the sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on the North.


Clinton pushes Vietnam on human rights progress (AP)

July 22nd, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in world

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, shakes hands with Vietnam's Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem at the Government Guest House in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday, July, 22, 2010. Clinton is in the Vietnamese capital to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum on security. (AP Photo/Julian Abram Wainwright, Pool)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday urged Vietnam to improve its human rights record but also pledged greater cooperation in dealing with the lingering impact of Agent Orange from the Vietnam War.


Clinton warns Myanmar on NKorea cooperation (AP)

July 22nd, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in world

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks with reporters during a press conference at the Government Guest House in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday, July 22, 2010. Clinton is in the Vietnamese capital to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum on security. (AP Photo/Julian Abram Wainwright, Pool)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned Myanmar's military rulers on Thursday against any cooperation with North Korea on a nuclear program and called on the junta to hold free and fair elections this year.


Clinton announces new US sanctions against NKorea (AP)

July 21st, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in world

U.S. Army Col. Kurt Taylor, right, briefs U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, and U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, 2nd right, at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul, South Korea Wednesday, July 21, 2010, in Seoul, South Korea.  (AP Photo/Paul J. Richards, Pool)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced Wednesday that Washington will impose new sanctions on communist North Korea in a bid to stem the regime's illicit atomic ambitions.


Clinton: US, world stand with Afghanistan (AP)

July 20th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in world
AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday vowed the United States and its allies will stand by Afghanistan even as fears are growing about the course of the nearly 9-year-old war and the Obama administration plans to begin withdrawing American troops from the country next year.

Clinton to Afghan women: You will not be forgotten (AP)

July 20th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in world
AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday assured Afghan women that they will not be forgotten amid fears that peace efforts and a scaled-down foreign troop presence will bring Islamist extremists into the government.

Clinton in Afghanistan to refine war aims (AP)

July 19th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in world

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari at the Presidential Palace in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, July 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul J. Richards, Pool)AP - Struggling to overcome growing concern about the course of the war in Afghanistan, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday she detected a subtle but favorable shift in public opinion in key ally Pakistan as she pressed Afghan leaders on reform and security improvements.


Clinton: Daughter’s wedding is nerve-racking (AP)

July 18th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in world

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at a joint press conference with Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, not in the photo, in Islamabad, Pakistan on Monday, July 19, 2010. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says daughter Chelsea's approaching wedding is making nervous wrecks of both parents.