WikiLeaks’ Assange has lung trouble: Ecuador envoy
“He has a chronic lung condition that could worsen at any time,” Ambassador Ana Alban told reporters ahead of an annual gathering of Ecuador’s diplomatic corps with President Rafael Correa in Quito....
View ArticleUN envoy ends “very worrisome” Western Sahara-Morocco talks
The two opposing parties are Morocco, who annexed this region after Spain withdrew in 1976, and Polisario, who are the rebels fighting for the independence they were once promised. bertb news feed
View ArticleVogue Editor Wintour Said Possible Pick as U.K. Envoy.
President Barack Obama is considering nominating Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of Vogue, as his next ambassador to either the U.K. or France as he looks to reward his biggest fundraisers with embassies...
View ArticleLavrov Meeting Planned With Clinton and Syria Envoy Brahimi.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were expected to meet international Syria mediator Lakhdar Brahimi in Dublin on Thursday to try to put a UN peace process for...
View ArticlePaul Farmer – Haiti cholera envoy Wikipedia
He is an obvious choice for the post. Remarkably he is weel respected by both sides of the political spectrum and activists. I am checking out the book about him right now. If somebody seems like...
View ArticleIran all set to finance IP gas pipeline project: envoy
Iran is prepared to finance Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline once the technical talks are concluded as no foreign restriction would hinder the project. WT news feed
View ArticleCaroline Kennedy Said to Be Candidate for Envoy to Japan.
As Obama replaces Cabinet members, he is also rounding out his diplomatic representatives and rewarding those who worked for his re-election. WT news feed
View ArticleBahrain seeks to end US envoy ‘interference’
The US seems just a little too active in the home base of the US Fifth Fleet. Bahrain is a nation ruled by Sunni’s but populated by Shiites. bertb news feed
View ArticleUS envoy holds border talks with rebels: Syria rebel commander
“US food and medical assistance was being delivered. He was accompanying the aid shipment,” he added. bertb news feed
View ArticleUN AIDS envoy criticises Russian prosecution of addicts
Russian has the world’s biggest heroin problem and the biggest Aids problem in the world. Things will probably improve when the Taliban are back in power. bertb news feed
View ArticleUN envoy warns of Iraq’s ‘dangerous path’
The UN seems to have given up on Iraq and expects a new civil war. Before that happens they need to get the exile Iranian MEK army out of Iraq. bertb news feed
View ArticleU.S. envoy to visit North Korea over jailed American
The United States will send its North Korean human rights envoy to Pyongyang this week to seek the release of an imprisoned U.S. Christian missionary, the State Department said on Tuesday. The Daily...
View ArticleSyria envoy warns of ‘Somalisation’ if peace efforts fail
UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, in Syria Tuesday on the most sensitive leg of a regional push for peace talks, has warns of the ‘Somalisation’ of the war-ravaged country. The Daily Star >>...
View Article‘Nobody walking out’ of Syria peace talks: UN envoy
Neither of the warring sides in the Syria peace talks under way in Geneva was prepared to give up Tuesday despite two days of deadlock, the UN mediator in the negotiations said. The Daily Star >>...
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