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Netanyahu, Obama said the US diplomatic route to curb Iran's nuclear program would be reassessed by year's end.

It was no secret the U. S. was considering compulsory Iraq service for its diplomatic corps, but the e-mails sparked outrage nevertheless.

Some analysts say North Korea is trying to use the women as bargaining chips to gain a diplomatic advantage with the United States.

Appointing bishops has been a sore point between Beijing and the Vatican, which do not maintain official diplomatic ties.

"I thought it was girls' choice, " I said, too startled to be diplomatic.

The two nations account for a huge chunk of the U. S. defense budget, and a disproportionate amount of diplomatic attention and resources.

In leaving behind 60 years of diplomatic relations, this has created a great deal of critical comments, as well as of support.

Yet as a presidential candidate Mr Obama promised to seek some sort of diplomatic resolution in Kashmir.

The current diplomatic gridlock means that the Copenhagen summit is likely to produce a skeleton agreement at best.

But the big imponderable is how much appetite there is on both sides of the Atlantic for real diplomatic engagement.

For all his diplomatic fumbling, the second President Bush was right to call China a "strategic competitor" .

DIPLOMATIC stagecraft is a fine art, complete with its own lexicon of codes and cues.

This step-up in military coordination with Australia follows similar U. S. diplomatic forays around the South China Sea.

In much of the world, President Nicolas Sarkozy enjoys a reputation for being something of a diplomatic dynamo.

But there is no talk for the moment of opening diplomatic relations or of lifting the general trade embargo.

Since beginning to release the diplomatic cables last week, WikiLeaks has seen its bank accounts canceled and its web sites attacked.

Wen Jiabao, China's premier, can hail his visit to North Korea as a bit of a diplomatic coup.

This communique was unique in honestly setting forth differences rather than trying to cover them up with diplomatic double talk .

The old gentleman was as deliberate in his movements, and wore as subtle a smile, as though he were presiding over a diplomatic congress.

Turkey has no diplomatic ties with Armenia and refuses to open its border with the landlocked ex-Soviet republic.

It was the sort of nightmare diplomatic scenario that has the potential to become increasingly common as tension hots up around the globe.

It is all bringing our open contact with so much nearer, but we will still approach it through your diplomatic channels.

The United States has no formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan, but provides the island with weapons for defensive purposes.

It was after quite a bit of diplomatic activity, after a lot of consultation.

Given the key part that this incident is said to have played in the diplomatic scene , I can't refrain from registering my view .

But before we could be so diplomatic, Rich said, "You know, all it needs is a little soy sauce. "

It would be most unfortunate if this important flow of diplomatic information were a casualty of WikiLeaks' crusade for free information.

The US-Japan alliance, he said, would "continue to be the cornerstone of Japanese diplomatic policy" .

You could take these special unpaid leave, as they called them, and yet remain part of the diplomatic service, but not actually do any work.

Seven years of negotiations have not brought the U. S. any closer to its chief diplomatic goal with Kim, a nuclear-free Korean peninsula.

If they refused to give back these small islands, the two countries would not be able to normalize their diplomatic relations completely.

Someone close to Mr Aso said there would be "no discrepancy" between his approach to China, or other diplomatic issues, and that of Mr Abe.

He said that since the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Mauritius, bilateral relations have been growing smoothly.

Expect great feats of diplomatic draftsmanship when the report comes out in the next few days.

We have decided to break off the diplomatic relations with that country.

In addition , the former Soviet republic has ordered roughly half of the U. S. diplomatic staff serving in Belarus to leave the country .

Man behind the WikiLeaks: Julian Assange dropped secret dispatches from wars, but those diplomatic cables really put him in the spotlight.

"The diplomatic track is alive and well and I expect to see some developments along that track in the very near future, " he said.

He said that Uganda is one of the first African countries to establish diplomatic relations with China.

He said since the establishment of their diplomatic ties 21 years ago, the two countries have always maintained friendly relations.

"Northerners" would be excluded from any suffrage bill because their nuclear-armed country has no diplomatic ties with Japan.

He said he "will use all diplomatic means at my disposal to induce China to make these changes. "

Both sides, however, said the incident would not affect diplomatic ties.

Ultimately, Panitan said, the dispute will have to be settled bilaterally, as is the diplomatic norm.

Sino-American relationship has always been a delicate diplomatic question.

And measures that have the force of domestic law are more likely to stick than those signed up to in a treaty under diplomatic pressure.

Here's the question: How much difference would it really make if all these "private" diplomatic meetings were public?

The Iranian nuclear issue is at a critical juncture. The door to reaching a peaceful solution through diplomatic means is still open.

But before his remains could be returned to Iowa, there had to be diplomatic negotiations among Hungary, Russia and the United States.

He said, since the two countries established diplomatic ties 18 years ago, bilateral relations had maintained a momentum of vigorous growth.

However, since the reestablishment of diplomatic relation, Sino-Japan ties have always been unstable, and such kind of situation continues.

She said the Obama administration is pursuing a diplomatic track on the issue with Iran but within a specific time-frame.

But the key question is, though, said the strategic reciprocal relations, Japan has no strategy, no diplomatic leverage.

An Israeli official said the rampage marked a further deterioration of diplomatic ties between Israel and Egypt since the fall of Mubarak.

Now, win to have diplomatic relation especially, this kind of close association was more outstanding.

Meanwhile, some Japanese and Chinese media have portrayed the diplomatic debacle as the result of a misunderstanding by Tokyo officials.

Richardson's official status in the United States, but the governor of New Mexico, and diplomatic did not touch.

However, he did not mention the Japanese government will do with this incident, or whether Russia will protest through diplomatic channels.

It has, however, taken the catastrophe of the earthquake to translate the subsequent goodwill into a momentous diplomatic initiative.

Iran doesn't recognise Israel, has no diplomatic relations with it . . . Too bad, but I don't care.

She did not say anything diplomatic either. She sent me the web link to a diet website!

Yu suggested the North may be threatening the restoration of its Yongbyon facility as a means of gaining diplomatic leverage.

I've decided to send in an agent to gather intelligence. but if he gets caught it will stir up a hornet's nest on the diplomatic front.

Others may become a bit intimidated by your confidence, so be sure to be diplomatic and caring as you go along.

Brazil has, in practice, granted diplomatic asylum to Mr Zelaya (although its foreign ministry said he was just a guest).

He never managed diplomatic small-talk, tended to say the wrong thing, and packed his own instant noodles for state trips abroad.

Much as Washington might not like the AU, it cannot ignore the AU, nor afford to turn the AU into a diplomatic adversary.

It has no diplomatic relations and talks about the North's nuclear capabilities have ground to a halt.

"I'm stunned that this issue was resolved by such a clear diplomatic defeat, " he said.

The administration would also have to demonstrate that it had fully exhausted all diplomatic alternatives to war.

Another diplomatic source said the US state department would be dealing with the case soon.

The USA had not established diplomatic relations with Iran and the two countries were in tense situations.

But that will require the kind of diplomatic effort that this Administration has been reluctant to pursue.

He said the bilateral relations have developed well since the diplomatic ties were established more than 30 years ago.

U. S. officials said the move culminates months of growing diplomatic engagement between the U. S. and Syria.

Missions are headed by ambassadors , known as permanent representatives, who make up the core of the diplomatic community in New York.

Steinberg said the United States has been "deeply engaged with China and Russia" to sustain the effort to keep the diplomatic track open.

It said that it did not oppose the holding of a Diplomatic Conference on the protection of broadcasting organizations in 2007.

Internationally, the realization of the national interests of a country depends on the correctness of its diplomatic policies.

Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods, Sean Smith, and Chris Stevens were all killed in an outrageous attack on our diplomatic post in Benghazi.

Jiang said in his speech that this year China and Germany will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations.

He made the remarks at a reception commemorating the 30th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

My late husband was able to safe guard the fund with a very good diplomatic contact from my Country and deposited it in Thailand.

A giant in a Europe of diplomatic pygmies, Mr Bildt would make a fine EU foreign-policy chief.

The organization did not oppose the organization of a diplomatic conference.

After a few negotiations, the two countries decided to resume diplomatic relations that had been suspended for 10 years.

As you know, Beijing today has diplomatic ties with 171 countries of the world, while Taiwan has only 23.

This diplomatic crisis between Israel and Turkey had been simmering for more than a year.

Of course we've got to do preparations, starting with low-level diplomatic talks, and it may not work, because Iran is a rogue regime.

Mindful of his need for Angola's support on diplomatic, military and commercial fronts, Mr Kabila kept his mouth shut.

The Arab League "follow-up committee" is due to meet in Cairo to discuss the current diplomatic impasse in the next few days.

Clinton met with him twice, the U. S. diplomatic experts also believe that he is by far the most powerful candidate.

In 1890 a famous English Catholic, Cardinal Manning, said the Holy See's diplomatic activities were "a mere pageant" , a medieval relic.

For a world that still looks to the US for economic, political and diplomatic leadership, it would be a sobering moment.

Both Mr Abe and Mr Hu therefore have reason to turn the weekend's symbolic handshake into a bigger diplomatic opportunity.

"The government's diplomatic service is often a target for modern languages graduates, but is highly competitive, " Holbrough says.

Five thousand years of Chinese diplomatic history suggest it is more likely to respect a strong state than a weak and vacillating one.

Adoption of the new resolution by the Security Council does not mean the door to diplomatic efforts is closed.

With smoke still rising over Yeonpyeong island, no one expects China or any other country to stray beyond the bounds of diplomatic prudence.

Previously, they were often pictured together on diplomatic trips abroad, but in the last two years they have been seen together just twice.

The Bush administration has been walking a diplomatic tightrope throughout the Turkish cross-border offensive, which began a week ago.

Earlier this month, Mr Feng says he was surprised to see an old acquaintance, Wang Jiarui, striding to the diplomatic channel.

The centre of diplomatic gravity, however, appeared to be moving away from New York.

I said as much in the review, while regretting the missing sociology of diplomatic practice.

The Sierra Leone Authorities fully supported the prosecution of their officer and did not ratify his claim to diplomatic immunity.

Yang said the trip was another major diplomatic activity in Europe by a Chinese leader.

However, the Delegation said that it had shown flexibility in joining the consensus at the Diplomatic Conference.

Given the importance of the issue, the Delegation was of the view that it was necessary to discuss it in detail at a diplomatic conference.

Far from putting the dispute to one side, as Deng urged, China is escalating it into a full-blown diplomatic stand-off.

You have to be very diplomatic if you want him to approve of the plan.

Though Negroponte has no formal intel background he's an experienced consumer of intelligence having headed five U. S. diplomatic missions.

Our enemies . . . do not fear the United States for its diplomatic skills or the number of automobiles and software programs it produces.

Despite Assange's legal troubles, a WikiLeaks spokesman insisted the flow of secret U. S. diplomatic cables would not be affected.

Mr. Maliki said the two leaders also discussed negotiations over future diplomatic and military relations.

The project is also one of the biggest joint projects between the two governments since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1979 .

But the dispute was as much about whether Brazil and Turkey had really earned that large a role on the world's diplomatic stage.

He did not manage to control the army or set up diplomatic relations with Israel, but made it clear he wanted to.

If it is really necessary to keep it for purposes diplomatic work, it may be retained.

The minister denied reports that normalization of diplomatic relations between the two countries might be imminent.

Mr Obama would "use aggressively all the diplomatic avenues open to him to seek change in China's currency practices" , he said.

Obama is strongly supported in his international diplomatic outreach efforts by his Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton.

President Obama has already indicated he would be willing to engage Cuba in a well-prepared diplomatic dialogue.

It was a position that mattered far more to China than to Britain. The concession was presented as an exercise in diplomatic house-tidying.

The country's elite still want it to be seen as a progressive, democratic country and a serious diplomatic actor.

"Neither of us was loud or angry. It was a pretty 'diplomatic discussion' in terms of the interchange and tone, " Mr Wortzel recalls.

On Syria, China and the United States are about to tumble out of the diplomatic ring and onto the judge's table.

North Korea renewed its former position that it wouldn't give up weapons until the U. S. forges diplomatic relations with it.

The motivation for the sudden appreciation appeared to be diplomatic.

But it hasnonetheless been a force for good, getting everyone in the habit of discussingthe future of the region in a diplomatic setting.

"They are expending enormous amounts of money; they have a huge diplomatic presence across the Pacific, " she said.

We adore him for his integrity and brilliant diplomatic accomplishment.

While Latin American clubs have proliferated, the OAS remains the only regional diplomatic body which includes the United States.

Thirdly, it needs to be emphasized that political will is the precondition for diplomatic efforts. Multilateral diplomacy is no exception.

This seemed to concede China's point, that the meeting was not a matter of principle, but just one diplomatic bargaining chip among many.

He became the emperor's private advisor, diplomatic envoy, and in the name of the emperor travelled all over South East Asia.

The "predomination" is one of the important diplomatic policy after Chinese liberation with the principle of "independence and autonomy" .

The joint statement is billed as the fourth important document to be signed since the two countries restored diplomatic relations in 1972 .

It supported the convening of a diplomatic conference in 2007 since new problems would emerge if it were delayed.

If diplomatic recognition is not the main thing that marks out a country, what does?

Diplomatic gossip has it that the president could also cancel plans for state-of-the-art missile defences in Europe.

"Technically a launch is possible within three to four days, " an unnamed diplomatic source in Seoul told the publication.

India and Israel have had a defense alliance since 1992, when diplomatic relations between the countries were established.

After a century of hostility, Turkey and Armenia promised to establish diplomatic relations and reopen the border between them.

The Secretary in her speech called for a more economically literate diplomatic corps.

The Delegation of Indonesia advised that the General Assembly should consider wisely the recommendation to convene a diplomatic conference.

As the result of the incident the diplomatic ties between the two countries became severe.

The United States Friday suspended operations at its embassy in Libya after U. S. diplomatic personnel were airlifted out of the country.

The translation shall be certified by an official or sworn translator or by a diplomatic or consular agent .

As one of the core elements, military diplomacy is enough to affect China-ROK diplomatic relations.

Venezuela has broken off diplomatic relations with Colombia and ordered Colombian diplomats to leave the country by Sunday.

Instead it has turned by steps into a murder mystery, political scandal and diplomatic row with ups and downs but no end in sight.

The longer he stays away the more diplomatic ground he and the West seem to lose to Hamas and its friends.

And China did not confine itself to diplomatic displays of its displeasure.

Meanwhile Georgia's president is calling on the United States to use its diplomatic clout to help bring about an end to the conflict.

US State Department spokesman admitted the diplomatic faux pas, and joked that it is better a week early than a week late.

Bilateral relations have been developing smoothly since the two countries established diplomatic relations.

Suppose there was no such thing as a "private" diplomatic meeting or a back channel discussion.

The United States is continuing diplomatic contacts for a Gaza cease-fire despite Israel's rejection of a French-proposed 48-hour truce.

Beijing is eager for a visit free of protocol glitches or any other diplomatic embarrassments.

contend that Obama did not exhaust all diplomatic options before calling out the military.

The Vatican is the only country in Europe that has not established official diplomatic relations with China.

Beijing's diplomatic influence is expanding as well, supposedly thanks to its newfound soft power.

The Australian government needed to exert diplomatic pressure to protect the local industry, he said.

The United States is committed to devoting the diplomatic, economic, and technological resources necessary to advance these freedoms.

At a time of international tension, his "shoot from the hip" diplomatic style could even be destabilising.

But the international response to what amounts to a redrawing of Georgia's borders suggests diplomatic troubles ahead for the Kremlin.

But this traditional diplomatic approach ignores the networked nature of the Arab Spring.

The diplomatic faux pas was awkwardly admitted by spokesman PJ Crowley, who said: "Better a week early than a week late. "

The general trend in Germany to seeking a diplomatic solution for a "soft transition" remains a minority voice.

Do not put us in exchange for the lives of all pensions to foreign money used to create political and diplomatic Mei, sad!

in this particular incident, and beyond that I cannot review the contents of diplomatic discussions that occurred inside the consulate.

she led their diplomatic efforts south of the wall , as she had always done.

Third, it has an unusually independent foreign policy, which has turned the emirate into a diplomatic hub.

But simply grabbing as many diplomatic cables as you can get your hands on and making them public is not a socially worthy activity.

The case had led to a serious rift with America, which insisted Mr Davis enjoyed diplomatic immunity and should never have been detained.

Some of the debacles of our diplomatic history have been perpetrated by Presidents who fancied themselves negotiators.

After spending much time consumed by events out of their control, they felt some relief to be on the diplomatic offensive.

The building had been closed in advance of the protest and diplomatic staff were told to stay at home.

People comprised in production diplomatic policy should be very conscious of this.

Its prime condition was that talks be based on a Palestinian "consensus" , a euphemism for including them in the diplomatic fray.

Officials are suddenly less certain that this summer's Olympic games in Beijing will be the diplomatic triumph they had craved.

The convocation of any diplomatic conference shall be decided by the Assembly.

Indeed, the less Georgia can depend on the economic and diplomatic strength of the West, the more it will have to set its own course.

' He said that'Russia's action only exacerbates tensions and complicates diplomatic negotiations.

He mentions his chief of staff, Ed Llewellyn, who brings international contacts from his years as a diplomatic aide.

Diplomatic sources speaking on condition of not being identified said the man is a Korean-American businessman.

In general, your employer would probably prefer it if you avoided these topics or were at least diplomatic when expounding on them online.

In contrast, Beijing continues to hold out hope of a diplomatic solution, even as it pledged cooperation.

diplomatic option is the fifth and the Ottoman Empire withIn the "Northern War" in alliance with Sweden, jointly crack down on Russia.

It was intended to be moved by diplomatic means but it never happened due to death of depositor whose interest I represented.

That was the origin of the thing that became Independent Diplomat , the world's first diplomatic advisory group and a non- profit to boot .

Britain's defense secretary says a small british diplomatic team is in eastern Libya to try to talk to rebels there.

Hiding behind the diplomatic support of Russia and, especially, China, it has been able to do that.

In diplomatic language this was an invitation to a limited war.

The publication of the sensitive diplomatic cables Sunday exposed years of U. S. foreign-policy maneuvering.

The leaked cables show sometimes-derogatory ways America's allies referred to diplomatic partners.

In international diplomatic events, the host country is usually given a free hand to prepare the agenda.

Diplomatic overtures to Iran might be linked to a renewed push for progress on the Palestinian question.

Fathoming the intentions of the men in turbans who run Iran has long proved one of the hardest of diplomatic tasks (see article).

He argues the West must put the sanctions up for negotiation at any upcoming talks if a diplomatic solution is to be found.

Decades later, diplomatic relations have been restored and the two nations, at least in public, call each other friend.

But, if anything, the episode is likely to confirm US instincts that the multilateral diplomatic route is still the best way to go.

We always maintain that diplomatic negotiations are the best way out for the issue.

This year, the United States and China are celebrating 30 years of ever-growing and ever-improving diplomatic relations.

China and North Korea will celebrate the 60th anniversary of their diplomatic relations in 2009 in a 'Year of Friendship', reports AP.

Recognition of Taiwan as part of China has long been a requirement of diplomatic relations with China.

Note that the other diplomatic role, that of Advocate, will usually lag a little behind simple because it gets a little less practice.

The State Department was pressing for a diplomatic solution to reduce Arab's resentment of the United States.

He's been a congressman, cabinet secretary and diplomatic troubleshooter.

Therefore, Ostpolitik, which represented Germany to break through the diplomatic difficult position was officially announced.

He tried to be diplomatic when he refused their invitation .

I traveled to what was called Peking at the time, before we established diplomatic ties.

The diplomatic process would certainly be dealt a significant setback but that does not mean that we are going to give up on this issue.

But a Turkish diplomatic source said that Ankara is determined not to be drawn into the conflict.

But, in an age that favours diplomatic skills as well as technical ones, Exxon may be at a particular disadvantage.

For the first time since 1993, Taiwan is not to ask its little band of 23 diplomatic partners to propose it for UN membership.

THE diplomatic process leading up to the climate-change conference in Copenhagen in December is gathering speed.

Nowadays, conflict resolution is a very specialized form of diplomatic negotiations, requiring many skills.

It is above criticism that we invite the head of state of a country having normal diplomatic relations with China.

The U. S. granting of diplomatic privileges to Taiwanese members of this body, he added, constituted a violation of Chinese sovereignty.

Such inspection shall be conducted in the presence of the diplomatic agent or of his authorized representative.

For China, the potential break-up is one of the biggest diplomatic tests yet for Beijing's ambitious push into overseas natural resources.

After the Cold War, environmental diplomacy is rising up in the status of Japanese diplomatic strategy.

China attaches great importance to ties with Russia and always takes the relationship with Russia as one of its diplomatic priorities.

The United States is still hopeful of a diplomatic solution.

He gathered his senior intelligence, military and diplomatic team together in the Situation Room on Thursday afternoon to hear his options.

How to deal with such a large, important country that refuses to live by the diplomatic rules of the rest of the world?

Indonesia now wants to raise its diplomatic game, acting the part of a regional power with a global impact.

The implementation of this diplomatic strategy made China rapidly out of the plight of isolation of the international community after 1989.

The decision to quarantine the hotel contributed to a diplomatic dispute between China and Mexico over Beijing's handling of the virus.

President Jimmy Carter welcomed Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping to the White House following the establishment of diplomatic relations.

Tang said that this year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Greece.

President Chavez' diplomatic announcement came near the end of day-long hemispheric consultations at the fifth Summit of the Americas.

The private residence of a diplomatic agent shall enjoy the same inviolability and protection as the premises of the mission.

Differences of interest, affluence, political ideology, and diplomatic approach are among the obstacles.

The most visible result, apart from Ecuador's resumption of full diplomatic ties, has been a cautious truce with Venezuela.

The Burmese regime says that it follows the one-China policy and has no diplomatic ties with Taiwan.

Muntarbhorn dropped any diplomatic niceties as he rounded on the regime's treatment of its own people.

Beck's Mercedes, with its large diplomatic medallion on the radiator drove up the wharf and stopped.

A diplomatic row almost broke out, but now the Florentines are seriously afraid that surgery would be the best option for the forward.

Article 11. The diplomatic courier shall be provided with a courier certificate issued by the competent authorities of the sending State.

The resolution comes a day after Georgia said it was cutting its diplomatic staff in its Moscow embassy to a minimum.

Perform a thorough assessment of possible threats to its space assets, and the best options, military and diplomatic, for countering them.

It is of course standard operating procedure for governments around the world to give their intelligence agents diplomatic cover.

Therefore, a historical and in-depth study of Anti-Japanese War of Mao Zedong's diplomatic thoughts is of great significance.

The Delegation supported that the General Assembly decide to convene a diplomatic conference as proposed.

and the diplomatic and service passports shall be designed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and made under its supervision.

If he gets the job, how is Mr. Locke likely to fare in one of the U. S. 's most important, and arguably most challenging, diplomatic posts?

The United States devoted much diplomatic energy to undermining the court and demanding total immunity for Americans.

Iran said Tuesday it would consider a request from the United States to open a diplomatic presence.