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...Russian President Vladimir Putin, with the radioactive metalloid polonium 210. The CPS's move, although welcomed by Litvinenko's widow, Marina, and officially backed by the British government, injected fresh toxin into Russian-U.K. relations already weakened by the affair. British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett told Russia's ambassador in London, Yuri Fedotov, that the U.K. expects "full cooperation." But Russia's own public prosecutor responded that the country's constitution does not permit it to extradite Russian citizens...
...Security Council similar to the one used by U.S. Presidents to provide him advice and analysis on international and diplomatic issues. The unit will import around 30 foreign policy strategists from the Foreign Ministry, and it will be directed by Jean-David Levitte - a former Chirac advisor, United Nations ambassador and, since 2002, a well-respected ambassador...
...developed the ability to democratically resolve our issues," says Hakan Altinay, director of the Open Society Institute, a pro-democracy group in Istanbul. "We can't say that now. A society that cannot reach a consensus on its own has a serious problem." Mark Parris, a former U.S. ambassador to Turkey and a scholar at the Brookings Institution in Washington, echoes his concern, warning that for Turkish democracy the stakes "could not be higher. We're heading into a highly polarizing and divisive campaign in which the outcome is unclear and at the end of which the military...
...silver hair, urbane style and tendency to quote the classics, Jack Valenti, head of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) for four decades, was an erudite icon. A tenacious athlete--he got his Taekwondo black belt at 78--Valenti was well suited to his role as Hollywood lobbyist-ambassador. One of Lyndon Johnson's closest aides, he was in the motorcade in which John F. Kennedy was killed and attended Johnson's sober swearing-in on Air Force One. As head of the MPAA from 1966 to 2004, he championed open markets for movies, fought digital piracy, decried censorship...
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Dan Gillerman—the first Israeli to be appointed to the position from the private sector—presented an optimistic outlook for the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict in an animated talk at the Institute of Politics last night. Gillerman, establishing a lively atmosphere at the onset with his sense of humor and oratory ease, delved deep into the contentious issues of the conflict by outlining specific measures needed to be undertaken by both sides of the conflict. Gillerman said that these included the need for global recognition...