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...leadership for some time, and U.N. officials in Kabul are openly calling for such talks, urging the Afghan government to enable them by having the names of a number of senior Taliban leaders taken off a U.N. terrorist-watch list so they can travel. Turkey is even offering to broker regional peace talks involving the Taliban and Afghanistan's neighbors. (See pictures of the presidential election in Afghanistan...
...political career that spanned all of India's 61 years as an independent nation, Jyoti Basu, 95, was the face of India's Communist Party. He was epitome of a certain kind of leftist - urbane, westernized and a skilled power broker - and his death on Jan. 17 has prompted eulogizing from every corner of Indian public life...
...further rows seem inevitable. Turkey's newfound ambition to become a major regional power broker has seen an energetic forging of ties with Arab and Central Asian countries. Asserting a foreign policy increasingly independent of Washington, Turkey has not hesitated to criticize Israel's actions against the Palestinians, defend Iran's nuclear program and expand economic ties at a moment when the U.S. seeks to isolate Tehran, and repair relations with Syria. Israel's leaders warn publicly that they believe Turkey is moving into the region's Islamist orbit, and hard-liners within Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government...
Daniel C. Hill, a lawyer from Charlestown, has also declared his intention to run. On Tuesday, Chelsea real estate broker Michael Albano told the Boston Herald that he planned to formally announce his candidacy on Thursday, and the Boston Globe has named Sal DiDomenico, Galluccio’s chief of staff, as a potential candidate...
...Daniel C. Hill, a Charlestown lawyer, both stated their intention to run. Galluccio’s chief of staff Sal DiDomenico and Cambridge City Councillors Marjorie C. Decker and E. Denise Simmons have been named as possible contenders in the race. In addition, the Boston Globe named real estate broker Michael Albano as a potential candidate...