Word: summiteer
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...When I'm looking for something I've dropped on the carpet, I have a bit of a problem." ANGELA MERKEL German Chancellor and chair of a European Union summit that will ban 27 E.U. nations from using conventional lightbulbs by 2010; Merkel conceded that new energy-saving bulbs are "not yet quite bright enough...
ANGELA MERKEL, German Chancellor and chair of a European Union summit that decided to bar 27 E.U. nations from using conventional lightbulbs by 2010; Merkel conceded that energy-saving bulbs still aren't bright enough...
...both are languishing in the polls. Is it because it's early and they're not well known? Or is it just too much talk of Darfur--Brownback's cause--and food banks? Several weeks ago, I watched Huckabee lose an audience at the National Review's Conservative Summit with his talk of feeding the hungry and health care. "I think he's in the wrong party," a gentleman from Pennsylvania told...
...today in Hanoi for bilateral discussions aimed at normalizing relations between the two nations. (Like the U.S., Japan has never established official diplomatic connections with North Korea.) But while American negotiator Christopher Hill happily characterized his meetings with the North Koreans earlier this week as "very constructive," Japan's summit with the North never got off the ground. North Korea pulled out of a planned session yesterday afternoon, and today's talks lasted just 45 minutes. And guess what? It may be Japan's fault...
...When Japan's chief negotiator told reporters before the talks that the return of the abductees was his "main objective," it was clear the meetings were unlikely to go anywhere. Normally the blame for failure would fall squarely on North Korea's negotiators, who never met a summit they couldn't stall. But this time Pyongyang may have a point. If North Korea really is telling the truth - admittedly, an unusual occurrence - and there are no surviving abductees, there may be little that Pyongyang can do to satisfy Tokyo's demands...