Word: ultimatum
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...from the captain, public sentiment is on the activists' side. In a national poll conducted in January, 94% of Australians said they were against whaling. The Australian Greens Party will welcome the Sea Shepherd fleet when they return, and on Feb. 19, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd gave Japan an ultimatum: Stop whaling by November, or the Australian government will take Japan to the International Court of Justice...
...ultimatum of sorts. And in today's Washington, it is what passes for an invitation to bipartisan compromise. - With reporting by Michael Duffy / Washington...
...harsh criticisms of Israeli actions, in line with Turkish public opinion. But even the usually critical opposition joined hands with the government in denouncing Ayalon's action, which was taken as a humiliation of the Turkish people as a whole. Within hours, President Abdullah Gul had issued a formal ultimatum that unless Israel issued a formal public apology, Turkey - by far Israel's most important ally in the Muslim world - would recall its ambassador. Initially, Ayalon folded his arms and said he had nothing for which to apologize...
...Finally, on Wednesday, as the clock ticked down on Turkey's ultimatum, Ayalon came out with a full, written formal apology that satisfied the Turkish Foreign Ministry. "I had no intention to humiliate you personally and apologize for the way the démarche was handled and perceived," he wrote. "Please convey this to the Turkish people for whom we have great respect ... Although we have our differences of opinion on several issues, they should be discussed and solved only through open, reciprocal and respectful diplomatic channels between our two governments...
...tight deadlines and to the same goal as its predecessor - persuading Iran to abandon uranium enrichment, even for peaceful purposes. That combination of factors was clear in the fate of the Tehran Research Reactor fuel deal, which Obama's own deadline had turned into a kind of last-chance ultimatum...