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Kerry-Seoul trip

April 3, 2013 18:15
By Lee Chi-dong WASHINGTON, April 3 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Seoul next week as part of his first regional trip since taking office, his department said Wednesday. North Korea is expected to be high on the agenda, along with bilateral and other global issues, in his meeting with senior South Korean officials there.

Kerry-Seoul trip

April 3, 2013 18:01
By Lee Chi-dong WASHINGTON, April 3 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Seoul next week as part of his first regional trip since taking office, his department said Wednesday. North Korea is expected to be high on the agenda, along with bilateral and other global issues, in his meeting with senior South Korean officials there.

John Kerry speaks some Norwegian too!

March 12, 2013 20:30
US Secretary of State John Kerry showed off more of his hidden language skills on Tuesday, revealing he still knew some Norwegian picked up as a boy when he spent a couple of years in Oslo. And he won praise from his Norwegian counterpart Espen Barth Eide, who said after talks at the State Department that Kerry "can even speak quite impressively Norwegian phrases." America's new top diplomat had tried out some phrases "and we were quite impressed by his memory," Eide told journalists.

AFP Americas News Agenda for March 13

March 12, 2013 17:45
Duty Editor: Jim Mannion Tel: + 1 202 414 0541 What's happening in the Americas on Wednesday: + Obama meets Republicans on budget WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama goes to Capitol Hill to meet with opposition Republicans on the impasse over the US budget deficit. Picture (US-POLITICS-ECONOMY) ----- OTHER AGENDA ITEMS ----- AUSTIN, Texas: The annual South by Southwest festival highlighting new technologies, film and music continues. Picture. Coverage on merit (LIFESTYLE-US-IT-INTERNET-MUSIC-FILM-SXSW)

AFP Americas News Agenda for March 13

March 12, 2013 17:15
Duty Editor: Jim Mannion Tel: + 1 202 414 0541 What's happening in the Americas on Wednesday: + Obama meets Republicans on budget WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama goes to Capitol Hill to meet with opposition Republicans on the impasse over the US budget deficit. Picture (US-POLITICS-ECONOMY) ----- OTHER AGENDA ITEMS ----- AUSTIN, Texas: The annual South by Southwest festival highlighting new technologies, film and music continues. Picture. Coverage on merit (LIFESTYLE-US-IT-INTERNET-MUSIC-FILM-SXSW)

Indian gang-rape victim shares US courage awards

March 8, 2013 22:30
The Indian gang-rape victim whose brutal death shocked the nation and the world was among nine women honored by the United States on Friday for their courage. The young student, who has become known simply as "Nirbhaya" or "fearless," was awarded the US International Women of Courage award posthumously after she died of massive internal injuries following the rape and attack on a Delhi bus. "Her bravery inspired millions of men and women to come together with a simple message 'No more,'" US Secretary of State John Kerry told a ceremony at which the 23-year-old was honored.

John Kerry, America's European secretary of state

March 7, 2013 22:16
His mother nursed the wounded in Paris during World War II, he biked around a divided Berlin as a boy and got lost in the London zoo, and he speaks French, German and Italian. John Kerry, who has just returned from his first overseas trip since becoming secretary of state, wowed his European hosts with his deep knowledge of the continent and his insistence on the strength of transatlantic ties.

URGENT ¥¥¥ US to provide Egypt with $250 mn: Kerry

March 3, 2013 12:45
The United States will provide Egypt with the first $190 million of a pledged $450 million in budget support and an additional $60 million to set up a joint enterprise fund, Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday. "Today I advised him the United States will now provide the first $190 million of our pledged $450 million in budget support funds," Kerry said after meeting president Mohamed Morsi, adding that Washington also pledged an initial $60 million for the enterprise fund. nr-se/srm

URGENT ¥¥¥ Egypt needs more compromise, Kerry tells Morsi

March 3, 2013 12:30
US Secretary of State John Kerry told Egyptian President Morsi on Sunday that "more hard work and compromise" is needed to end the country's political divide and improve its faltering economy, a statement said. "It is clear that more hard work and compromise will be required to restore unity, political stability and economic health to Egypt," said the statement, after Kerry met Morsi in Cairo. nr-se/srm

U.S.'s Kerry says confident Italy will overcome vote deadlock

February 28, 2013 09:00
ROME, Feb 28 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry expressed confidence on Thursday that Italy would get through the messy aftermath of this week's election, which left no party with a majority and fuelled fears of renewed market instability. "I am really personally very confident about Italy's ability and desire to work through the complicated, obviously, returns and results," Kerry told reporters during a visit to Rome. (Reporting By Arshad Mohammed; editing by James Mackenzie)
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