Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 President Obama has agreed to send a senior U.S. diplomat to North Korea for the first direct talks with the government there in more than a year, hoping the mission will lead to the renewal of multi-nation negotiations designed to end its nuclear program.
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Monday, September 21st, 2009 JERUSALEM — After a frustrating week of shuttle diplomacy here in which the Obama administration failed to persuade Israelis and Palestinians to renew peace talks, leaders of the two sides are heading to the United States to make their cases again that the administration should push the other harder.
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Saturday, September 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON -- The unrelenting global troubles confronting Barack Obama are about to converge on him all at once, providing a stern test of leadership for a first-year president who has pledged to "change the world."
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
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Monday, June 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON (AP) — With North Korea reportedly getting ready for a long-range missile test, President Barack Obama says the U.S. is prepared for any threat the secretive and unpredictable regime might pose.
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Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON (AP) — Declaring North Korea a "grave threat" to the world, President Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged the U.S. and its allies will aggressively enforce fresh international penalties against the nuclear-armed nation and stop rewarding its leaders for repeated provocations.
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Monday, May 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON (AFP) — North Korea's nuclear test put US President Barack Obama under pressure Monday to drop his push for direct diplomacy and instead seek tougher international action against the defiant Stalinist state.
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Monday, April 6th, 2009 N. Korea Complicates President's Trip
ANKARA, Turkey, April 6 -- President Obama arrived in Turkey on Sunday night as global condemnation of North Korea gave way to intense diplomatic debate about how to punish the rogue nation for the brazen weekend launch of a rocket over Japan and into the Pacific ...
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Sunday, April 5th, 2009 PRAGUE (Reuters) - The United States will develop anti-missile defences as long as an Iranian nuclear threat persists, and North Korea must be made to change after its rocket launch, U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday.
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Sunday, April 5th, 2009
PRAGUE — President Obama said that North Korea violated international rules when it tested a rocket that could be used for long-range missiles, and he called on the United Nations Security Council to take action.
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