JAPAN UTILIZES UNIQUE FORM OF DIPLOMACY TO FOSTER WORLD PEACE, LEADER TELLS UN

New York, Sep 25 2008 9:10PM

Japan contributes to promote peace and stability throughout the world through its own form of diplomacy, its new leader said in an address to the General Assembly’s high-level debate today. [Read More!]

ON INTERNATIONAL DAY, UN SPOTLIGHTS LINK BETWEEN HUMAN RIGHTS AND PEACE

New York, Sep 21 2008 4:10PM

Teaming up with a range of actors, from artists and students, to cell phone companies and chess enthusiasts, the United Nations is celebrating the International Day of Peace, which this year holds special meaning since 2008 also marks the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. [Read More!]

Venezuela's Chavez ejects U.S. ambassador
Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:54pm EDT

By Enrique Andres Pretel

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday ordered the U.S. ambassador out of the oil exporting country in an escalating battle between Washington and Latin America's left-wing leaders.
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Shell in Iraqi gas deal worth up to $4bn

By Ed Crooks and Roula Khalaf in London

Published: September 8 2008 23:33 | Last updated: September 8 2008 23:33

Royal Dutch Shell is to become the first western oil company to sign a deal with the Iraqi government since the US-led invasion of 2003, agreeing a plan to capture and use gas in the Basra region that could be worth up to $4bn. [Read More!]

地球観察　クロード・ルブラン
西から東へ　米国から距離置く好機

　８月24日、世界各国の人たちは北京五輪の壮麗な閉会式に見入った。この大団円を通じて、中国はスポーツではもちろん、政治でもその力を証明した。チベットでの緊張を忘れさせ、五輪開会式に世界中の指導者を出席させることに成功した。肯定的イメージを持ってもらうという賭けに勝利したのだ。 [Read More!]