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Beijing Advisers Respond to Clinton with Tough Talk on Islands Dispute
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledges to support Philippines amid rising tensions over maritime territorial dispute in S. China Sea

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Worldview: After bin Laden’s death, will Taliban talk?
KABUL, Afghanistan – The talk of talks with the Taliban has taken on new momentum in the wake of the death of Osama bin Laden.

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US team in NKorea to talk food aid, human rights
A U.S. government team was in North Korea on a rare trip Tuesday to assess food shortages, while the country’s reclusive leader Kim Jong Il reportedly traveled to an eastern Chinese city to study Beijing’s economic reforms.

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N.Korea must talk first to South: Clinton
Washington (AFP) April 29, 2011 US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday that North Korea must reach out first to South Korea before it can expect any resumption of denuclearization talks involving Washington. Clinton met with Japan’s visiting Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto and jointly renewed calls on North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program, a source of decades of …

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Wednesday’s Talk Shows
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Memories of 1995 haunt GOP as shutdown talk grows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Few memories haunt Republicans more deeply than the 1995-96 partial shutdown of the federal government, which helped President Bill Clinton reverse his falling fortunes and recast House Republicans as stubborn partisans, not savvy insurgents.

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Clinton: Israel, Palestinians to talk
WASHINGTON – Plunging into the Mideast peacemaker’s role that has defeated so many U.S. leaders, President Barack Obama on Friday invited Israel and the Palestinians to try anew in face-to-face talks for a historic agreement to establish an independent Palestinian state and secure peace for Israel.

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Peace this time? Israel, Palestinians to talk
WASHINGTON – Plunging into the Mideast peacemaker’s role that has defeated so many U.S. leaders, President Barack Obama on Friday invited Israel and the Palestinians to try anew in face-to-face talks for a historic agreement to establish an independent Palestinian state and secure peace for Israel.

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Mayhill Fowler: Tea Party Talk: Racism, Palin, and the Hostile Takeover of the Republican Party
This weekend was supposed to have been the weekend that showcased Sharron Angle for the Tea Party-at-large. But now it is difficult not to conclude that, as the Tea Party Express candidate, she has been crippled instead.

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Obama, Clinton set aside past to talk job creation
The president welcomes Bill Clinton to the White House in what is seen as an attempt to further link this administration to the economic boom of the 1990s. Two old adversaries from the bitter 2008 Democratic presidential race reconnected Wednesday at the White House in a fragile partnership that could unite two strands of the party and possibly strengthen its prospects in a bleak midterm …

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