• Barroso wants EU to agree loans for Greece
  Barroso wants EU to agree loans for Greece
  

  

  European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso urged EU member states on March 19 to agree a standby aid package for Greece after Athens said it could turn to the IMF for help.
  20/03
• Obama targets insurers in final health care push
  Obama targets insurers in final health care push
  

  

  President Barack Obama made a final, urgent public plea for health care reform on March 19, slamming private insurers and accusing his plan\'s opponents of spreading lies and distortions.
  20/03
• Fresh Israeli air strikes wound 11 in Gaza Strip
  Fresh Israeli air strikes wound 11 in Gaza Strip
  

  

  At least 11 people were injured by Israeli air strikes targeting Gaza\'s airport on March 19, Palestinian officials say.
  20/03
• PM ready for direct talks with red-shirt leaders
  PM ready for direct talks with red-shirt leaders
  

  The Thai Prime Minister has agreed to have direct talks with leaders of the red-shirts without a mediator, the condition that the rally remains peaceful and no threats are issued.
  19/03
• New US-Russia nuclear deal 'soon'
  New US-Russia nuclear deal 'soon'
  

  There has been \'substantial\' progress on a new nuclear disarmament deal with Russia, said US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
  19/03

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• NATO chief confident of big Afghan troop increase
  NATO chief confident of big Afghan troop increase
  

  

  NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on November 17 he was confident the alliance would agree to increase substantially the number of troops battling Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan.
  18/11
• PM Gordon Brown plans Afghan handover talks
  PM Gordon Brown plans Afghan handover talks
  

  

  Gordon Brown plans to host talks in the new year to discuss timing for handing over the campaign in Afghanistan to the Afghan government.
  17/11
• US President meets Chinese counterpart: focus on economic strains
  US President meets Chinese counterpart: focus on economic strains
  

  

  US President Barack Obama held much-anticipated talks with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao on November 17, with trade friction, the yuan currency and diplomatic headaches such as Iran and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea high on the agenda.
  17/11
• UN preparing Iraq-Kuwait reconciliation plan
  UN preparing Iraq-Kuwait reconciliation plan
  

  The United Nations is outlining a plan to help Iraq end its dispute with neighboring Kuwait over war reparations, 19 years after Baghdad invaded the oil-producing Gulf state, a UN official said on November 16.
  17/11
• Obama scheduled to meet Chinese teens
  Obama scheduled to meet Chinese teens
  

  President Barack Obama will begin his first visit to China with a town hall style meeting on November 16 with a number of young people in Shanghai.
  16/11