<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - diplomacy</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/diplomacy</link><description>Newsvine - diplomacy</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 17:41:22 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 18:36:00 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>U.S.-Russian Diplomacy, With a Personal Touch </title>
<description><![CDATA[When&nbsp;Russia&rsquo;s foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, clashed over&nbsp;Syria&nbsp;last year with Hillary Rodham Clinton, then the secretary of state, he called her hysterical, the sort of impolitic remark that showed just how sour their relationship had become.
The harde&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></source><link>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/19/18357206-us-russian-diplomacy-with-a-personal-touch</link><guid>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/19/18357206-us-russian-diplomacy-with-a-personal-touch</guid><category>us</category><category>russia</category><category>diplomacy</category><category>world-news</category><category>foreigh-policy</category><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 17:40:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyanF45A908A-4AD0-C7BA-64D5-50C5CF887E85.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyanF45A908A-4AD0-C7BA-64D5-50C5CF887E85.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>U.S. Envoy Talks With Chinese About North Korea </title>
<description><![CDATA[The State Department&rsquo;s senior envoy on North Korea said Wednesday that he had discussed &ldquo;all aspects of the North Korea issue&rdquo; with Chinese officials, including sanctions on the North, during a one-day visit to Beijing.
&ldquo;I think this is all a work in prog&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></source><link>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18283192-us-envoy-talks-with-chinese-about-north-korea</link><guid>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18283192-us-envoy-talks-with-chinese-about-north-korea</guid><category>china</category><category>diplomacy</category><category>north-korea</category><category>world-news</category><category>foreign-policy</category><category>us-envoy-talking-with-chinese-about-north-korea</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 01:46:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyanA409EC2D-C08A-E524-8B8A-83310DD7824C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyanA409EC2D-C08A-E524-8B8A-83310DD7824C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>US, Britain Vow to Work Towards a New, Democratic Syria     </title>
<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron have reaffirmed their determination to achieve a negotiated solution to end Syria's civil war, through a hoped for peace conference. The president also faced questions about the controversy over last year's terrorist&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></source><link>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/13/18236601-us-britain-vow-to-work-towards-a-new-democratic-syria</link><guid>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/13/18236601-us-britain-vow-to-work-towards-a-new-democratic-syria</guid><category>syria</category><category>diplomacy</category><category>david-cameron</category><category>world-news</category><category>foreign-policy</category><category>cameron-visit-to-us</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 01:22:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyan0E654CA8-E8A2-882D-925D-EE220DF39911.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyan0E654CA8-E8A2-882D-925D-EE220DF39911.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title> Obama hails Pakistan for elections, pledges equal partnership</title>
<description><![CDATA[President&nbsp;Barack Obama&nbsp;congratulatedPakistan&nbsp;on Sunday for the successful completion of its parliamentary elections and said the United States would work with the country's new government as an equal partner.
"The United States stands with all Pakistanis in welcom&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></source><link>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/12/18212632-obama-hails-pakistan-for-elections-pledges-equal-partnership</link><guid>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/12/18212632-obama-hails-pakistan-for-elections-pledges-equal-partnership</guid><category>pakistan</category><category>diplomacy</category><category>world-news</category><category>foreign-policy</category><category>pakistani-elections</category><category>president-obama-pledging-equal-partnership-with-new-pakistani-government</category><pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 19:18:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyan42779CB6-6054-2EDE-C0C8-741866B7C0E8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="88" width="130" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyan42779CB6-6054-2EDE-C0C8-741866B7C0E8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>U.S., Russia finding room to talk</title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Even as the chill in relations between the United States and Russia continues, the two countries are at least talking to each other more these days.
With Secretary of State John F. Kerry and FBI director Robert Mueller both having come here this week for substantive discus&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></source><link>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/10/18174744-us-russia-finding-room-to-talk</link><guid>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/10/18174744-us-russia-finding-room-to-talk</guid><category>us</category><category>russia</category><category>diplomacy</category><category>world-news</category><category>foreign-policy</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 18:11:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyan4B75C318-B577-5C37-3D68-47B8141A8AB3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="186" width="296" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyan4B75C318-B577-5C37-3D68-47B8141A8AB3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel: &amp;#8216;Political, not military&amp;#8217; solutions needed in Middle East</title>
<description><![CDATA[The problems that plague the Middle East, including Iran&rsquo;s nuclear ambitions and Syria&rsquo;s civil war, require &ldquo;political, not military&rdquo; solutions, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said.
Saying the &ldquo;old order&rdquo; was vanishing in the region, Hagel s&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></source><link>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/10/18173618-defense-secretary-chuck-hagel-political-not-military-solutions-needed-in-middle-east</link><guid>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/10/18173618-defense-secretary-chuck-hagel-political-not-military-solutions-needed-in-middle-east</guid><category>middle-east</category><category>diplomacy</category><category>world-news</category><category>foreign-policy</category><category>chuku-hagel</category><category>secdef-hagel-stating-that-there-has-to-be-a-political-solution-in-the-middle-east</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 16:49:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyan9FF84B46-7CD5-C19F-B999-0873AF7E410E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyan9FF84B46-7CD5-C19F-B999-0873AF7E410E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>U.S. reassures Syria rebels about its stance on Assad</title>
<description><![CDATA[The new U.S.-Russia&nbsp;peace initiative for Syria will inevitably lead to the departure of President&nbsp;Bashar Assad, Secretary of State&nbsp;John F. Kerry&nbsp;said Thursday, moving to reassure Syrian rebels and their allies that the Obama administration had not backed down &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></source><link>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/09/18156124-us-reassures-syria-rebels-about-its-stance-on-assad</link><guid>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/09/18156124-us-reassures-syria-rebels-about-its-stance-on-assad</guid><category>syria</category><category>diplomacy</category><category>world-news</category><category>foreign-policy</category><category>us-reaffirming-stance-on-assad</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 01:05:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyan3F535581-EC71-A46F-415B-B533266961C3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyan3F535581-EC71-A46F-415B-B533266961C3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>China, Beckoned, Dips a Toe Into Middle East Peace</title>
<description><![CDATA[China&nbsp;took a modest step into Middle East diplomacy this week, hosting&nbsp;back-to-back visits&nbsp;from&nbsp;Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of the Palestinian Authority, and Prime Minister&nbsp;Benjamin Netanyahu&nbsp;of Israel.
But this was not exactly Camp David by the Forbi&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></source><link>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/08/18132846-china-beckoned-dips-a-toe-into-middle-east-peace</link><guid>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/08/18132846-china-beckoned-dips-a-toe-into-middle-east-peace</guid><category>china</category><category>middle-east</category><category>diplomacy</category><category>world-news</category><category>foreign-policy</category><category>china-dipping-a-toe-into-middle-east-peace-process</category><pubDate>Thu, 9 May 2013 01:54:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyanFB8A182F-FF8D-C2D6-6C92-E413C97C7E3B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyanFB8A182F-FF8D-C2D6-6C92-E413C97C7E3B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Secular Game Theory Resolves the Holy Basin</title>
<description><![CDATA[
In 1994, John Nash received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for his original work on Game Theory.&nbsp; His story was adapted to film in 2001, when Russell Crowe portrayed Nash in "A Beautiful Mind".&nbsp; The film won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
In film a&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Neron Kesar]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Neron Kesar]]></source><link>http://amberneve.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/07/18110012-secular-game-theory-resolves-the-holy-basin</link><guid>http://amberneve.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/07/18110012-secular-game-theory-resolves-the-holy-basin</guid><category>israel</category><category>middle-east</category><category>palestinians</category><category>diplomacy</category><category>strategy</category><category>jews</category><category>world-news</category><category>international-relations</category><category>negotiations</category><category>game-theory</category><category>temple-mount</category><category>john-nash</category><category>arab-spring</category><category>holy-basin</category><pubDate>Tue, 7 May 2013 22:46:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=amberneveBC3287BE-D02F-0D0F-80DA-8E9EE682F685.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="377" width="250" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=amberneveBC3287BE-D02F-0D0F-80DA-8E9EE682F685.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="181" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;John Forbes Nash, Jr.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Would Machiavelli Have Drawn a Red Line? - By Rosa Brooks | Foreign Policy</title>
<description><![CDATA[
First, it's not at all clear how U.S. interests are advanced by declaring behavior to be "unacceptable" when we have no intention of doing anything about it.
"Men," wrote Machiavelli, "must either be caressed or annihilated."&nbsp;
&nbsp;But if we in fact intend to accept the&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MargaretKatheryn]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MargaretKatheryn]]></source><link>http://margaretkatheryn.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/06/18089310-would-machiavelli-have-drawn-a-red-line-by-rosa-brooks-foreign-policy</link><guid>http://margaretkatheryn.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/06/18089310-would-machiavelli-have-drawn-a-red-line-by-rosa-brooks-foreign-policy</guid><category>politics</category><category>diplomacy</category><category>using-provocative-language</category><pubDate>Mon, 6 May 2013 20:49:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=margaretkatheryn694991C2-BDD7-F606-123E-67F9417F24B5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=margaretkatheryn694991C2-BDD7-F606-123E-67F9417F24B5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama Tells Mexico Audience of New Era in Relations</title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;President Obama, speaking to an enthusiastic crowd of young people here, on Friday declared a new era in relations with&nbsp;Mexico&nbsp;that will focus on strengthening the countries&rsquo; economic ties and that will play down the battle against drug gangs that has domina&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></source><link>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/04/18058978-obama-tells-mexico-audience-of-new-era-in-relations</link><guid>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/04/18058978-obama-tells-mexico-audience-of-new-era-in-relations</guid><category>mexico</category><category>diplomacy</category><category>obama</category><category>world-news</category><category>foreign-policy</category><category>us-mexico-relations</category><category>president-obama</category><pubDate>Sun, 5 May 2013 00:48:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyan1DE3B699-7247-96F8-2778-6CBE0FC4611C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyan1DE3B699-7247-96F8-2778-6CBE0FC4611C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama: No 'senior partners' in relationship with Latin America </title>
<description><![CDATA[President Obama continued his Latin American charm offensive on Saturday, telling Central American business leaders that he wants a relationship of equals with America's southern neighbors.
Wrapping up a three-day visit to Mexico and Costa Rica, Obama reiterated his calls for cr&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></source><link>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/04/18058559-obama-no-senior-partners-in-relationship-with-latin-america</link><guid>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/04/18058559-obama-no-senior-partners-in-relationship-with-latin-america</guid><category>diplomacy</category><category>latin-america</category><category>obama</category><category>world-news</category><category>foreign-policy</category><category>president-obama</category><category>economic-aspect-of-foreign-policy</category><category>president-obama-stating-that-there-are-no-senior-partners-in-latin-america</category><pubDate>Sun, 5 May 2013 00:04:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyanC5C2854D-6B42-088F-0AEE-7C4C0E716220.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="68" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyanC5C2854D-6B42-088F-0AEE-7C4C0E716220.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="21" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama administration names new AfPak special envoy</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration has tapped a seasoned diplomat with a long history in trouble spots to be the new special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Secretary of State John Kerry said that he called leaders in Islamabad and Kabul on Friday morning to let them know for&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></source><link>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/03/18042535-obama-administration-names-new-afpak-special-envoy</link><guid>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/03/18042535-obama-administration-names-new-afpak-special-envoy</guid><category>pakistan</category><category>diplomacy</category><category>world-news</category><category>foreign-policy</category><category>afganistan</category><category>obama-administration-names-new-afpak-special-envoy</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 May 2013 22:29:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyan34E4FAAD-8C4F-C3B8-39F5-F74D4ECECF65.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyan34E4FAAD-8C4F-C3B8-39F5-F74D4ECECF65.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Kerry Calls Arab League Plan to Revive Talks With Israel 'a Big Step'</title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Secretary of State&nbsp;John F. Kerry&nbsp;on Tuesday embraced a proposal by the&nbsp;Arab League&nbsp;to revive peace talks between&nbsp;Israel&nbsp;and the&nbsp;Palestinians&nbsp;as &ldquo;a very big step forward,&rdquo; but initial reactions suggested that the new initia&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></source><link>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/30/17990808-kerry-calls-arab-league-plan-to-revive-talks-with-israel-a-big-step</link><guid>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/30/17990808-kerry-calls-arab-league-plan-to-revive-talks-with-israel-a-big-step</guid><category>arab-league</category><category>diplomacy</category><category>world-news</category><category>foreign-policy</category><category>jiohn-kerry</category><pubDate>Wed, 1 May 2013 01:20:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyan661A1741-4425-FB71-20D8-5DCAD5E803CF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyan661A1741-4425-FB71-20D8-5DCAD5E803CF.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Adoption Diplomacy of Russia</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[paulohok]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[paulohok]]></source><link>http://paulohok.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/26/17932980-the-adoption-diplomacy-of-russia</link><guid>http://paulohok.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/26/17932980-the-adoption-diplomacy-of-russia</guid><category>russia</category><category>children</category><category>diplomacy</category><category>adoption</category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:47:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Kerry to host Afghan, Pakistan talks </title>
<description><![CDATA[Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday he would host a meeting of top Afghan and Pakistani officials this week in Brussels to discuss reconciliation with the Taliban and other issues.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his defense minister, along with Pakistan's military chief&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></source><link>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/22/17863523-kerry-to-host-afghan-pakistan-talks</link><guid>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/22/17863523-kerry-to-host-afghan-pakistan-talks</guid><category>pakistan</category><category>diplomacy</category><category>john-kerry</category><category>world-news</category><category>foreign-policy</category><category>afganistan</category><category>kerry-to-host-talks-between-afganistan-and-pakistan</category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:44:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyanAF8F3273-52AA-BA82-39EB-0003DB8760BF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="52" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyanAF8F3273-52AA-BA82-39EB-0003DB8760BF.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="16" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>North Korea diplomacy effort grows, but sides are still far apart </title>
<description><![CDATA[A week of critical diplomacy is set to begin in Washington, Beijing and Pyongyang. But the sides are so far apart, at least in public declarations, it is impossible to predict where any diplomatic efforts will lead.
North Korea continues to hold fast to the position that its nuc&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></source><link>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/21/17850456-north-korea-diplomacy-effort-grows-but-sides-are-still-far-apart</link><guid>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/21/17850456-north-korea-diplomacy-effort-grows-but-sides-are-still-far-apart</guid><category>diplomacy</category><category>north-korea</category><category>world-news</category><category>foreign-policy</category><category>diplomacy-effort-with-north-korea-growing</category><pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 18:05:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyan74451CD6-D1CE-1293-1B0D-0E38FE6D6603.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyan74451CD6-D1CE-1293-1B0D-0E38FE6D6603.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>More U.S. Help for Syrian Rebels Would Hinge on Pledges</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Obama has agreed to additional nonlethal aid for&nbsp;Syria&rsquo;s rebels, according to a senior administration official, but the United States also plans to push their political leaders to be inclusive, to protect minorities and to abide by the rule of law.
Secretary&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></source><link>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/21/17850102-more-us-help-for-syrian-rebels-would-hinge-on-pledges</link><guid>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/21/17850102-more-us-help-for-syrian-rebels-would-hinge-on-pledges</guid><category>syria</category><category>diplomacy</category><category>world-news</category><category>foreign-policy</category><category>syrian-rebels</category><category>us-to-offer-more-aid-to-syrian-rebels-under-certain-conditions</category><pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 17:17:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyanCC389B5D-FA74-E17E-FE94-E42586D93496.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyanCC389B5D-FA74-E17E-FE94-E42586D93496.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Vote against Sri Lanka- India's muddled diplomacy</title>
<description><![CDATA[News came in the other day that the already agitating students of Chennai are going to launch protest rallies when the internationally popular Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty-20 cricket matches take place at the city&rsquo;s hallowed Chepauk ground. They have also decided to p&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Proloy Bagchi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Proloy Bagchi]]></source><link>http://proloybagchi.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/21/17845707-vote-against-sri-lanka-indias-muddled-diplomacy</link><guid>http://proloybagchi.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/21/17845707-vote-against-sri-lanka-indias-muddled-diplomacy</guid><category>politics</category><category>diplomacy</category><category>indian</category><pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 07:06:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>U.S., Japan raise chance of new N. Korea nuclear talks</title>
<description><![CDATA[The United States and Japan on Sunday offered new talks with North Korea to resolve the increasingly dangerous standoff over its nuclear and missile programs, but said the reclusive communist government first must lower tensions and honor previous agreements.
North Korea has a c&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></source><link>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/14/17750922-us-japan-raise-chance-of-new-n-korea-nuclear-talks</link><guid>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/14/17750922-us-japan-raise-chance-of-new-n-korea-nuclear-talks</guid><category>us</category><category>japan</category><category>diplomacy</category><category>north-korea</category><category>world-news</category><category>foreign-policy</category><category>us-and-japan-raising-chance-of-new-nuclear-talks-with-north-korea</category><pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 23:35:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyanF82D5D2F-3AEF-6FE4-E2F6-E6EDE0944B65.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyanF82D5D2F-3AEF-6FE4-E2F6-E6EDE0944B65.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>BBC News - Kerry hails Chinese North Korea pledge</title>
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US Secretary of State  John Kerry says China is "very serious" about a pledge to help resolve  tensions over North Korea's nuclear programme.
The US and China earlier said they were committed to the "denuclearisation" of the Korean peninsula.
Mr Kerry said the two sides would&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Beau7890]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Beau7890]]></source><link>http://beau7890.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17739927-bbc-news-kerry-hails-chinese-north-korea-pledge</link><guid>http://beau7890.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17739927-bbc-news-kerry-hails-chinese-north-korea-pledge</guid><category>nuclear</category><category>korea</category><category>kim</category><category>diplomacy</category><category>north-korea</category><category>united-states</category><category>south-korea</category><category>john-kerry</category><category>nukes</category><category>world-news</category><category>chia</category><category>kim-jong-un</category><category>state-john-kerry</category><category>watch-north-korea</category><pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 02:22:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Beau78904B8FA642-ABE5-5A7E-17FC-21779C7AA198.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Beau78904B8FA642-ABE5-5A7E-17FC-21779C7AA198.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Kerry Goes to China, Seeking Help to Defuse Korea Crisis</title>
<description><![CDATA[Secretary of State&nbsp;John Kerry&nbsp;flew to&nbsp;China&nbsp;on Saturday and sought to elicit China&rsquo;s help in dealing with an increasingly recalcitrant nuclear armed&nbsp;North Korea&nbsp;by saying that American missile defenses could be cut back if the North abandoned i&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></source><link>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17739450-kerry-goes-to-china-seeking-help-to-defuse-korea-crisis</link><guid>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17739450-kerry-goes-to-china-seeking-help-to-defuse-korea-crisis</guid><category>china</category><category>diplomacy</category><category>north-korea</category><category>john-kerry</category><category>world-news</category><category>foreign-policy</category><category>kerry-arriving-in-china-for-talks</category><pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 01:31:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyan8305F4DC-7AA6-AB6B-3050-B702649FFE93.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyan8305F4DC-7AA6-AB6B-3050-B702649FFE93.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Kerry, foreign ministers to meet with Syrian opposition </title>
<description><![CDATA[British Foreign Secretary William Hague has been outspoken on the need for western intervention in Syria's civil war, recently calling international policy towards the crisis an abject failure. So as the host of Wednesday's G-8 meeting of Foreign Ministers, Hague decided to invit&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></source><link>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17677440-kerry-foreign-ministers-to-meet-with-syrian-opposition</link><guid>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17677440-kerry-foreign-ministers-to-meet-with-syrian-opposition</guid><category>syria</category><category>diplomacy</category><category>world-news</category><category>foreign-policy</category><category>kerry-and-other-foreign-ministers-to-meet-with-syrian-opposition</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 01:32:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyan06173164-BBA3-C3C0-0B35-99021B96B7C3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="219" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SuperSaiyan06173164-BBA3-C3C0-0B35-99021B96B7C3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="66" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>How Raymond Davis Helped Turn Pakistan Against the United States</title>
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Hours earlier, Davis had been navigating dense traffic in Lahore, his  thick frame wedged into the driver&rsquo;s seat of a white Honda Civic. A city  once ruled by Mughals, Sikhs and the British, Lahore is Pakistan&rsquo;s  cultural and intellectual capital, and for nearly a d&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></source><link>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17675354-how-raymond-davis-helped-turn-pakistan-against-the-united-states</link><guid>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17675354-how-raymond-davis-helped-turn-pakistan-against-the-united-states</guid><category>pakistan</category><category>cia</category><category>espionage</category><category>corruption</category><category>diplomacy</category><category>murder</category><category>crime</category><category>incompetence</category><category>united-states</category><category>world-news</category><category>isi</category><category>mercenaries</category><category>pk-news</category><category>raymond-davis</category><category>blackkwater</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Apr 2013 21:16:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redwolf19D811EC-38F9-D0AB-A3B3-0958555C3F86.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="236" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redwolf19D811EC-38F9-D0AB-A3B3-0958555C3F86.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Kerry presses Israel and Palestinians for concessions to ease the way for peace talks</title>
<description><![CDATA[Beginning a tentative round of Middle East shuttle diplomacy, Secretary of State John F. Kerry is asking for small concessions from both Israel and the Palestinians to smooth the way for new talks, U.S. and other officials said Sunday.
Kerry first visited Palestinian President M&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></source><link>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/07/17645344-kerry-presses-israel-and-palestinians-for-concessions-to-ease-the-way-for-peace-talks</link><guid>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/07/17645344-kerry-presses-israel-and-palestinians-for-concessions-to-ease-the-way-for-peace-talks</guid><category>israel</category><category>diplomacy</category><category>john-kerry</category><category>palestine</category><category>world-news</category><category>foerign-poliyc</category><category>kerry-pressing-israel-and-palestinians-for-concessions</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Apr 2013 00:41:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>