US President Barack Obama would hold his sixth Situation Room meeting with his national security team on Monday to discuss his administrations strategy on Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The meeting at the White House will be attended by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defence Secretary Robert Gates, National Security Advisor General James Jones, Deputy NSA Tom Donilon, [...]
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Obama to discuss Af-Pak strategy in situation room
October 26th, 2009 |
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Chip Shot: Intel CEO to Discuss Investment Dollars and Innovative Sense at Tech Summit
October 21st, 2009 |
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At the sixth annual Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini will participate in an on-stage conversation at 8:30 a.m. PDT tomorrow, Oct. 22, with John Battelle, the conference’s co-founder. Their chat will be streamed live at this Web site. They will speak about the importance of investment in innovation, Intel’s business strategy and today’s most talked about technology trends. The 3-day Web 2.0 Summit, which concludes tomorrow, brings together leaders from the Internet industry with visionaries and executives across several industries to share their unique perspectives on the Web’s future and how the tools and principles of Web 2.0 are impacting their businesses.
MPs discuss Medvedev visit
October 21st, 2009 |
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MPs have told B92 that the visit of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his address to the national parliament were very important for Serbia. The view was echoed by both the government and opposition.
Security Council to discuss Kosovo Thursday
October 14th, 2009 |
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A UN Security Council (SC) meeting on Kosovo will be held at UN HQ in New York on Thursday, when UN S-G Ban Ki-moon’s latest report on UNMIK will be presented. According to the UN website, the session will be held in the afternoon, local time.
Suu Kyi meets foreign diplomats to discuss lifting sanctions
October 9th, 2009 |
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Myanmar’s detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has on Friday been allowed by the country’s junta leader to meet Western diplomats to discuss sanctions imposed against the military-ruled country.
The decision came following the United States recent high level talks with Myanmar that came first in nearly a decade where the US denounced on [...]
Obama to discuss Pak in situation room meeting, dismantling terrorism is focus
October 7th, 2009 |
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Considering, now the time to overpower the militant groups like Al-Qaeda and Taliban, in view of recent UN embassy blast in Pak, Obama is set to design a “right strategy†for Af-Pak region with his top aids on Thursday in the “situation room meeting” on Pakistan.
The meeting would be focused primarily on Pakistan for [...]
Govt. to discuss administration “rationalization”
October 5th, 2009 |
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The Serbian government will decide on legal acts for confirming a method of rationalizing state administration at its meeting on Thursday. Labor and Social Policies Minister Rasim Ljajić expects that union officials will give their opinions and objections on the draft law sent to their leaders on Thursday.
Cvetković to discuss public sector reforms
September 27th, 2009 |
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According to B92’s sources, Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković will be holding separate consultations with various ministers regarding reforms in the public sector. The talks will lead to determining how many employees from the state administration and public companies will be made redundant in order to cut state spending in accordance with demands made by the International Monetary Fund.
U.S. envoy meets Israeli PM again to discuss settlements
September 16th, 2009 |
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A U.S. envoy has ended a second day of talks with Israel’s PM without securing Israel’s agreement to freeze settlement building in disputed areas. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office described his meeting with U.S. envoy George Mitchell in Jerusalem Wednesday as “good.” It says the two plan to meet again on Friday, after Mitchell returns from visits to Arab states.
Govt., Vojvodina officials to discuss provincial law
September 14th, 2009 |
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Justice Minister Snežana Malović expects to meet with Vojvodina officials this week to harmonize the draft law on the transfer of the province’s authorities. “A government task force has worked on the draft and its provisions, which have been drawn up either in agreement or under the aegis of the Legislative Secretariat. All that remains is to confirm certain details with Vojvodina officials,†Malović told Novi Sad daily Dnevnik.
EU ministers to discuss Serbia in October
September 3rd, 2009 |
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Serbia’s European integration will be one of the themes at October’s EU Council of Ministers, says Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini. However, in response to EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn’s call for an unfreezing of the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA), the Dutch government has said that the prerequisite for this is completion of Hague cooperation.
Nick Graham: HuffPost Reporter Sam Stein Joins “Ed Show” Panel To Discuss Glenn Beck Calling Obama A Racist (VIDEO)
July 30th, 2009 |
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HuffPost political reporter Sam Stein joined Republican Strategist John Feehery on “The Ed Show” tonight to discuss whether Glenn Beck should apologize to President Obama…
Huff TV: Arianna Joins “This Week” Roundtable To Discuss Obama, Gates Controversy (VIDEO)
July 26th, 2009 |
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Arianna joined the roundtable on ABC News’ “This Week”, along with Paul Krugman, George Will, David Brooks and Donna Brazile, to discuss the politics of…
Kirin and Suntory discuss a merger: Kanpai!
July 16th, 2009 |
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A proposed merger between two drinks firms may set a powerful example for corporate Japan
THERE is reason to clink glasses this week in Marunouchi, Tokyo’s business district. On July 14th Kirin and Suntory, two big Japanese brewers, announced that they are in merger talks. A marriage would reshape the global drinks market by creating a company with sales of YEN3.8 trillion ($41 billion), providing strong competition to Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller, two powerhouses formed in recent years.
But the deal also has big implications for corporate Japan. The country’s business culture assumes that any company that agrees a merger or takeover is admitting failure. Most deals involve firms in distress. The Kirin-Suntory talks are notable because both firms are winners. And they underscore a new appreciation that success in Japan is no longer enough. Firms need to compete on a global scale, and thus need to be bigger. …