Monday, February 9, 2009

Islamic Iran celebrates 30 years



The new administration in Washington offers the possibility of a new beginning.
But President Ahmadinejad's government world of warcraft gold has so far been reluctant to move away from the reassuring rhetoric of "Death to America".


It will be celebrated in a big rally in central Tehran expected to be addressed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
On this day three decades ago, the last resistance of the Shah's regime collapsed cheap wow gold. Iranians spilled out on to streets to celebrate their new freedom.
But three decades on, Iran is still suffering major economic problems, international isolation, and complaints about the lack of political freedom.
There will be plenty of celebrations on Tuesday, but also - less openly - plenty of criticisms as well.
Iran has certainly achieved full independence, but at the expense of continued international isolation.
Political and personal freedom runescape gold is restricted. The economy is in a mess, through a combination of mismanagement and sanctions.
Many Iranians struggle to survive.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Clinton pledges to use diplomacy



Collegial atmosphere
Mrs Clinton was greeted warmly by her ex-colleagues at the Senate hearing.
But the former first lady was also asked questions about conflicts of interest triggered by her husband, former President Bill Clinton.
Mr Clinton's charitable foundation has received a number of donations from foreign governments and multinational corporations.
Richard Lugar maple story mesos, the most senior Republican on the Senate panel, said the existence of Mr Clinton's foundation represented a "unique complication" that required "great care and transparency".
And Louisiana Senator David Vitter said Mr Clinton's fundraising activities posed "real and perceived conflict issues" for Mrs Clinton.

The BBC's James Coomarasamy in Washington says the atmosphere in the committee room was collegial and that on many issues, Mrs Clinton expressed views that world of warcraft were not dissimilar to those of the Bush administration.
The vote on the nomination is scheduled for Thursday, a sign that the committee's chairman, Senator John Kerry, does not expect there to be any stumbling blocks, correspondents say.

The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee wow gold conducted the hearing to confirm Mrs Clinton's appointment as secretary of state.
Mrs Clinton said there would be change of policy towards Cuba under President-elect Barack Obama's administration.
She confirmed the new government would lift the US ban on travel to Cuba.
Mr Obama has already said he is willing to talk to the government of President Raul Castro in an effort to end 50 years of strained relations since the Cuban revolution.

'Smart power'
In her opening statement at the hearing, Mrs Clinton expressed a desire to strengthen America's relationship with its allies.
"America cannot solve the most pressing problems cheap wow gold on our own, and the world cannot solve them without America," said the New York senator.
"We must use what has been called 'smart power', the full range of tools at our disposal," she added.
"With 'smart power', diplomacy will be the vanguard of foreign policy."
On North Korea, she indicated that she and Mr Obama support the existing six-party framework for negotiating that country's nuclear disarmament.
North Korea, South Korea, China, Japan, Russia and the US are involved in continuing talks on ending Pyongyang's plutonium enrichment.
"Our goal is to end the North Korean cheap runescape gold nuclear programmes," she told the hearing.
The six-party framework, she added, "provides an opportunity... for bilateral contact as well between North Korea and the United States".