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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton talks with reporters during a news conference with Ahmet Davutoglu, foreign minister of Turkey, at the State Department in Washington, Friday, June 5, 2009.
China   Iran   Photos   US   Wikipedia: U.S. sanctions against Iran
 Gulf News 
Iran can't count on China
Wed 2 Jun 2010
Judging by official statements, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton seems to have secured Chinese support for a fourth round of UN sanctions against Iran. In two days of talks in Beijing, Iran was... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite)
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his lawmakers at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, June 1, 2010, a day after Israeli naval commandos stormed a flotilla of ships carrying aid and hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists to the blockaded Gaza Strip on Monday, killing nine passengers in a botched raid that provoked international outrage and a diplomatic crisis. Erdogan accused Israel of using state terrorism.
Gaza   Israel   Photos   Turkey   Wikipedia: Gaza flotilla raid
 The New York Times 
Turkey's Shift on Israel
Wed 2 Jun 2010
Turkey’s shift on Israel Turkey’s frustration over its futile E.U. membership efforts, its over-due awakening to Iran’s growing emergence as a regional “super power”... (photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici)
The U.N. Security Council unanimously approves a new resolution reaffirming previous sanctions on Iran for refusing to halt its uranium enrichment program and offering Tehran incentives to do so, Saturday Sept. 27, 2008 at UN Headquarte  Asia Times  Wed 2 Jun 2010
Attack complicates new sanctions on Iran
By Barbara Slavin WASHINGTON - Israel's lethal confrontation with pro-Palestinian activists in the Mediterranean is complicating United States strategy toward Iran and undermining the likelihood of a... (photo: AP / David Karp)
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Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva gives a speech during a seminar called "Brazil, Alliance for the new economy" in Madrid, Wednesday, May 19, 2010.  Asia Times  Wed 2 Jun 2010
Brazil, North Korea: Brothers in trade
By Bertil Lintner BANGKOK - For more than a decade, the world around North Korea has been shrinking. In the wake of its missile and nuclear tests and recent accusations that it torpedoed a South... (photo: AP / Andres Kudacki)
Brazil   N Korea   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: North Korea – United States relations
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A man fishes with oil rigs in the background outside Baku, Azerbaijan, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005. Asia Times Wed 2 Jun 2010
Wake-up call for Caspian drillers
By Antoine Blua For years, the race to tap into the Caspian Sea's vast oil and gas resources has outweighed any desire to protect its delicate environment.... (photo: AP / Sergey Ponomarev)
Caspian   Environment   Oil   Photos   Wikipedia: Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Palestinians wait to cross the Rafah border crossing into Egypt from the southern Gaza Strip on May 16, 2010. An Egyptian border post at Rafah was opened for the first time in 10 weeks, the Islamist movement Hamas which controls the blockaded Palestinian territory said. Its interior ministry said around 300 Palestinians had crossed the border and that 8,000 others were expected to follow during the opening due to last three days. (Photo by Ahmed Deeb/WN) The Hindu Wed 2 Jun 2010
Egypt opens border crossing
Atul Aneja... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Egypt   Gaza   Palestine   Photos   Wikipedia: Rafah Border Crossing
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010, before the Senate State, Foreign Operations subcommittee hearing on the State Department's fiscal 2011 budget. Gulf News Tue 1 Jun 2010
US moves cautiously on Gaza flotilla crisis
Washington: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday called for "careful, thoughtful" responses to Israel's attack on a Gaza-bound flotilla, ignoring... (photo: AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Gaza   Israel   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Gaza flotilla raid
President Barack Obama listens as Vice President Joe Biden speaks to mayors from cities across the United States, Friday, Feb. 20, 2009, in the East Room of the White Asia Times Tue 1 Jun 2010
Washington feels heat over Iran fuel deal
By Gareth Porter WASHINGTON - Although the Barack Obama administration continued to dismiss the May 17 Iranian fuel swap agreement Friday, there are indications that... (photo: AP / Ron Edmonds)
Iran   Nuclear   Photos   US   Wikipedia: U.S. sanctions against Iran
Protesters burn a Star of David during a demonstration outside the Israeli consulate in Istanbul, Monday, May 31, 2010. Asia Times Tue 1 Jun 2010
No Israeli good deed goes unpunished
By Spengler Israel mishandled the Gaza "humanitarian aid" flotilla through extreme forbearance, and will suffer a marathon of tongue-clicking and hand-wringing by... (photo: AP / Ibrahim Usta)
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