A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government (prime minister or president).[citation needed] It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in coalition governments. In some nations, such as India, the foreign minister is referred to as the Minister for External Affairs or, as in the case of Brazil and of the former Soviet Union, as the Minister of External Relations. In the United States the equivalent to the foreign ministry is called the Department of State, and the equivalent position is known as the Secretary of State.
A foreign minister's powers can vary from government to government. In a classic parliamentary system, a foreign minister can potentially exert significant influence in forming foreign policy but when the government is dominated by a strong prime minister the foreign minister may be limited to playing a more marginal or subsidiary role in determining policy. Similarly, the political powers invested in the foreign minister are often more limited in presidential governments with a strong executive. Since the end of World War II, it has been common for both the foreign minister and defense minister to be part of an inner cabinet (commonly known as a national security council) in order to coordinate defence and diplomatic policy. Although the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries saw many heads of government assume the foreign ministry, this practice has since become uncommon in most developed nations.
Ann Curry (born November 19, 1956) is an American television news journalist, photojournalist, and co-anchor on NBC's morning television program Today. She is the former news anchor on Today, a role she began in March 1997, and was the host of Dateline NBC from 2005–2011.
Curry is a Board Member at the International Women's Media Foundation.
Curry was born in Guam to Bob Curry, of Cherokee, French, German, Scottish and Irish descent from Pueblo, Colorado, and Hiroe Nagase, originally from Japan. Her American father, a career Navy man, met her mother during the U.S. occupation of Japan following the Second World War. The U.S. military initially did not allow the marriage, but her father returned to Japan two years later to marry Nagase.
Curry lived in Japan for several years as a child, attending the Ernest J. King School on the military base in Sasebo. Later she moved to Ashland, Oregon, where she graduated from Ashland High School. She graduated with a BA in Journalism from the University of Oregon in 1978.
John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, the 10th most senior United States Senator and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He was the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2004 presidential election, but lost to then President George W. Bush.
The son of an Army Air Corps serviceman, Kerry was born in Aurora, Colorado. He attended boarding school in Massachusetts and New Hampshire and went on to graduate from Yale University class of 1966, where he majored in political science. He enlisted in the Naval Reserve in 1966 and, during 1968-1969, served a four-month tour of duty in South Vietnam as officer-in-charge (OIC) of a Swift Boat. For that service he was awarded several combat medals that include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, and three Purple Hearts. After returning to the United States, Kerry joined the Vietnam Veterans Against the War in which he served as a nationally recognized spokesperson and as an outspoken opponent of the Vietnam war. During that period, he appeared before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs where he deemed United States war policy in Vietnam to be the cause of "war crimes".
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James Reece is an ambitious aide to the U.S. Ambassador in Paris, doing little jobs for the CIA and hoping to get into black ops. On the night he and his girlfriend, Caroline, become engaged, he's told to pick up Charlie Wax at Orly. Charlie is an unorthodox government employee - large, bald and bearded, foul-mouthed and eccentric. Charlie immediately takes James on a wild ride of murder and mayhem, through ethnic enclaves. As bodies pile up, the purpose remains opaque to James. Caroline, unhappy that James has been out of touch for a day, tells him to bring Charlie for dinner. Charlie can be charming - where will it lead? Does the chess-playing James have what it takes?
Keywords: aikido, airplane, airport, ambassador, american-abroad, american-flag, anti-hero, antitank-weapon, apartment, aquarium
Two agents. One city. No merci.
James Reece: I'm not your driver, I'm your partner.
James Reece: Sir, you do realize that I am not Special Ops certified, right?
[Reece is beating the crap out of a guy]::James Reece: GIVE ME BACK MY FUCKIN' RING!::FBI agent Charlie Wax: That's what I'm talkin' about! Get him back!
FBI agent Charlie Wax: Shoot the fucker.::James Reece: I'm not gonna shoot him, Wax.::[two men come in and start beating up Reece, Wax shakes his head and continues looking out the window with binoculars. Finally he pulls out a gun and shoots the two men]::James Reece: [Walks over to Reece and hands him a big vase] Next time I tell you to shoot the fucker, shoot the fucker!
Caroline: [from trailer] Did you save the world again, baby?::James Reece: If only you knew, Caroline.
James Reece: [after Wax admitted fabricating the story about the Secretary of Defense's niece] I don't know where the fuck we're going, or what the fuck this is about!::FBI agent Charlie Wax: What the fuck do you think this is about? It's about terrorists! It's about terrorists, man, converting their finances into drugs so they can move it around without being detected.
James Reece: I'm not your driver. I'm your partner.::FBI agent Charlie Wax: Yeah, you're the chess player. I read your file.::James Reece: You play?::FBI agent Charlie Wax: Do I look like I play board games?
FBI agent Charlie Wax: This motherfucker hates Americans so much, even though we saved his country's ass in not only one world war but two, he still won't let me through with my cans!
FBI agent Charlie Wax: Checkmate, motherfucker!
[first lines]::James Reece: [accepts printout] Thank you, Cindy.::Secretary: Welcome...::James Reece: [reading] African Aid Summit prep meeting with the Foreign Minister tomorrow at noon, Summit Conference on Wednesday, G8 Undersecretary conference dinner on Thursday, and a reception for the Secretary of State Friday, sir.::Ambassador Bennington: Can't you see we have more urgent matters to consider, Reece?::[moves his queen]::James Reece: Of course, sir.::[counter moves his queen]::James Reece: Check.::Ambassador Bennington: Must you always be so methodical?::James Reece: Well that's what you pay me for, sir.::Ambassador Bennington: And you're worth every penny. But that doesn't mean I'm just going to sit here and watch you copy Fischer's ambush on Spassky back in '72.
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After an attempted assassination on Ambassador Han, Inspector Lee and Detective Carter are back in action as they head to Paris to protect a French woman with knowledge of the Triads' secret leaders. Lee also holds secret meetings with a United Nations authority, but his personal struggles with a Chinese criminal mastermind named Kenji, which reveals that it's Lee's long-lost...brother. But their race will take them across the city, from the depths of the Paris underground to the breathtaking heights of the Eiffel Tower, as they fight to outrun the world's most deadly criminals and save the day.
Keywords: 2000s, accidental-shooting, action-hero, african, airplane, ak-47, ambassador, ambush, american, anal-probe
This summer they're kicking it in Paris bigger time then ever
Prepare for their finest hour and their only finest one
They're rushing through the hours quick
The Rush Is On!
[from trailer]::Detective James Carter: How do you say surrender in Chinese?
[from trailer]::Detective James Carter: We need to get her to relax.::Chief Inspector Lee: Maybe we should put on a dirty movie.::Detective James Carter: Lee!::Chief Inspector Lee: Only $9.95.
Master Yu: May I help you?::Detective James Carter: I'll be asking the questions old man. Who are you?::Master Yu: Yu.::Detective James Carter: No, not me. You.::Master Yu: Yes, I'm Yu.::Detective James Carter: Are you deaf?::Master Yu: No. Yu is blind.::Detective James Carter: I'm not blind. You blind.::Master Yu: That is what I just said.::Detective James Carter: You just said what?::Master Yu: I did not say what, I said Yu.::Detective James Carter: That's what I'm asking you.::Master Yu: And Yu is answering.::Detective James Carter: Shut up!::Detective James Carter: You!::Master Yu: Yes?::Detective James Carter: Not you. Him! What's your name?::Mi: Mi.::Detective James Carter: Yes, you.::Mi: I'm Mi.::Master Yu: He's Mi and I'm Yu.::Detective James Carter: And I'm about to whoop your old ass man because I am sick of playing games!
[from trailer]::Genevieve: [while making out on the bed] I have never been with an American man before.::Detective James Carter: Neither have I!
[from trailer]::Genevieve: I'm a bad girl.::Detective James Carter: Hallelujah! [kisses her]
[from trailer]::French Assassin: [shouts at Carter in French]::Detective James Carter: [to Lee] What the hell is that?::Chief Inspector Lee: I think he's speaking French.::Detective James Carter: [slaps assassin] You Asian. Stop humiliating yourself!
[from trailer]::Detective James Carter: I don't know what you been feedin' him, but he is TOO DAMN BIG!
[from trailer]::Genevieve: I'm going to go into the bathroom and make myself more comfortable.::Detective James Carter: Need some matches?
Detective James Carter: Well, for your information, I'm part Chinese now. That's right, Lee. For the last three years, I have studied the ancient teachings of Buddha, earning two black belts in Wu Shu martial arts, spending every afternoon the Hong Kong Massage parlor. I'm half Chinese, baby!::Chief Inspector Lee: If you're half Chinese, I'm half black. I'm your brother and I'm fly. You down with that, Snoopy? That's dope, innit?::Detective James Carter: Sorry, Lee. You can't be black. There's a height requirement.
Detective James Carter: Lee, I'm going to kill you if we die!
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The First Lady Korean Aircraft Pilot "Pak Kyeong-Won" was born as poor Korean girl in the era of Korea merged by the Japanese Empire. She went to become lady pilot to Japan. To earn study fee, first she became cab driver, afterwards she get second flight license. She was dead by flight accident of tour to Korea by single flight in Izu Japan. This movie describes her life, adventure , romance and death.
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Ditch Brodie is a maverick skydiving instructor. One day, a beautiful girl comes in, wanting to take her first jump. Up in the air, Ditch takes his eyes off her momentarily, then looks back to find out that she has fallen out, dying on impact. Ditch is suspicious that all is not as it seems, because he distinctly remembers hooking her static line on...
Keywords: airfield, airplane, apartment, aquarium, assistant-district-attorney, automatic-photograph-booth, bandanna, bare-butt, bartender, baseball-hat
It is not the fall that kills you
If you dont't find trouble, trouble will find you.
Richard "Ditch" Brodie: Don't worry, I brought my Coffeetron Dick Defender.
Chris Morrow: Well, I was trained to swallow all sorts of things.::Richard "Ditch" Brodie: Careful, I might just have to marry you.
Chris Morrow: I'd be stupid to trust my life to a walking penis.::Richard "Ditch" Brodie: I'm much more than a walking penis, I'm a flying penis!
Richard "Ditch" Brodie: Pack your bags, we're going on a guilt trip!
Richard "Ditch" Brodie: [Trying to speak Russian] The buses here don't work. I am an asshole.
Richard "Ditch" Brodie: Let's just say she did for bullshit what Stonehenge did for Rocks.
Richard "Ditch" Brodie: For someone I've never slept with you sure fucked me pretty good.
Richard 'Ditch' Brodie: Oh, god... no... dead people... agh.
Chris Morrow: Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti.::Richard "Ditch" Brodie: Excuse me?::Chris Morrow: KGB, for short.::Richard "Ditch" Brodie: Oh, come on! It's the KG-used-to-B!
Chris Morrow: Shoot!::Richard "Ditch" Brodie: Ah, it's broken!::Chris Morrow: The safety's on, you idiot!
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When a moody royal Prince's party of court brats pulls a few pranks too many in the woods, a mean fairy lays a cruel spell. She turns one into a frog, who can only become human again by a loving kiss. This alters several lives through relationships, some of dynastic relevance.
Keywords: dancing, party, picnic, pool, prank, ritual
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Carl Hamilton (Coq Rouge, Swedens James Bond) is called before KU (Swedens answer to the American congressional hearing) to answer questions about a spy war between Sweden and the Soviet Union.
Keywords: courtroom, sequel
Wages an ice-cold war on your nerves
Richard Roundtree the superstar from Shaft is Back
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So you want Plot? Woody Allen bought a Japanese spy movie, removed the voice track, and replaced it with one of his own. He doesn't seem to have bothered with the original script at all. Typical Joke: "Back off! My secret spy camera has taken pictures of you all through your clothes. Unless you release me, your naked photos will be sold in every school yard in Tokyo within the hour. Unless you are totally comfortable with your body, you must release me." Very funny, but also very unusual.
Keywords: animal-abuse, animated-credits, betrayal, casino, code, dancing, egg-salad, electrocution, eye-chart, farce
...IT'S ALL ABOUT LIFE, LOVE...FUN
WOODY ALLEN STRIKES BACK!
He's not the world's greatest lover... but 8th place is not bad!
WOODY ALLEN'S lowdown on how to make a Chinese fortune 'kookie'
Woody Allen: They wanted in Hollywood to make the definitive spy picture. And they came to me to supervise the project, you know, because I think that, if you know me at all, you know that death is my bread and danger my butter - oh, no, danger's my bread, and death is my butter. No, no, wait. Danger's my bread, death - no, death is - no, I'm sorry. Death is my - death and danger are my various breads and various butters.
Phil Moscowitz: I thought you said you loved me!::Wing Fat: I love you in my own way.
Phil Moscowitz: Meet me in the bedroom in five minutes and bring a cattle prod.
Shepherd Wong: I'm dying. Call my rabbi.
High Macha Of Rashpur: They kill, they maim and they call information for numbers they could easily look up in the book.
Phil Moscowitz: Saracen pig! Spartan dog! Take this! And this! Roman cow! Russian snake! Spanish fly!Anglo-Saxon Hun!
High Macha Of Rashpur: Good afternoon. I am the Grand Exalted High Macha of Raspur, a nonexistent but real-sounding country.::Phil Moscowitz: Uh-huh.::High Macha Of Rashpur: Yes. We're on a waiting list. As soon as there's an opening on the map, we're next.
Wing Fat: Don't tell me what I can do, or I'll have my mustache eat your beard.
Shepherd Wong: That's too bad. I was going to marry her. I already put a deposit on twin cemetery plots.
Phil Moscowitz: No bullets? Ah, but if all of you in the audience who believe in fairies will clap your hands, then my gun will be magically filled with bullets.