US diplomat to help lead Africa Command
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The U.S. military has named a senior American diplomat to serve alongside a Navy admiral as deputies to the general leading its new Africa Command, an acknowledgment of the importance of the civilian aspects of the operation.
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The US secretary of state is to visit the Middle East to try to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace moves.
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The new US secretary of state is expected to try to heal transatlantic rifts with a major speech in Paris.
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President Bush on Tuesday picked national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, who once tutored him on global affairs, to be his top diplomat, saying her foreign policy experience
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The US envoy to Sudan, Andrew Natsios, said he would travel to Tripoli on Wednesday for talks on getting Libya involved in UN and African Union efforts to end the Darfur conflict.
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President George W. Bush said on  Tuesday he had approved plans to create a U.S. military command  for Africa, a move that reflects increased U.S. strategic  interest in the continent.
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WASHINGTON, Sept 14  -- The African Union needs immediate help from the United States and European nations to help aid refugees in Sudan&#39;s war-torn western region of Darfur, former US ambassador to the UN Richard Holbrooke said Tuesday.
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America's outgoing secretary of state says he will call for long-term US aid to the Indian Ocean region.
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The Pentagon, mindful of potential   threats to U.S. security emerging from Africa, is considering   creating a new military command responsible for the continent,   defense officials said on Wednesday.
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The top United States diplomat for Africa has described the violence in parts of Kenya since the disputed presidential election as 'clear ethnic cleansing'
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Colin Powell, the departing US Secretary of State, flies into Israel tonight to open a week of diplomacy aimed at helping to revive the Middle East peace process after Yasser Arafat&#39;s death.
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Support from Bush leads to role as international envoy helping Palestinians.
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The United States on Tuesday praised the efforts of South African President Thabo Mbeki who, on the behalf of the African Union, has vied to restart the peace process in the Ivory Coast.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell, widely viewed as the moderate in an administration dominated by hawks, announced Monday he will step down as America&#39;s chief diplomat once a successor is in place.
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US envoy to Sudan Andrew Natsios began his latest mission to Khartoum on Saturday by meeting with one of Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir's aides over the war-torn western region of Darfur.
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The US presidential envoy to Sudan will meet senior NATO and EU officials in Brussels Friday, as Washington mulls possible military action to end violence in the strife-torn region of Darfur, senior US officials said.
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The US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, will co-chair a conference on the Middle East and North Africa in Morocco today. Ministers from some 30 Arab, Muslim and Western nations are to attend the meeting to