US regrets Ashdown's refusal to be UN Afghanistan envoy
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice regretted Monday that British politician Paddy Ashdown had withdrawn his bid to be UN envoy for Afghanistan, saying a "stable figure" was badly needed there.
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The U.S. administration is opposed to provisions of a bill now in the hands of Congress which would link military aid for Pakistan to its efforts to tackle the Taliban, the U.S. embassy said.
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Paddy Ashdown presents his plan after he was rebuffed as U.N. special envoy.
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The U.S. envoy to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, is helping to persuade Transitional Administration Chairman Hamid Karzai's rivals to drop a threat not to recognize the result.
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The main challenger to President Hamid Karzai said yesterday that he had accepted a proposal by the United Nations and the US ambassador to start an independent
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Zalmay Khalilzad, US ambassador to Afghanistan, called on the Taliban to lay down their arms yesterday and said non-criminal elements could rejoin society without fear of arrest by the US military.
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An unhappy President Bush said Monday he regretfully accepted John Bolton's decision to leave his temporary job as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
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Australia has turned down a diplomatic plea for a contribution to a military force to protect United Nations (UN) personnel in Iraq.
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John C. Danforth, the US ambassador to the United Nations, said Friday that he withdrew his name from contention for any senior post in President Bush&#39;s second term
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Secretary of State Colin Powell  on Friday rejected suggestions that Washington was trying to  edge out the United Nations as leader of the international  relief effort for the Indian Ocean tsunami.
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The failure of NATO allies to meet a shortfall in troops needed to end the Taliban insurgency will not sink the effort, which should &quot;do better this year,&quot; the US ambassador here told AFP this week.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan rejected on Tuesday calls by some US congressmen for his resignation over an alleged corruption scandal surrounding the UN-run Iraqi oil-for-food program.
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Dec. 3, 2004 -- In his first interview since announcing his resignation as US ambassador to the United Nations, John Danforth forcefully denied that he stepped down because of disappointment that he was not
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British politician and former soldier Paddy Ashdown has agreed to become the United Nations' envoy to Afghanistan, a source close to negotiations on the post said on Wednesday.
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US politicians oppose a decision to allow former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami to visit the country.
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The World Trade Organisation gave approval on Monday for Iraq and Afghanistan to begin negotiations to join the 148-member body - but the US again blocked the opening of accession talks with Iran.
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A former US ambassador to the UN says President Bush's moves to clear Afghanistan's poppy fields have failed.