US hopes for &#39;substantial progress&#39; in Tibet talks
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The United States said Friday it hoped for &quot;substantial progress&quot; from a new round of talks scheduled in Beijing on Tibet, whose spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is demanding for greater autonomy.
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The United States, taking a step Pyongyang has long desired, will begin normalization talks with North Korea in New York next week but the State Department on Wednesday played down expectations.
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The United States was pinning hopes on more one-on-one talks with North Korea on Wednesday to achieve progress at multinational negotiations on dismantling the communist state's nuclear arms program.
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Washington, Oct. 10 (CNA) The US State Department expressed welcome Sunday to President Chen Shui-bian&#39;s peace overture to Beijing spelled out in his Oct. 10 National Day speech calling for a reopening of cross-strait dialogue.
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WASHINGTON : Diplomatic efforts are underway to hold a preparatory meeting for the six-party talks aimed at ending the nuclear crisis in the Korean peninsula, the US State Department said.
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LHASA -- The Dalai Lama may only return to his homeland if he renounces aspirations for Tibetan independence, and any talks can be held only with his personal representative, a senior Chinese official said yesterday. The tough words from Xiao Bai, deputy mayor of the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, suggested that recent tentative, behind-the-scenes contacts between envoys of Tibet's exiled spiritual ...
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The United States said it had "very good" talks with North Korea on Tuesday and it appeared that a deal on ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions was on track for now.
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The US says it hopes North Korea nuclear talks could resume in July, as UN monitors head to Pyongyang.
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Tibetan antelope slowly recovering, WCS says    WASHINGTON, Feb.
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The United Nations is expected to declare a &quot;significant increase&quot; in the cultivation of opium poppies in Afghanistan stemming from weak eradication, alternative income and interdiction programs, the US State Department said.
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The top U.S. negotiator with North Korea said on Thursday there is reason to believe talks on ending Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions can make progress when they resume next week but said there are no guarantees.
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The key players in international efforts to curb North Korea&#39;s nuclear ambitions are picking up the pace in what has become a protracted ritual of talking about talks
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The Bush administration signaled that it will use its remaining months to make a major push for peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
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US negotiator Christopher Hill flew to North Korea at Pyongyang&#39;s invitation Thursday to push for swift progress on nuclear disarmament, the most senior US official to visit in nearly five years.
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The United States is going to give Indonesia a much better place in its foreign policy calculations, a US envoy has said. &quot;There will be a new impetus in US foreign policy toward
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India and China will look to  strategic issues such as the U.S.-led war on terrorism and  their energy security to expand on a steady improvement in ties  during talks Monday, officials and experts said.
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The main U.S. negotiator on North Korea said Saturday he believes the next round of international arms talks with the communist state could produce real progress.