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Chinese Dissident Chen Guangcheng Wants To Leave China; Says He Was Pressured To Leave US Embassy

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 12:35

Beijing, China -

Complicating US-Chinese relations further, the Chinese blind dissident Chen Guangcheng who escaped his captors keeping him on house arrest and made it to the US Embassy in Beijing now has told western news outlets that he wants to leave China and that he left the US Embassy after being pressured by the Chinese government over fears that they will continue to imprison and torture his wife.

Chen said he wants to leave China with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is in China now for talks about trade agreements and other issues.

China Blocks News Of Dissident Escape To US Embassy, Crackdowns On Activists; US Diplomat Arrives In Beijing

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Sun, 04/29/2012 - 11:24

China's security services have begun a wide-spread crackdown on activists and dissidents in an attempt to find out who helped Chen Guangcheng escape his house arrest and get to the US Embassy and has also been blocking news of the blind dissident's escape.

Chen, who is blind, faked an illness for a prolonged period to get his guards to ease their watch over him and then successfully escaped his house and was taken by a network of activist and dissidents across China to the US Embassy, deemed the only safe place in China for such activists.

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Saudi's Assure Clinton They Will Not Reduce Production If US & Britain Release Some Oil Reserves To Combat High Prices

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Tue, 04/03/2012 - 12:39

Following a meeting in Riyadh with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, Saudi Arabia said it would not cut its current production rate of oil should the US, Britain and France release some of their own reserves of oil in an effort to combat persistent high oil prices.

Reuters Reports: "Saudi production will unlikely change from the levels we see now, even if the stocks are released because the stocks will not have an impact," another source familiar with the talks said.

Secretary Clinton Says US Will Back Gulf Arabs During Speech At Gulf Security Forum

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Sat, 03/31/2012 - 09:37

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke at the opening of the US-Gulf Security Formum saying the US will back its regional Arab allies against threats from Iran. She also said the meeting would include discussion about the events in Syria, political progress in Gulf countries, Iran's nuclear program, "and curbing its interference in the affairs of its neighbors."

The Gulf Arab nations have accused Iran of backing violent protests in Bahrain and interfering with domestic issues in their own countries.

Putin Promises Change, John McCain Warns Russia's Vladimir Putin: Arab Spring Coming to a neighborhood Near You

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Tue, 12/06/2011 - 10:45

Moscow, Russia -

Vladimir Putin is widely believed to be the winner in the upcoming presidential elections in Russia. However, his party, United Russia, won only a slim majority in the Duma which will force his party to make political alliances with other groups to pass any constitutional changes or make significant laws.

Hillary Clinton's Mother Dies, Dorothy Rodham Passed Away at 92

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Tue, 11/01/2011 - 11:39

Dorothy Rodham has passed away at the age of 92, and is survived by her daughter, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and her grandchildren Chelsea Clinton, Zachary Rodham, Fiona Rodham and Simon Rodham.

She was born on June, 4th 1919 as Dorothy Howell in Chicago and was the oldest of two daughters of Edwin Howell Jr., a firefighter, and Della Murray. Through divorce of her parents and a strict and harsh childhood she endured to eventually move back to Chicago after being sent to California during her youth. In 1942 she married Hugh Rodham.

Clinton Delivers Tough Talk to Pakistan and Afghanistan, Says Peace Now Or Serious Consequences To Follow

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Fri, 10/21/2011 - 11:47

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered tough new approach to Pakistan and Afghanistan saying all relevant parties must come together to make peace and warned if this does not happen the U.S. will take tough action against the two counties.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Arrives in Libya To Offer Money and Aid

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Tue, 10/18/2011 - 11:44

Washington, D.C. -

Secretary of State HIllary Clinton became the first cabinet level high ranking American government official to visit Libya since the rebels of the National Transition Council, NTC, overthrew former leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi during the Arab Spring uprising that also occurred in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and Syria. Protests are still underway in Yemen and Syria.