Athens/Nicosia - Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt on Friday said there is now a unique window of opportunity for settling the Cyprus issue given that Turkey's membership evaluation by the European Union will take place at the end of the year.
"The failure by Turkey to meet the criteria could not be seen in separation from all the other issues, including the Cyprus problem," said Bildt during a visit to Cyprus.
New York, Apr. 24: While Pakistan is facing an unprecedented threat from the Taliban, which is threatening to take over the reigns of the country, a worried lot of US political leaders are of the view that former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif would have performed much better than the current President Asif Ali Zardari in these testing circumstances.
Washington - US President Barack Obama marked Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday by warning that preventing genocide in the future depends on the world's willingness to confront hatred wherever it arises.
"Bearing witness is not the end of our obligation. It's just the beginning. We know that evil has yet to run its course on earth," Obama said. "We've seen it, in this century, in the mass graves and the ashes of villages burned to the ground and children used as soldiers and rape used as a weapon of war."
Berlin - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier condemned Thursday two suicide bombings in Iraq which killed at least 87 people in separate attacks.
"I fiercely condemn these underhand attacks," Steinmeier said. "Our deepest sympathy goes to the families of the numerous victims, and we wish the many injured a speedy and complete recovery," the foreign minister added.
Jerusalem - Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman met with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman late Wednesday despite threats by Cairo that it would boycott the ultra-nationalist politician who had insulted President Hozny Mubarak.
Suleiman arrived in Israel on the first visit by a senior Egyptian official since the new Israeli government of hardline Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took office following February 10 elections.
Washington - US President Barack Obama had invited the Egyptian, Israeli and Palestinian leaders to Washington in the weeks ahead for talks on resuming the peace process, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said.
Obama will hold separate meetings with Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Gibbs said. No dates have been set for the three visits, he said.
Athens/Nicosia - Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt on Friday said there is now a unique window of opportunity for settling the Cyprus issue given that Turkey's membership evaluation by the European Union will take place at the end of the year.
New York, Apr. 24: While Pakistan is facing an unprecedented threat from the Taliban, which is threatening to take over the reigns of the country, a worried lot of US political leaders are of the view that former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif would have performed much better than the current President Asif Ali Zardari in these testing circumstances.
Washington - US President Barack Obama marked Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday by warning that preventing genocide in the future depends on the world's willingness to confront hatred wherever it arises.
Berlin - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier condemned Thursday two suicide bombings in Iraq which killed at least 87 people in separate attacks.
Jerusalem - Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman met with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman late Wednesday despite threats by Cairo that it would boycott the ultra-nationalist politician who had insulted President Hozny Mubarak.
Washington - US President Barack Obama had invited the Egyptian, Israeli and Palestinian leaders to Washington in the weeks ahead for talks on resuming the peace process, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said.
