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PARIS, Nov 24, 2009 (AFP) - French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner was cautiously optimistic Tuesday about prospects for a deal to free Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in exchange for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. Full Article at Zawya.com
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Sudanese journalist Lubna Ahmed Hussein said Tuesday she had donned a full Islamic veil to sneak out of Sudan and travel to France, two months after she was freed from jail for wearing trousers. Full Article at Al Arabiya
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France's Foreign and European Affairs minister Bernard Kouchner leaves the Elysee Palace after the weekly cabinet meeting, on October 7, 2009 in Paris. View Photo »
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I think that this list has been corrected by Hamas
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French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said in an interview published Saturday that he had "arrived (in Israel) a pessimist, but left as an optimist from talks with Israeli leaders". Full Article at Ynetnews
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French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and his British counterpart David Miliband held a meeting with Afghani President Hamed Karzai at the Presidential castle in the Capital Kabul a day after Karzai was sworn in for a second term of 5 years. Full Article at Al Sumaria TV Iraq
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai was inaugurated for a second term on Thursday. After a controversial election, Afghan President Hamid Karzai was finally sworn in for his second term this week. Full Article at Spiegel Online
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France's Foreign and European Affairs minister Bernard Kouchner addresses journalists as he leaves the Elysee Palace after the weekly cabinet meeting, on October 7, 2009 in Paris. View Photo »
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It seems to me that my view is shared by my colleagues [U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner]
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French foreign minister visits Afghan village By ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU Associated Press Writer Jerome Delay French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, left, is greeted by Haji Dad, who claims to be 115 years old, at the remote village of Gandha Kazarai,... Full Article at KansasCity.com
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GANDAH KASARAY, Afghanistan -- France's foreign minister walked into a remote Afghan village on Friday to talk with small farmers and local tribal leaders about how to bypass corrupt officials and bring aid directly to those who need it. Full Article at The State
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Bernard Kouchner (born 1 November 1939 in Avignon) is a French politician, diplomat, and doctor. He is co-founder of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) -also known as Doctors Without Borders- and Doctors of the World. Full Article
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I think that this list has been corrected by Hamas
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It seems to me that my view is shared by my colleagues [U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner]
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The Iranians are shooting themselves in the foot. It is unacceptable for Iran to develop nuclear weapons.
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The deadlock in which we find ourselves today is extremely worrying. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said he will insist on a resumption of talks during his meeting later on Tuesday with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in Amman and with Israeli leaders in Jerusalem the next day. We have to f...
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Israel has never disguised its suspicions of the threat Iran can achieve by creating a nuclear weapon. Israel warns against this, and it knows France's position.
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Bernard Kouchner noted that France and the European Union hope that Afghan authorities and the international community will rapidly define our priorities for joint action to support the development and stabilisation of Afghanistan
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My visit today is to extend our support to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. We are determined to continue our efforts to push the peace process forward reaching the establishment of a viable Palestinian state and maintaining Israel's security
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Bernard Kouchner, the French Foreign Minister, revealed that he had written to Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, to call for the release of the director
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My visit today is to extend our support to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. We are determined to continue our efforts to push the peace process forward reaching the establishment of a viable Palestinian state and maintaining Israel's security
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Bernard Kouchner has contacted [Swiss foreign minister] Micheline Calmy-Rey to express the French authorities' wishes that Mr Polanski's rights be fully respected and that the matter quickly finds a favourable outcome.
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The Middle East is already a powder keg, without adding an additional conflict
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These commitments are reflected in the Australian-European Union Partnership Framework which I launched with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner in Paris in October 2008
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What really hurts me, and this shocks us, is that before there used to be a great peace movement in Israel. There was a left that made itself heard and a real desire for peace
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We must revisit this with Mahmoud Abbas
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The formation of a new government was necessary to resolve the conflict that Lebanon was facing, to assure the security and stability of the country...
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What is the goal? What is the road? And in the name of what? ... In Europe we are acting and fighting and going to war, but we are not talking to one another, and it’s shameful.
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If the Iranians do not respond to the 5+1 group there will be an effective breakdown in these talks, which got off to a good start in Geneva
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We are waiting for Iran to accept formally the agreement ... We are waiting for this answer. If this answer is dilatory as it seems to be, we won't accept it.
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I condemn the killings with the greatest firmness ... The objective of the Taliban was clear: kill the innocent and endanger the efforts to recover Afghanistan.
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Egypt has raised objections. We've given up because the Egyptian foreign minister refuses to meet his Israeli counterpart
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Iran is wasting time because now is the time for talking
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They (Israel) will not tolerate an Iranian bomb. We know that, all of us. Hopefully we are going to stop this race to a confrontation
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Given the fragile situation concerning any progress in the Middle East peace process, Lebanon is in need of a national-unity cabinet that embraces representatives who are accepted from all parties and religious groups
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If these indications remain negative and there is no consensus at the expert level … this will reflect negatively on the political contacts at the level of the P5-plus-one meeting in Geneva
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I do not know what the results in Vienna today are, but the signs we received (from Iran) this morning are not positive. It is a pity
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