US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has spoken frustration at the latest setback to Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, but insist that the US would carry on to push for development.
She vowed to encourage indirect talks on "core issues" including borders, settlements, refugees and Jerusalem.
Direct talks were set up with great proclaim blast by President Barack Obama.
But earlier this week the US abandoned efforts to pressure Israel to stop new structure of Jewish resolution.
Peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians resume in September after a break of more or less two years.
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The United States, South Korea and Japan on Monday all urged China to assist rein in its ally North Korea and vowed harmony in defensive Seoul from any additional attacks from the North.
Though, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her counterpart Kim Sung-Hwan of South Korea and Seiji Maehara of Japan, who met in Washington, were indistinct about how they would deal with North Korea's "belligerent" actions.
The three-way meeting comes after North Korea shelled a South Korean margin island on November 23, killing two marines and two civilians, and following it revealed a uranium enhancement program that worried US scientists.
Kim, the South Korean foreign minister who spoke through an predictor, said the three shared the view that the Stalinist state in Pyongyang would face "severe consequences" if it engage in further provocation.
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At what time he ran for president, few subject illustrious Barack Obama more than his views on the war in Iraq. He had opposite it from the start, so he continually reminded the electorate, unlike his main rival for the Democratic proposal, Hillary Clinton. He was determined to remove the majority of American troops from the country within 16 months of pending to office, unlike his Republican adversary, John McCain, who had spoken of American troops being in Iraq for 100 years. Everyone this shaped a big part of Mr Obama’s appeal to voters, who were sick of the disagreement and dismayed by George Bush’s handling of it. Consequently when Mr Obama declared the fulfilment of his vow and the “end of our fight mission in Iraq” in an address from the Oval Office on August 31st, it should have been a successful instant for the president and a cathartic one for the American public. As an alternative, the speech was a sombre affair, and the popular reaction muted.Full story
