News tagged with 'surprise visit'. Found 6 tagged news.

Iraq's Sunni politicians angry over arrests

Baghdad :: Iraq | 3 months ago

Top Sunni politicians on Wednesday accused Iraq 's Shiite-dominated security forces of carrying out political arrests, and warned that this could push Iraq into another round of sectarian fighting...The arrests could upset the delicate political cooperation...

Tags: US-Iraq, Iraq Directory, USA, Al Saniora, prime minister, U.S, surprise visit, saniora stressed, Iraqi, Baghdad, says rice

Obama makes surprise visit to Jerusalem's Western Wall

Jerusalem :: Israel | 4 months ago

Posted by muhammadjeehad

Barack Obama ended his trip to Israel this morning with a surprise visit to Jerusalem's Western Wall, before heading to Berlin. Wearing a yarmulke, the Democratic candidate placed a prayer in the wall. But his bid to shore up the Jewish vote was tarnished...

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Rice presses Israel on checkpoints, settlements

Jerusalem :: Israel | 5 months ago

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice wraps up a Middle East tour on Monday after strongly condemning Jewish settlement activity in the occupied West Bank. She was holding a one-on-one meeting with Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak where she was also...

Tags: israel, jerusalem, olmert, Israeli-Palestinian, surprise visit, call, East Jerusalem, State Condoleezza Rice, Ehud Olmert, Palestinian Authority

Palestinian militants agree to truce with Israel

Jerusalem :: Israel | 7 months ago

Palestinian militant factions in Cairo have accepted a proposed truce with Israel that Egyptian mediators will now try to sell to the Jewish state, a senior Egyptian official said on Wednesday. This is a stage in a plan aimed at creating a situation that...

Tags: palestinian, israel, olmert, prime minister, hamas, Palestinian-Israeli, surprise visit, peace talks, gaza, Palestinians, Hamas the Islamic, Jordanï, George W. Bush

Katie Couric is 'your anchor'

London :: United Kingdom | 7 months ago

Chief Executive Leslie Moonves told the staff of the “CBS Evening News” during a surprise visit to the newscast’s regular noon meeting today, according to several network sources. Accompanied by CBS President Sean McManus, Moonves expressed his pride...

Tags: CBS News, CBS Corp, Katie Couric, Leslie Moonves, Sean McManus, surprise visit, chief executive

SC orders high-ups to check prices F.P. Report

Peshawar :: Pakistan | 8 months ago

Atta dealers, bazaars, retailer, middle man to control increasing trend of price hike as well as to bring down the prices of essential commodities to a reasonable level. Taking strong notice of hoarding, profiteering and over-charging, the Chief

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