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In Des Moines, Gates chides critics, defends biotech crops
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | about 1 month ago
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In what was billed as his first major speech on agriculture, Gates chided critics who he said are “instantly hostile to any emphasis on productivity” and ignore the challenges to food production posed by climate change. “They act as if there is no emergency,...
Tags: Bill Gates, Melinda Gates Foundation, billed gates, Mr Gates, Des Moines, Iowa, Norman Borlaug, help small
Surgical Strikes Shape Afghanistan Debate
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 month ago
Credibility Administration officials said the United States had eliminated more than half of its top targets over the last year, severely constricted Al Qaeda’s capacity to operate and choked off a lot of its financing. The sense of progress against Al Qaeda and...
Tags: Afghanistan, Robert Gates, Barack Obama, Mr Gates, U.S, Taliban, George Washington University American, momentum right, CNN, Hillary Rodham Clinton
Three Guantanamo detainees sent to Ireland, Yemen
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Three detainees held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been sent to Ireland and Yemen, the Justice Department said on Saturday, the latest transfers as President Barack Obama tries to close the controversial facility by January....
Tags: Guantanamo Bay, Ireland, U.S, Robert Gates, Mr Gates, obama administration, prison arrived, Palau, guantanamo prison, Obama, Washington
Microsoft co-founder wins Indira Ghandi award
New Delhi :: India | 4 months ago
Credibility Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates today in New Delhi accepted the Indira Ghandi Peace award, news agencies reported. Observing that India faced "toughest" health problems in the world, Gates said the country can address the issue if it accelerates spending...
Tags: Press Trust of India, Bill Gates, Gates New Delhi, Microsoft, Melinda Gates Foundation, Manmohan Singh, Mr Gates, Indira Ghandi Peace, business leaders, Indira Gandhi Prize
Gates speaks for unique ID scheme, immigration
New Delhi :: India | 4 months ago
Credibility Gates, on an Indian visit to promote philanthropic work on healthcare and also to receive the Indira Gandhi prize on behalf the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, praised the Unique Identification (UID) project of the government now being spearheaded...
Tags: Google-Microsoft, Mr Bill Gates, Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Corp., India, Mr. Gates, Melinda Gates Foundation, Nasscom, U.S, Mr Gates
Americans want end to Afghan war: Gates
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 4 months ago
Credibility While noting that the Taliban militants would not be defeated within a year, Gates told the newspaper it was critical that the US military and its allies show they were making progress in the Asian nation. ‘After the Iraq (war) experience, nobody...
Tags: Mr Gates, Robert Gates, long slog, Afghanistan, Iraq
Gates signals tougher approach to N Korea
Pyŏngyang :: North Korea | 6 months ago
Credibility Speaking at an Asian defence forum days after North Korea tested a nuclear weapon for the second time, Mr Gates said the transfer of nuclear weapons and materials would constitute a “grave threat” to the US and its allies.
Tags: North Korea, Robert Gates, South Korean, range missiles, Asian, United States, Pyongyang, nuclear issued, Mr Gates, nuclear weapon
Egypt seeks to provoke Iran, again
Cairo :: Egypt | 6 months ago
Credibility The US officialdom has been on a delicate mission in recent days, one that seeks to allay the growing Arab concern about the Obama administration plans for diplomacy with Iranian leaders. US Secretary of State for South Asia and Persian Gulf affairs Denis...
Tags: Iranian, Robert Gates, Mr Gates, United States, Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Egyptian, Reassure U.S. Allies, Visiting Egypt, Cairo
Holder seeks help relocating Gitmo detainees
Berlin :: Germany | 7 months ago
Credibility I know that Europe did not open Guantanamo, and that in fact, a great many on this continent opposed it," Holder said in his address at the American Academy of Berlin. "To close Guantanamo, we must all make sacrifices and we must all be willing to make...
Tags: Guantanamo Bay, United States, European, Senate Appropriations Committee, Robert Gates, Mr Gates, preliminary investigative, gates told, Spanish, detention center
NATO airstrikes Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in an air-strike on Oct. 12 targeting Taliban activities in the Baram Cha area of southern Afghan province of Helmand killing several insurgents, said an ISAF statement released here on Wednesday....
Tags: Afghanistan, Mr Gates, U.S
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