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World News // 9 years ago

Talks open in Ukraine without rebels

Talks overseen by international monitors to end the turmoil in Ukraine began in Kiev Wednesday, without the representation of pro-Russian separatists.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Egypt to top Munich talks of world leaders

The ongoing turmoil in Egypt and the Middle East is set to dominate talks between U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and a flock of other world leaders meeting at a three-day security conference in Munich.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Analysis: Georgia was not on their minds

Georgia should have been on the minds of Western intelligence services -- and not least on the mind of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, whose expertise is in Soviet affairs. Yet neither she nor the combined Western intelligence agencies were able to foresee Georgia's move into Abkhazia and South Ossetia, nor were they able to predict Russia's response, nor could they foresee that the former Cold War foes are on the brink of a new Cold War. Then again, neither did they predict the sudden collapse of the Soviet Empire.

Outside View // 1 decade ago

Outside View: The EU is united on Kosovo

Is Europe divided over Kosovo or not? Most people would not even stop to think of this. Of course Europe's divided. While France and Germany have recognized Kosovo's independence, other EU countries like Spain, Romania and Cyprus have held back. The Scandinavians took the plunge, but only hesitantly. The headlines wrote themselves. "European disunity" blared the newspapers. "What consequences will the divide have?" asked the concerned-looking anchormen.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Analysis: Inside the Kosovo negotiations

The EU representative to the Kosovo Troika says Russia -- not the United States -- carries the main responsibility for the failure of the Kosovo negotiations.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Analysis: Last chance for deal on Kosovo

Serbian and Kosovar leaders Monday began a final attempt to resolve the status of the Serbian breakaway province, but there is little hope for a breakthrough.

Top News // 1 decade ago

EU envoys to seek common stand on Kosovo

European Union foreign ministers are to meet in Portugal to try to reach a common stand on the status of Serbia’s mainly ethnic-Albanian Kosovo province.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Talks on Kosovo's future resume in Vienna

International envoys held fresh rounds of separate talks with Serbian officials and leaders of Kosovo’s ethnic-Albanians in Austria Thursday, Serbian media said.

Top News // 1 decade ago

U.S., EU, Russia begin talks on Kosovo

The United States, Russia and the European Union began talks with Serbian leaders in Belgrade Friday on the mainly ethnic-Albanian Kosovo province.

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3 ambassadors: Close Guantanamo

The British, French and German ambassadors to Washington called for the closing of the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay in a joint TV appearance.

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Wolfgang Friedrich Ischinger (born April 6, 1946) is a German diplomat. He was Germany's ambassador to the Court of St. James's (the United Kingdom) from 2006 to May, 2008. From 2001 to 2006, he was the German ambassador to the United States, and from 1998 to 2001, he was Staatssekretär (Deputy Foreign Minister) in Berlin. Ambassador Ischinger is the new Chairman of the Munich Security Conference, following Dr. Horst Teltschik . He is also Global Head of Government Relations, Allianz SE, Munich. He serves on the Supervisory Board of Allianz Deutschland AG, on the European Advisory Board of Investcorp (London/New York) and on the governing board of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

Ischinger was born in Nürtingen, near Stuttgart, Germany. In 1963/64, he was an American Field Service foreign exchange student in Watseka, Illinois, where he graduated from the local high school in June 1964.

Ischinger studied law at the University of Bonn, Germany and the University of Geneva, Switzerland and obtained his law degree in 1972. He earned a Master's degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Medford, MA, in 1973.

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