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Fishermen sort their catch at a fishing port in Lampulo, Banda Aceh on the Indonesian island of Sumatra (file photo)
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Fishermen in Indonesia

Indonesia Signs MCC

The United States Millennium Challenge Corporation announced a grant for $600 million to support Indonesia's efforts to reduce poverty.

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State Of Affairs In The Balkans

The United States remains committed to helping the western Balkans on their path to Euro-Atlantic integration.

Turkey is a traditional Thanksgiving dish.

Thanksgiving

It’s a truly national holiday that includes all citizens in a common purpose regardless of religious, political or ethnic persuasion.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers her speech during ASEAN Business and Investment Summit held on the sidelines of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Nusa Dua, Indonesia, November 18, 2011.

Clinton At ASEAN Investment Summit

U.S. is pivoting toward the Asia Pacific region, where it intends to be a diplomatic, economic, and strategic force for 21st Century.

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman (File Photo)

Iran's Support For Assad

"Syria is essential to the extremely negative role that Iran has been able to play in the region."

Liberia's Important Milestone

President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is reaching out to her countrymen to move the nation forward.

At a market in central Kabul (File Photo)

Reinvigorating Central Asia's Economy

The New Silk Road envisions a network of economic, transit, trade, and people-to-people connections.

Supporting Women In APEC Economies

Together, governments and the private sector can unlock the vast untapped promise of women's economic participation.

Pascal Lamy (unseen) Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) hands over a t-shirt with a logo saying ' Welcome to the WTO...finally!' to Maxim Medvedkov, the Chief WTO negotiator for the Russian Federation in Geneva, November 10, 2011.

Russia Moves Toward WTO

Russia has successfully completed negotiations on the terms and conditions for membership in the World Trade Organization.

Clinton On APEC In Hawaii

"We share the belief that markets, trade, and investment are vital to our prosperity."

Internally displaced people wait for help at a rural area after fighting broke out, near the Blue Nile state capital al-Damazin, Sudan, September 5, 2011.

Sudan Bombing Dangerous And Unjustified

Indiscriminate aerial attacks on civilian targets are unjustified and unacceptable.

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Obama At APEC

"No region will do more to shape our long-term economic future than the Asia-Pacific region."

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at his news conference at the conclusion of the APEC Summit in Honolulu, Hawaii November 13, 2011.

President Obama On Iran

"We now have a situation where the world is united and Iran is isolated."

Bumper sticker issued by the DR Congo's Board of Elections (November 2011)

Congo's Democratic Road Ahead

The state of democracy won't be judged by the election's mere existence, but also by the way it is conducted and by the response.

Growing Isolation Of Syria's Assad

"If Bashar has the interest of his country, he would step down," said Jordan's King Abdullah.

Blake At SARRC Summit

The economic potential of a more open and integrated South Asia is virtually unlimited.

An anti-government protester raises a hand painted in red to symbolize bloodshed during a demonstration in Yemen 01/11/2011

Time For Transition In Yemen

Violence continues to rock the impoverished Gulf state of Yemen.

Miners dig for diamonds in Marange, Zimbabwe (file photo)

A Way Forward In Zimbabwe

The Kimberley Process will allow exports from two industrial diamond mines in Zimbabwe's Marange fields.

Mali Khan Designated Terrorist

The State Department added Mali Khan to the Specially Designated Nationals List.

Opposition supporters and anti riot policemen face-off in front of the post office in Kinshasa, October 13, 2011.

No Place For Violence In A Democracy

Calls to violence by disaffected parties and other forms of hate speech undermine both the electoral and democratic processes.

A Torrent Of Repression In Iran

Reports of human rights violations by government authorities continue to pour out of Iran.


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