Washington: US Secretary of State John Kerry has proposed a 20 per cent cut in the American aid to Colombo, a move reflecting the unease in their ties over issues related to human rights, reconstruction and political integration in Sri Lanka after the end of the civil war.
It is believed to be the steepest drop for any South Asian country in Kerry's budgetary proposals which was sent to the Congress last week for its approval. In actual term, Kerry has proposed a USD 11 million in aid to Sri Lanka, which, according to a senior State Department official, is a "drop of 20 per cent" from the actual spending in the 2012 fiscal.
"This reflects both the fact that we had difficult time in programming a lot of our money in Sri Lanka. We tried to do a lot in the North to help the IDPs and get back to their normal life and support reconstruction efforts there. But in...
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01:33 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Afghan police say eight suicide bombers have attacked one of their headquarters in the eastern city of Jalalabad, killing five officers and wounding four. Nangarhar provincial police chief Mohammad Sharif Amin says one insurgent in a bomb-laden car detonated his vehicle in front of the Jalalabad Police Quick Reaction Force on Tuesday. ...
09:58 AM, Mar 26, 2013
US Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a show of unity on Monday, shortly after the US military ceded control of its last detention facility in Afghanistan, ending a longstanding irritant in relations between the two countries. ...
07:48 AM, Mar 26, 2013
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday made his maiden tweet to express sympathies with the people of Hyderabad, the venue of twin blasts that killed nearly a dozen people. "Saw friend/Foreign Secretary Mathai discussed importance of relationship w/ #India, expressed sympathies to brave people of #Hyderabad -JK," Kerry said in his first tweet in his capacity as the top American diplomat. ...
10:59 AM, Feb 22, 2013
Newly appointed US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday met visiting Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai and stressed that there would be no change in India-US relationship, which he is looking forward to take a step forward during his stint at the Foggy Bottom. ...
10:47 AM, Feb 22, 2013
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has signed up for speaking circuit and will charge a whooping $200,000 per speaking appearance, making her one of the highest paid public figures on such appearances. ...
09:21 AM, Feb 22, 2013
Hillary Rodham Clinton formally resigned on Friday as America's secretary of state, capping a four-year tenure that saw her shatter records for the number of countries visited. John Kerry was sworn in to replace her. ...
12:20 PM, Feb 02, 2013
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been under the weather ever since December 10, 2012 when she cancelled a planned trip to North Africa and Middle East due to flu. She later had a concussion and then was being treated for a blood clot near her brain before being discharged on Wednesday. ...
11:06 AM, Jan 03, 2013
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was discharged from a New York hospital on Wednesday after being treated for a blood clot near her brain and her doctors expect her to make a full recovery, the State Department said. Clinton, who has not been seen in public since December 7, was at New York-Presbyterian Hospital under treatment for a blood clot behind her right ear that stemmed from a concussion...
07:30 AM, Jan 03, 2013
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was sent to the hospital on Sunday with a blood clot stemming from a concussion she suffered earlier in December and was being assessed by doctors, a State Department spokesman said. ...
08:02 AM, Dec 31, 2012
US President Barack Obama is expected to nominate Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry to succeed Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, a source familiar with the process said on Saturday. Kerry, the Democratic nominee for president in 2004 and a stalwart Obama supporter, had been widely tipped as the likely candidate for top US diplomat following the withdrawal last week of US ambassador to the United Nations Susan...
09:50 AM, Dec 16, 2012
Los Angeles: Former US Secretary of State, General Colin Powell has penned a book on leadership skills with the advice "get mad, then get over it," set to hit book stores in May 2012, publisher HarperCollins said on Sunday. "It Worked For Me: Lessons in Leadership and Life" is a collection of personal tales from the four-star US Army general starting with his famous '13 Rules,' as well as the...
03:19 PM, Sep 26, 2011
Washington: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton received a cool welcome in Pakistan on her recent trip, mainstream American media reported on Saturday adding this is reflection of the low-ebb in relationship between the two countries. "The tension was clear at the start of the first meeting of the day, with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari. There were few of the smiles and warm handshakes that usually open such sitdowns,...
03:11 PM, May 28, 2011
Washington: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wished Bengalis across the globe a 'Happy New Year' with the traditional Bengali greeting "Shubho Nobo Borsho!" In a message to the Bengali community on the occasion of "Poila Boishakh", the Bengali New Year, Clinton said: "Shubho Nobo Borsho! As you celebrate this special day, know that the United States stands with all Bengalis everywhere as we work for a more peaceful and...
01:55 AM, Apr 15, 2011
The United States is facing direct competition from China on the global stage - both political and economic, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. This is probably for the first time that a top US official has used such a strong language of competition with China in diplomatic terms. "We are in a competition for influence with China. Let's put aside the moral, humanitarian, do-good side of what we believe...
08:39 AM, Mar 03, 2011
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange who is in hiding blasted Hillary Clinton saying that "she should resign". ...
06:02 PM, Dec 02, 2010
New York: The United States says President Barack Obama's visit to India in November will be a "defining moment" in the history of their ties as Washington has an important stake in India's emergence as a global power. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna "agreed that the President's visit will be a defining moment in the history of our bilateral relations," a senior...
12:25 PM, Sep 28, 2010
The US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the goal is to reduce the high level of anti-American sentiment in Pakistan. ...
12:42 PM, Jul 19, 2010
US Secretary of State questions Islamabad's commitment in hunting Qaeda leaders. ...
03:09 PM, Oct 30, 2009
A diplomat claims she was rejected for a post because of her age. ...
11:51 AM, Sep 19, 2009
