Diplomats stories:
Niger soldiers seize president in coup
Feb 18th, 2010 - Yahoo! News
niamey (afp) – niger troops stormed the presidency complex amid deadly gunbattles in niamey on thursday and seized president mamadou tandja and his cabinet in a coup d'etat, diplomats said.
gunfire and loud explosions reverberated across the cityTop UN Climate Diplomat Announces Resignation
Feb 18th, 2010 - New York Times
the united nations' top climate diplomat will step down july 1 following a raucous four-year term during which world leaders struggled to reach agreement on a new international global warming deal. yvo de boer said today that he plans to leave
Haiti frees 8 of 10 missionaries
Feb 18th, 2010 - Boston
bedraggled and sweat-soaked - walked out of the haitian jail escorted by us diplomats after dusk. they waited until they were safely inside a white van before flashing smiles and giving a thumbs up to reporters.
hours earlier, judge bernard saint-vilHaiti frees eight US missionaries after parents refute 'kidnap' charges
Feb 17th, 2010 - guardian.co.uk
– looking bedraggled and sweaty – walked out of the jail in port-au-prince escorted by us diplomats just after dusk. they waited until they were safely inside a white van before flashing smiles, waving and giving a thumbs up to reporters. hours earlier
US reaches out to Syria after 5-year rift
Feb 17th, 2010 - Washington Times
syria's five-year diplomatic isolation by the west de facto ended wednesday as washington's top career diplomat met with president bashar assad in damascus, a day after president obama nominated the first u.s. ambassador to the arab state since 2005


