The Guardian January 11, 2009 Barack Obama will mark a radical break in American foreign policy this week by unveiling a team of diplomats tasked with ushering in a new era of dialogue with enemies abroad. more
Georgian DailyJanuary 11, 2009 Meeting in the ornate Treaty Room atop the State Department State in Washington, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze on Friday signed the United States-Georgia Charter on Strategic Partnership. more
The IndependentJanuary 10, 2009 Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State, was forced to step back from voting in favour of the Gaza ceasefire resolution at the UN Security Council after orders from Washington, diplomatic sources said yesterday. more
BBCJanuary 10, 2009 Russian, Ukrainian and European Union officials have signed a deal which should pave the way for the re-opening of gas supplies to Europe. more
International Herald TribuneJanuary 9, 2009 Talks aimed at restarting gas shipments to Europe hung in the balance Friday, with Russia and Ukraine still at odds over the terms of deploying a European Union-led monitoring mission to track flows of Russian gas through Ukrainian pipelines. more