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• Is there a Geneva / New York divide?

  Published: July 8, 2007, 10:30 am

  Tags: United Nations, New York, Civil Society, Mc Carthy, Negotiators, Humanitarian Impacts, Disarmament, Arms Control, Geneva, Multilateral Negotiations, Bob Dylan, Diplomacy

  Bob Dylan played a sold-out concert in Geneva recently, mixing songs from his latest album, "Modern Times," with some of his old classics, including "Like a Rolling Stone," which contains the following cryptic lyrics:"You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat / who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat..."Nobody quite knows what this

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• Zapped! Mobile technology in the conference chamber

  Published: July 4, 2007, 6:13 am

  Tags: Social Interactions, Blackberry, Conference, Negotiators, Technology, Arms Control, Decision Making, Multilateral Negotiations, Mobile Phone, Lewis, Diplomacy

  In the past, in a negotiating conference room, one could always tell when something was afoot. Delegates would be moving around the room often with unseemly speed - clutching sheaves of draft text. Conclaves of ambassadors would huddle in a corner to sweat out the immediate joint response to a smart proposal from another delegation or group.

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• Gregory Wright The Name of The Las Plumas High School Shooter

  Published: September 29, 2007, 1:23 pm

  Tags: General News, Gregory Wright, Hostage Negotiators, Las Plumas High School, Las Plumas High School Gregory Wright, Las Plumas High School Shooting

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• Philippine officials, Muslim rebels begin peace talks in Malaysia

  Published: November 14, 2007, 4:04 am

  Tags: Malaysia, Ahead, Bernama, Conflict, Deputy, Fighting, Front, Islamic, Kuala Lumpur, Liberation, Milf, Mindanao, Minister, Moro, Muslim, Najib, Negotiators, News, Peace, Philippine, Politics, Prime, Razak, Rebel, Tuesday

  "Najib, who is also Malaysia's defence minister, urged representatives from the P read more

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• Negotiators Close In on Energy Measure

  Published: November 29, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Negotiators, Close, Energy, Measure, John Dingell, United States, Harry Reid, Pete Domenici, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U S Environmental Protection Agency, Acciona Sa, Chrysler Holding Llc, David Friedman, Nancy Pelosi, North America, Peter C

  Congressional negotiators are nearing agreement on the components of an energy bill that would boost fuel efficiency standards for vehicles and require vast increases in the use of biofuels, according to congressional aides and lobbyists.

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• Negotiators Close In on Energy Measure

  Published: November 29, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Negotiators, Close, Energy, Measure, John Dingell, United States, Harry Reid, Pete Domenici, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U S Environmental Protection Agency, Acciona Sa, Chrysler Holding Llc, David Friedman, Nancy Pelosi, North America, Peter C

  Congressional negotiators are nearing agreement on the components of an energy bill that would boost fuel efficiency standards for vehicles and require vast increases in the use of biofuels, according to congressional aides and lobbyists.

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• Negotiators Close In on Energy Measure

  Published: November 29, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Negotiators, Close, Energy, Measure, John Dingell, United States, Harry Reid, Pete Domenici, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U S Environmental Protection Agency, Acciona Sa, Chrysler Holding Llc, David Friedman, Nancy Pelosi, North America, Peter C

  Congressional negotiators are nearing agreement on the components of an energy bill that would boost fuel efficiency standards for vehicles and require vast increases in the use of biofuels, according to congressional aides and lobbyists.

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• Hill Negotiators Drop Hate-Crime Provision

  Published: December 7, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Hill, Negotiators, Drop, Hate Crime, Provision, Iraq, Carl Levin, Edward M Kennedy, George W Bush, Joe Solmonese, The Pentagon, The White House, Afghanistan, Human Rights Campaign

  House and Senate negotiators yesterday nixed a measure to expand hate-crime protections, removing it from a Pentagon policy bill that is now likely to pass both chambers by wide margins.

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• Hill Negotiators Drop Hate-Crime Provision

  Published: December 7, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Hill, Negotiators, Drop, Hate Crime, Provision, Iraq, Carl Levin, Edward M Kennedy, George W Bush, Joe Solmonese, The Pentagon, The White House, Afghanistan, Human Rights Campaign

  House and Senate negotiators yesterday nixed a measure to expand hate-crime protections, removing it from a Pentagon policy bill that is now likely to pass both chambers by wide margins.

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• Negotiators Grappling With Stimulus Plan

  Published: January 24, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Negotiators, Grappling, With, Stimulus, Plan, George W Bush, Henry M Paulson, The White House, Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, United States, Arizona, Wisconsin, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Holdings, Capitol Hill, Charles Schumer, Dick Cheney, Harriet Miers, Harry Reid, James Webb

  The White House and congressional leaders struggled yesterday to preserve their newfound alliance on the economy in the face of revolts in both parties over the shape of a potential stimulus package and of debates over issues such as health care and warrantless surveillance.

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• Negotiators Grappling With Stimulus Plan

  Published: January 24, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Negotiators, Grappling, With, Stimulus, Plan, George W Bush, Henry M Paulson, The White House, Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, United States, Arizona, Wisconsin, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Holdings, Capitol Hill, Charles Schumer, Dick Cheney, Harriet Miers, Harry Reid, James Webb

  The White House and congressional leaders struggled yesterday to preserve their newfound alliance on the economy in the face of revolts in both parties over the shape of a potential stimulus package and of debates over issues such as health care and warrantless surveillance.

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• Everything bad is good for you?

  Published: January 31, 2008, 10:21 am

  Tags: Negotiators, Technology, Patricia Lewis, Borrie, Negotiations

  think that all disarmament negotiators are cravat, tweed and monocle-wearing 19th century types operating in their own parallel bubble universe. There has been little real consideration of the impacts say of new technology on negotiation - and one only has to see the profusion of Blackberries and lately the proliferation of Apple iPhones,

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• Farm Bill Negotiators Cut Funds for Overseas School Lunch Program

  Published: May 6, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Farm, Bill, Negotiators, Cut, Funds, For, Overseas, School, Lunch, Program, George W Bush, U S Department Of Agriculture, United States, George Mcgovern, George S Mcgovern, James Mcgovern, Mogadishu, Nancy Pelosi, Robert J Dole, Rosa Delauro, Tom Harkin, Dan Morgan, Ethiopia

  House and Senate negotiators bargaining over a new farm bill have reduced funding for a key school lunch program for poor children abroad and agreed to sharply expand nutrition programs for low-income families and children in the United States.

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• Negotiators Agree on Farm Bill, but Bush Vows to Veto It

  Published: May 9, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Negotiators, Agree, Farm, Bill, But, Bush, Vows, Veto, Ed Schafer, George W Bush, Bob Goodlatte, Collin Peterson, John Boehner, Kent Conrad, Nancy Pelosi, Tom Harkin, Internal Revenue Service, U S House Committee On Agriculture, U S Senate Agriculture Nutrition An

  House and Senate negotiators yesterday reached final agreement on a new farm bill that will spend close to $300 billion on nutrition, conservation, energy and farm subsidy programs over the next five years, but administration officials immediately announced that President Bush will veto it.

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