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Greetings from Washington. I am delighted to congratulate each of you on the 20th anniversary of the restoration of Lithuania's independence.

In what appears to be a new initiative, the Dalai Lama invited Tibetan officials in Tibet to visit Tibetan communities 'in the free world' to understand the aspirations of Tibetans in exile.

In the past eight years, the United States has made great strides in what might be called tactical counterterrorism - taking individual terrorists off the street, and disrupting cells and operations.

Israel has once again shown the world how it deals with those who dare to criticize its actions, by publicly embarrassing Vice-president Joe Biden whilst on a peace-keeping trip to Israel.

While movies about US military incursions in the Middle East may be welcome in terms of making sense of it all, audiences don't actually want to end up there themselves.

High-level representatives from 44 African countries wrapped up a United Nations-backed conference in Nigeria today with the approval of an ambitious plan to generate employment, income and food security across the continent through agribusiness.

Good afternoon. Sorry for the unusual schedule today, but Rich Verma and I were hosting the Senate Youth Conference up in the Ben Franklin Room.

The organisations held a seminar on the occasion of International Women's Day seeking parity in women's rights. They alleged NCW was ignoring complaints filed by women against the misuse of laws to prevent dowry harassment.