With violence in Darfur down but tensions erupting in the south — and the U.S. administration rethinking its Khartoum strategy — Sudan is facing a crucial turning point in its long odyssey toward stability — something that has so far eluded Africa’s largest nation for decades.

After his first 100 days in office, has President Barack Obama developed a coherent foreign policy strategy to guide the country through the major international crisis that Vice President Joe Biden predicted he would face right about now?

Reports of Mexico’s imminent demise are not only premature, they’re ridiculous, says Mexican Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan, who touted his government’s response to the flu scare as proof that his country isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.

"In a way, we have become victims of our own success," admits Riga's envoy, Andrejs Pildegovics, of Latvia's economic fall from grace.

Secrecy and suspicion reigned in relations between the two superpowers during the Cold War. But despite his deep mistrust of the Soviets, Kennedy never quit trying to negotiate with them, or any other American adversary for that matter

Greatly anticipated G - 20 meeting.

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