John Kerry

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• Kerry: US, allies, ready to step up aid rebels

  -- Secretary of State John Kerry says the United States and its Arab and European allies will step up their support for Syria's opposition to help them "fight for the freedom of their country" if President Bashar Assad's regime doesn't engage in peace talks   Read more »

• Syria ex-minister leads rebuilding plan

  in early June, would help launch talks.Despite much skepticism, the initiative, announced by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov last week in Moscow, is the first serious attempt in a year to end Syria's civil war,   Read more »

• Kerry says he'll answer questions on Benghazi

  -- Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday he's determined to answer any questions related to the deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, as the House Republican leader pushed for more information from the Obama administration.One   Read more »

• Israel airstrikes loom over US diplomacy on Syria

  -- Secretary of State John Kerry is making his case to Russian President Vladimir Putin for Russia to take a tougher stance on Syria at a time when Israel's weekend air strikes against the beleaguered Mideast nation have added an unpredictable factor to the   Read more »

• Seeking calm in Koreas, U.S. looks again to China

  to exert real pressure on Korean leader Kim Jong Un 's unpredictable regime was front and center as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held a series of meetings with Chinese leaders in Beijing .As they sat down together in China's Great Hall of the People,   Read more »

Around the web

• Despite the Difficulties, Peace Breakthrough Possible

  difficulties, it's possible to achieve a breakthrough for peace via the initiative of United States Secretary of State John Kerry. Speaking before a meeting with British Foreign Secretary William Hague, Peres said the process is slow and long but positive 4:11 AM from Arutz Sheva Read more »

• The latest Israel-Palestine peace talks were doomed to fail before they began

  a long way to go for a game of charades. William Hague is in Israel today to support US secretary of state John Kerry’s bid to re-start Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. With the peace process stalled since the last serious talks in 2008, Kerry is said 3:28 AM from New Statesman Read more »

• Sen. Cowan to address BC Law School commencement

  the graduating class Friday morning at the school's Chestnut Hill campus. He was appointed by Gov. Deval Patrick to fill John Kerry 's former U.S. Senate seat on an interim basis, Cowan is a graduate of Northeastern University School of Law and began his legal 3:01 AM from San Francisco Chronicle Read more »

• Kerry to Visit Ethiopia for Security Talks

  Secretary of State John Kerry is headed to Ethiopia for security talks with regional officials and to attend a 50th anniversary celebration for the African Union. Kerry's three-day visit begins Friday in Addis Ababa, where the State Department says he will 2:32 AM from Voice of America Read more »

• US-India trade body raises America Inc's concerns

  Council and President and CEO of MasterCard Worldwide, has written to Obama, with a copy of the letter to US Secretary of State John Kerry, urging them to raise the issue with Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh when they meet him next month. In his letter, 1:18 AM from Rediff Read more »