Iran's Rowhani offers softer tone, same policies Tehran (AFP) June 18, 2013 Newly elected president Hassan Rowhani struck a diplomatic chord in his first news conference but offered little real change in key policy areas, especially on the long-running dispute over Iran's nuclear programme. Concretely, he ruled out any halt to the nuclear activity that has drawn UN, EU and US sanctions, repeating a long-standing Iranian position and dashing ...
June 19, 2013 - Space War
Jerrold Nadler Does Not Think the NSA Can Listen to U.S. Phone Calls An exchange between Rep. Jerrold Nadler and FBI director Robert Mueller is coming under some scrutiny after a reporter claimed it concretely proves that NSA analysts can listen to domestic phone calls without a warrant.
June 16, 2013 - The Atlantic Wire via Yahoo! News
Barack Obama in ABC News The charge that Senator Mitchell has,Obama said, "is to engage vigorously and consistently in order for us to achieve genuine progress. And when I say progress, not just photo-ops, but progress that is concretely felt by people on the...
Jacob Zuma in Reuters Concretely this means African countries should identify some people to go in there, probably talk to both parties, call them and ask them what the problem is, as well as the electoral commission,Zuma said.
Kevin Rudd in Melbourne Herald Sun There is a great, disproportionate emphasis on disagreements around the margins when, in fact, much has been concretely achieved with a mechanism for the future,Mr Rudd told BBC television.