Senate OKs insider-trading bill

cnn 03-FEB-12

Mark Kirk stroke: US Senator, 52, left paralysed

dailymail 24-JAN-12

EU bans Iranian oil imports

euronews 23-JAN-12

Spokesperson: Illinois Sen. Kirk suffers stroke

CBSnews 23-JAN-12

Egypt Islamists get majority of parliament seats in final tally

latimes 22-JAN-12

Magnetic bomb kills another scientist in Iran as regime accuses West of staging covert war to thwart its nuclear plans

dailymail 11-JAN-12

U.S. expels Venezuelan consul in Miami

cnn 08-JAN-12

Afghan solution

TheFrontierPost 07-JAN-12

19:06 EU 'agrees' Iran crude embargo

irishtimes 04-JAN-12

Congress OKs massive spending plan

cnn 18-DEC-11

Russians 'to quit Londongrad' if Putin loses March election

dailymail 17-DEC-11

Negotiations continue on tax cut

cnn 17-DEC-11

Foreign ministry criticises ‘wrong’ US aid freeze

dawn 15-DEC-11

U.S. lawmakers tackle Pakistan, Iran

cnn 13-DEC-11

Thousands across Russia protest poll fraud

aljazeera 10-DEC-11

US opens an online Iranian embassy

telegraph 06-DEC-11

Iran diplomats expelled from UK return home

aljazeera 03-DEC-11

Iran diplomats leave London for Tehran

aljazeera 02-DEC-11

U.S. to announce 'new steps' against Iran

montrealgazette 21-NOV-11

African leaders: Al-Shabaab operation 'historic opportunity' for security

cnn 16-NOV-11

Iran hits back over nuclear report

aljazeera 09-NOV-11

Report: Iran mastering nuclear weapons

cnn 08-NOV-11

Muammar Gaddafi's spokesman 'arrested'

timesofmalta 30-SEP-11

NTC confirms whereabouts of Gaddafi's two sons

chinadaily 29-SEP-11

UN humanitarian mission in Syria

bbc 21-AUG-11

Brazil, Iran foster stronger ties

cnn 10-AUG-11

London riots spark shock and gloating around the world

telegraph 09-AUG-11

US Senator challenges Delta airways over discrimination

jpost 25-JUN-11

Tensions high as Egypt protesters accuse Army of turning on them (The Christian Science Monitor)

news 11-APR-11

Libya: Gaddafi declares a ceasefire as UN passes no-fly zone resolution

telegraph 18-MAR-11

Ambassador nominee raises strong emotions in China

latimes 10-MAR-11

Libyan leader appears on state TV

bbc 22-FEB-11

Chicago is Hu's last stop on U.S. trip

cnn 21-JAN-11

START gets initial approval in Russia

cnn 24-DEC-10

START approval seen as victory for Obama

euronews 23-DEC-10

US Senate approves new 'START' pact

aljazeera 22-DEC-10

Vote to repeal ban on gays in US military

RTERadio 18-DEC-10

House passes short-term spending bill

cnn 17-DEC-10

U.S. Readies New Sanctions on Iran Ahead of Talks

ipsnews 17-DEC-10

Eyeing 2012 elections, Democrats set up votes on tax cuts to portray GOP as friend of wealthy

latimes 04-DEC-10

Edited by Mark DeLucas :Washington-Moscow Relations Improve: In Pledge of the Ratification of the New START

watchingamerica 04-DEC-10

2010 MID-TERM ELECTION: Republicans seize control as millions of U.S. voters turn their backs on Obama

dailymail 03-NOV-10

Obama rues election 'shellacking' (AFP)

news 03-NOV-10

Midterms 2010: US voters prepare to go to the polls

telegraph 02-NOV-10

Obamas campaign together in Ohio

washtimes 17-OCT-10

Robert Fisk: UN: Israel was on its own side before border clash

austrianews 06-AUG-10

Nato base in Afghanistan attacked

phantis 02-JUL-10

Clinton's visit will be fruitless?

a1plus 01-JUL-10

Pro and anti-Kagan voices to be heard Thursday

cnn 01-JUL-10

Tape Reveals Blagojevich Eyed Winfrey for Senate

CBSnews 28-JUN-10

Malema tender probe enters final stage

Star 28-JUN-10

Kirk Apologizes for Misstatements About Service

CBSnews 05-JUN-10

Kagan meets with key senators

cnn 12-MAY-10

IMF fears debt crisis 'contagion'

aljazeera 29-APR-10

Goldman Sachs clients were 'objects for profit'

channel4news 27-APR-10

Regulators seize bank linked to Senate candidate (Reuters)

news 24-APR-10

US warns Syria over 'supplying' missiles to Hezbollah

austrianews 22-APR-10

Troubled bank a potential stain in Ill. race (AP)

news 22-APR-10

Iranian poet handed 'travel ban'

bbc 08-MAR-10

US committee to vote on Armenian 'genocide' measure

phantis 04-MAR-10

Davutoglu approached Serzh Sargsyan

a1plus 26-FEB-10

General 'extremely saddened' over Afghan civilian deaths

cnn 22-FEB-10

Video: Iran Dissident on the Run

CBSnews 21-FEB-10

Iran warns foreign media of intrusion

RTERadio 20-FEB-10

Armenian Minister of Finance says economy is in stage of mending

panorama 20-FEB-10

Congressman Wins G.O.P. Primary for Senate Seat

nytimes 03-FEB-10

Obama unveils multi-trillion dollar spending plan

examiner 02-FEB-10

First primary sets stage for Ill. showdown

washtimes 02-FEB-10

World bank to extend Armenia $160 million in 2010

arka_am 17-DEC-09

Iran 'test-fires upgraded missile'

aljazeera 16-DEC-09

Some Guantanamo detainees to be moved to Illinois

cnn 15-DEC-09

American Task for Lebanon delegation visits Aoun

nowlebanon 04-DEC-09

Guantanamo detainee move not security risk: officials

reuters 17-NOV-09

Jail 'may take Guantanamo men'

bbc 16-NOV-09

Gitmo detainees headed to Illinois?

cnn 15-NOV-09

Independents fuel GOP victories in Va., N.J.

washtimes 05-NOV-09

Russian railways to showcase at Expo-Russia 2009 Armenia

arka_am 23-OCT-09

Iran draft uranium deal on the table

cnn 21-OCT-09

Iran 'retreats' from nuclear deal

bbc 19-OCT-09

UN body to vote on Gaza report

bbc 16-OCT-09

China unlikely to back more Iran sanctions

independent 16-OCT-09

Video: China forges links with Iran

aljazeera 15-OCT-09

Iran nuclear official says IAEA can inspect new plant

cnn 26-SEP-09

Burris won't seek Senate seat in 2010

cnn 11-JUL-09

Sen. Roland Burris reportedly won't run in 2010

latimes 10-JUL-09

Armenian MP on economic decline in Armenia

arka_am 25-JUN-09

Obama toughens stance on Iran

ft 24-JUN-09

China accused over unfair trade

bbc 24-JUN-09

The GOP's New Health-Care Alternative. Join the Line

time 18-JUN-09

Senate committee debates health care reform

cnn 17-JUN-09

China and US share economic umbilical cord

ft 31-MAY-09

China plans to build petrol reserves

ft 24-MAY-09

CCB share deals soar after BofA stake sale

ft 14-MAY-09

China bans foreign financial news operations

ft 01-MAY-09

Iran 'leading terrorism sponsor'

phantis 01-MAY-09

Dad of U.S. hunger striker in Iran questioned

cnn 29-APR-09

Where Obama leads, the rest of the world is struggling to follow

thetimes 30-MAR-09

Obama budget faces new hurdles

latimes 20-MAR-09

U.S. lawmakers pressure Obama on Armenian issue

reuters 12-MAR-09

Freeman Explains His Intelligence Post Withdrawal

NPRnews 11-MAR-09

House Bill Draws Criticism From GOP

WashingtonPost_B 26-FEB-09

Israel denies reports of Hamas negotiations

cnn 15-FEB-09

ARMENIAN ECONOMY MINISTER AND HEAD OF OSCE YEREVAN OFFICE DISCUSS IMPLEMENTATION OF A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS &nbsp&nbsp YEREVAN,

armenpress 07-FEB-09

Refinery strike enters third day

bbc 30-JAN-09

[-said]: I'm not perfect. I made a mistake and then apologized,

AP 23-JAN-12

[-said]: I’m not perfect. I made a mistake and then apologized,

washtimes 23-JAN-12

[-told]: I’ll be supporting his nomination also because he will be good in working with the opposition and human rights communities in Russia,

sptimesrussi 17-JAN-12

[-said]: Following the report’s release, in a letter to the FBI , Senator Mark Kirk (R – Illinois) and Representative Mike Quigley (D- Illinois), who previously represented Cook County in various capacities, called for a federal investigation to determine if there had been any criminal activity involved with the program. We may have more than just a problem of lackadaisical management,

homelandsecuritynewswire 12-JAN-12

[ said]: I do not think the United States should adopt a new 21st Century policy of isolationism. I think the 20th Century has two painful examples of what isolationism leads to for the United Statesthat’s Pearl Harbor after the isolationism of the 1930s and Sept. 11, after we pulled out of Afghanistan,

latimes 20-DEC-11

[-said]: There is a slight chance he could be better. And so if the North Koreans invite the United States to the funeral, we should send a delegation because we should always try to build a new relationship with the regime, even though it looks pretty bleak at this point,

latimes 20-DEC-11

[-said]: Initially we though the primary would be over, largely by the end of January or beginning of February,

latimes 20-DEC-11

[-said]: I will be supporting his nomination also because he will be good in working with the opposition and human rights communities in Russia,

news 18-DEC-11

[-said]: Get in with the Indian Intelligence Service, the Indian Chief of Staff, bring Indian, not just economic but military assistance on line, and build some long relationships so that in the mid-presidential term next time, the 2014 time frame, you have a steady partner with new money coming on the table that can send an important signal to ,

indiatimes 15-DEC-11

[-said]: You know, Yogi Bear said when you reach a fork in the road, take it. I think we hit the fork in the road in August and September between the United States and Pakistan. We saw a large truck bomb assembled, lit off next to a US base, 77 US casualties,

indiatimes 15-DEC-11

[ said]: Moving forward, the Congress will need to be more vigilant than ever before in holding the administration's feet to the fire to collapse the Central Bank of Iran and force international financial institutions to choose between doing business in the U.S. and doing business in Iran,

AP 13-DEC-11

[-said]: I think Democrats are scratching their heads that the administration is leading them into a policy provision which not a single Democratic senator can support,

AP 09-DEC-11

[ said]: I think members who vote for this legislation are anti-Social Security,

latimes 07-DEC-11

[-said]: If this brutal and terrorism-sponsoring regime achieves this goal, if Iran gets the bomb, we in the US and freedom-loving nations around the world would have failed what is our generation's greatest test for securing the 21st century,

yediotaharonot 07-DEC-11

[-added]: They are not technical fixes at all. They are meant to undermine the amendment,

trendnews 07-DEC-11

[ said]: We need to thread the needle between pressure on Greece and others to dramatically cut spending so that they're not credit unworthy, and a backstop that could prevent any panic from people making irrational decisions,

news_com_au 06-DEC-11

[-said]: If this brutal and terrorism-sponsoring regime achieves this goal, if Iran gets the bomb, we in the U.S. and freedom-loving nations around the world would have failed what is our generation's greatest test for securing the 21st century,

iranvajahan 06-DEC-11

[-said]: Sales of crude oil line the regime's pockets, sustain its human rights abuses and feed its nuclear ambitions like no other sector of the Iranian economy.

iranvajahan 06-DEC-11

[-said]: This is the right amendment, at the right time, sending the right message in the face of a very irresponsible regime,

nowlebanon 02-DEC-11

[-said]: significant financial transaction with the Central Bank of Iran.

dailymail 02-DEC-11

[-said]: We seek to break the stable financial intermediary in between Iranian oil contracts and the outside world, so that it will just be easier to buy oil from elsewhere,

haaretz 02-DEC-11

[ said]: The Central Bank of Iran is the primary bankroller of Iran's global terror network, its nuclear program and other illicit activities,

cnn 02-DEC-11

[ said]: Unless we take decisive action on sanctioning, I think what Iran is doing actually destabilizes oil markets in a more significant way,

nowlebanon 29-NOV-11

[-has said]: nuclear option

ipsnews 22-NOV-11

[-said]: The Central Bank of Iran is a terrorist bank actively engaged in illicit activities and I welcome the Administration's decision to put the world on notice. Now we need to move forward with bipartisan legislation to collapse this terrorist bank and stop Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons before it's too late,

reuters 21-NOV-11

[-said]: Without immediate and serious action, the Islamic Republic of Iran will have a nuclear weapons capability in the near future,

nowlebanon 18-NOV-11

[-said]: We must act now or face the consequences of a nuclear Iran.

nowlebanon 18-NOV-11

[-said]: In the end, we may also have to think about an oil quarantine on Iran, so that Iran cannot sell oil. That would quickly collapse the economy. If you don't do that, then you basically push especially Israel into considering a military option. And the reason why is Iran has transferred all of its advanced weapons that it currently holds to Hezbollah, including cruise missiles. I think there is a near-100 percent chance that, once [Iranian President Mahmoud ] Ahmadinejad develops nuclear weapons, he will give

voanews 09-NOV-11

[-said]: Saudi Arabia has said they will match any reduction in Iranian sales and they have the capability to do that,

csmonitor 08-NOV-11

[ says]: The CEOs of these companies have no ability to look themselves in the mirror,

iranvajahan 31-OCT-11

[-said]: One thing they asked us that we should provide is a hospital ship,

cnn 21-OCT-11

[ said]: The administration, especially Secretary Clinton, deserves our congratulations,

ipsnews 21-OCT-11

[-said]: The technological advancements we've seen in the past 25 years have revolutionized the way we live our lives, but unfortunately surveillance protections have not kept pace,

cnet 21-OCT-11

[-said]: India has a strong interest in an Afghanistan that is not a terror base,

geo 27-SEP-11

[ said]: If the administration wants to provide zero, that’d be OK with us,

dailytimesPK 23-SEP-11

[-said]: In such an environment, and with our deficits and debt, aid to Pakistan seems naive at best and counter-productive at worst. I am seriously reconsidering and rethinking how well aid to Pakistan served us,

deccanherald 17-SEP-11

[-said]: The Haqqani network kills Americans, attacks the elected government of Afghanistan and remains protected in its Pakistani headquarters of Miriam Shah. Without that Pakistani safe haven, it would suffer the same fate as al-Qaeda. Afghan and US Special Operations teams take out many Taliban commanders and operators each night but numerous key Haqqani leaders spend all day planning attacks on Americans in Afghanistan -- then sleep soundly in their beds in Pakistan,

deccanherald 17-SEP-11

[ said]: It is all well known that while there are terrorists operating loosely in Pakistan who attack Afghans and Americans, it is the Haqqani Network that enjoys the official support and backing of the intelligence service of Pakistan,

deccanherald 17-SEP-11

[-said]: Recently, there was a high-profile attack on the Afghan Government and ISAF headquarters in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. The US Ambassador two days ago then announced this was the work of the Haqqani Network. That is a very important factoid. Then yesterday, the Secretary of Defense also highlighted the Haqqani and pointed a direct finger at the Government of Pakistan and its intelligence service, the ISI,

deccanherald 17-SEP-11

[-said]: Pakistan has become the main threat to Afghanistan. Pakistan's intelligence service is the biggest danger to the Afghan government. It is also a tremendous threat to the lives of American troops. Let me be clear: many Americans died in Afghanistan because of Pakistan's ISI,

deccanherald 17-SEP-11

[ said]: This amendment ensures that taxpayer dollars will not help the Iranian government avoid sanctions for building nuclear weapons,

economictimes 09-SEP-11

[-said]: We should now move beyond this step to the one recommended in August by 91 Senators: collapse the Central Bank of Iran,

economictimes 09-SEP-11

[added:]: This amendment ensures that taxpayer dollars will not help the Iranian government avoid sanctions for building nuclear weapons.

iranvajahan 09-SEP-11

[-said]: As much as the Pakistani officials claim otherwise, the Haqqanis (one of the terrorist groups) are backed and protected by Pakistan's own intelligence service. Statements by Pakistani government officials to the contrary are direct lies.

indiatimes 07-SEP-11

[-said]: As much as the Pakistani officials claim otherwise, the Haqqanis are backed and protected by Pakistan's own intelligence service,

deccanherald 07-SEP-11

[ said]: The United States should impose crippling sanctions in response to the murder of civilians by troops under the orders of Syrian President Assad,

asiatimes 05-AUG-11

[ said]: All of this is a down payment on further ways to bring common sense ... to the spending of our government,

cnn 02-AUG-11

[ said]: relations with Moscow. ‘These are extraordinarily specific and detailed allegations delivered by the government of Georgia,

geotimes 22-JUL-11

[-said]: I am deeply concerned by information that suggests the US Army and Defense Logistics Agency may be contracting sensitive military logistics services to an entity tied to Iran’s primary shipping company,

arabtimes 22-JUN-11

[-said]: In these times of deficits and debt, we could let America grind to halt or we could give new life to Lincoln's economic legacy by building roads, airports and railroads using public-private partnerships,

reuters 20-JUN-11

[-said]: immediately designate the İHH as a terrorist entity under Executive Order 13224,

panarmenian 17-JUN-11

[-said]: The criminal allegations against Strauss-Kahn are alarming and undermine confidence in the institution at a critical juncture in our economic history. Strauss-Kahn has forfeited our confidence and should resign or be fired frm his position at the IMF.

allafrica 20-MAY-11

[ said]: Across the board, the US and China continue to grow interdependent every day and we need a nuanced policy that reflects this 21st century reality,

channelnewsasia 11-MAY-11

[ said]: We need to create a space for senators to hold open and frank dialogue with Chinese leaders on areas of disagreement, especially Iran,

channelnewsasia 11-MAY-11

[-was asked]: We should use the diplomatic weight and authority of the United States to undermine the Syrian dictatorship. I think we are witnessing the slow end of the Assad dictatorship, and we should stand with the people of Syria.

globalsecurity 25-APR-11

[-said]: I think the U.S. military is now overstretched with four major missions in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and Japan,

upi 24-APR-11

[-said]: Face the Nation,

CBSnews 24-APR-11

[ said]: My read, especially from southern Illinois that shares a media market with Missouri, is it is increasingly unpopular, especially with seniors who realize the Medicare cuts in the law,

newschannel5 14-APR-11

[ said]: If growing confidence in Egypt is to go forward, then the government should not take rash, noticeable actions that attract international attention to Egypt,

nowlebanon 12-APR-11

[-told]: I think that we are now in a shooting war with Moammar Gadhafi, so it should be to end his regime and bring about a new government,

npr 25-MAR-11

[-said]: Senators will always take their pound of flesh out of any nominee on China policy. The Beijing-Washington relationship is the most important diplomatic relationship on the planet,

khaleejtimes 10-MAR-11

[-said]: it appears to be much more realistic about the growing threat.

jpost 16-FEB-11

[-noted that]: complete mistake.

jpost 16-FEB-11

[-said]: Having it disappear is not the right answer,

WashingtonPost 10-FEB-11

Romney [-said]: I am extremely distressed by the news that my friend Mark Kirk is hospitalized for emergency medical treatment. I wish him a speedy recovery and a swift return to the U.S. Senate chamber,

reuters 23-JAN-12