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British Foreign Secretary David Miliband talks with the teachers and students of the Foreign Affairs University of China on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 in Beijing. Miliband is in China on a three-day visit since Monday. View Photo »
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BEIJING - MARCH 17: UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband (Center) talks with the teachers and students of the Foreign Affairs University of China on March 17, 2010 in Beijing, China. David Miliband is in China as part of a three-day visit to hold... View Photo »
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Yesterday we launched the 12th FCO Human Rights Report. I re-read it on the plane from China. It's in some ways a depressing read; lots of abuse in lots of places. But it is also a testimony to huge amounts of commitment from FCO staff, and of the... Full Article at Blogminster
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British Foreign Secretary David Miliband launched the 2009 Annual Report on Human Rights Wednesday afternoon in the wake of his visit to China this week. The 192-page report named China as one of 22 "countries of concern." "China's human rights cause Full Article at China Daily
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Blog Blackout It's my fault that there's been a blog blackout during my trip to China. These are written - sorry - on the plane. Shanghai Expo The UK pavilion, also known as the Dandelion (so named by China's netizens), is a remarkable creation, Full Article at Blogminster
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“WE ARE opposed to the practice of engaging in mutual finger-pointing among countries,” said China’s prime minister, Wen Jiabao, on March 14th, resisting for the moment his own index-finger-wagging habit. Speaking at a news conference, Mr Wen was at pai Full Article at Economist
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An annual report on human rights, issued by Foreign Secretary David Miliband, said Britain must work with intelligence agencies overseas, not all of whom share UK standards and laws. "But we cannot afford the luxury of only dealing with those that do. ... Full Article at News24
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Zhisheng, who has been missing for more than a year, but the minister was still tight-lipped about his exact whereabouts. “Gao Zhisheng has been sentenced for committing the crime of subverting state power,” Yang told reporters at a joint news... Full Article at Radio Free Asia
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Miliband made the remarks at a townhall meeting with Chinese students at China Foreign Affairs University before ending his China visit. "Our perspective is engagement with China, not containment of China," Miliband told the faculty and students of... Full Article at People's Daily Online
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“Sanctions do not provide a fundamental solution to the Iranian nuclear issue. Ultimately, this issue has to be appropriately resolved through peaceful negotiations,” Yang said at a joint news conference with Britain's David Miliband following their... Full Article at China Post
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Foreign Secretary David Miliband (2nd, L) in Beijing, capital of China, March 16, 2010. Dai Bingguo and Miliband held the strategic dialogue here on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei) China and Britain Tuesday inaugurated their first higher-level strategic... Full Article at People's Daily Online
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China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (R) shakes hand with British Foreign Secretary David Miliband after a meeting at Chinese Foreign Ministry in Beijing March 16, 2010. [Agencies] BEIJING - China and the UK pledged on Tuesday to not let differences com Full Article at China Daily
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It was a really proud day, an emotional day and a fun one. We took photos and were looking around in the house with its Hogarths and Rembrants, and saw his garden with a bouncy castle in for his kids. Then David Miliband came in for a meeting. It was quite surreal.
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We have a shared goal (on the Iranian nuclear issue) and we are committed to the multilateral system
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David Miliband, the British Foreign Secretary has finally owned up to the imposition of illegal sanctions on Zimbabwe.
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The widespread concern about it is an example of the global social conscience that increasingly exists
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Our thoughts are with Sahil and his family at this extremely distressing time. Consular staff are continuing to provide support to the family, both in the UK and Pakistan. The Foreign Secretary (David Miliband) is following the case closely. We call on whoever is holding Sahil to return him to his famil...
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The fact that we have a shared goal leads me to believe that we can find the tactics to achieve it
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The Foreign Secretary (David Miliband) is following the case closely and is receiving regular updates from the British High Commission. We call on whoever is holding Sahil to return him to his family.
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I think it is very important that we have a strategic relationship with China ... That means being clear about the necessity of cooperation, the importance of two U.N. Security Council members working close together, and not hiding the areas where we disagree, but not allowing them [the Chinese] to obsc...
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The implication that David Miliband had the wool pulled over his eyes is deeply embarrassing for the foreign secretary. However, the suggestion that he acted in good faith means the real questions need to be answered by others in Government. Did former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw sign off on the ‘coerc...
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Our two countries, as two permanent members of the UN security council have profound responsibilities around the world. There are fewer greater responsibilities than peacekeeping
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The Israeli government’s attitude towards the UK over the Dubai killing has deeply annoyed the Foreign Office, not least David Miliband [the foreign secretary]
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We don't pretend to agree on everything
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In his speech to the Global Tamil Forum, the Foreign Secretary, David Miliband will re-emphasise that a peaceful, political solution is the only way to produce a lasting answer to Sri Lanka’s conflict
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Foreign investors seek transparency and fair competition so they can be confident in their investment
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On February 21 the Foreign Secretary [David Miliband] spoke to Abdullah bin Zayed, the Emirati Foreign Minister, who confirmed that they ... would be sending us details of at least a further two British passports that may have been involved. That information was received by the Foreign and Commonwealth ...
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The Afghans must own, lead and drive such political engagement
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David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, has described the use of fake British passports in the assassination as an ‘outrage’ and has said he remains determined to ‘get to the bottom of’ the affair ... The identities of six Britons living in Israel were stolen by members of an alleged hit squad which kill...
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The idea of political engagement with those who would directly or indirectly attack our troops is difficult ... But dialogue is not appeasement, and political space is not the same as veto power or domination.
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David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, has described the use of fake British passports in the assassination as an ‘outrage’ and has said he remains determined to ‘get to the bottom of’ the affair ... The identities of six Britons living in Israel were stolen by members of an alleged hit squad which kill...
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The political settlement needs to be external as well as internal, involving all of Afghanistan’s neighbours, as well as those parts of the insurgency willing permanently to sever ties with al Qaida, to give up their armed struggle, and live within the Afghan constitutional framework.
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The key part of the draft which the Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, sought to water down is the clause in which the Master of the Rolls, Lord Neuberger, cast coruscating comments on the behaviour of the British authorities.
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But my argument today is that now is the time for the Afghans to pursue a political settlement with as much vigour and energy as we are pursuing the military and civilian effort
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I hope the Foreign Secretary (David Miliband) will call the Argentine ambassador in and tell them this is unacceptable behaviour
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Some insurgents are committed to al-Qaida's extremist agenda
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