The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Paris - A French couple that had been staying in the Oberoi Trident Hotel when terrorists struck the Indian city of Mumbai were killed in the attack, Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Friday, confirming a news report. After expressing his condol...
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
From The Toronto Star: Doubts also expressed about Afghan troop plan PARIS–French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner warned U.S. President-elect Barack Obama yesterday of potential dangers involved in his plans to deal more directly with Iran and send more troops to Afghanistan. Obama has made clear he plans a new approach to dealing with Iran and its nuclear program, including direct talks if needed,...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
FRENCH FOREIGN minister Bernard Kouchner has praised the performance of the EU mission to Chad during a visit to the country at the weekend, claiming the deployment represents "the best face of Europe".
euronews24 (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
PARIS – The French foreign minister says he has doubts about U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's plans to fight Islamic militants in Afghanistan. Bernard Kouchner says plans that increase troop numbers would only work "in precise areas with a
euronews24 (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
PARIS – The French foreign minister says he has doubts about U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's plans to fight Islamic militants in Afghanistan. Bernard Kouchner says plans that increase troop numbers would only work "i
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
The European Union is considering applying individual sanctions against members of Mauritania's military government, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said today.
Bosses blog (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
Spiked online, The thin blue line between ‘humanitarianism’ and war The first explicit challenge to humanitarian neutrality was the 1967-1970 Biafran war, when France’s current foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, shot to public attention by resigning from his post as a Red Cross doctor over the organisation’s failure to take sides in the conflict.
French Politics (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
Le Monde quotes Bernard Kouchner: "Washington can either help find a way out of the current impasse [in negotiations with Iran] or ruin the two-track approach." He is nervous, in short, about direct negotiations between Iran and the US. The Europeans, he says, have learned some things about Iran's negotiating tactics, and the US, if it blunders in naively, could upset the applecart. Well, sure.
Financial24 (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
(WASHINGTON) - French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner onWednesday voiced European enthusiasm for Barack Obama's White Housevictory, saying the US president-elect was "a more colorful man thanusual"
Human Security Gateway: All Updates (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
While Bernard Kouchner and David Miliband seek a diplomatic solution to the crisis in eastern Congo and the European Union considers sending troops to North Kivu Province, the international community must recognize the role it has played in fomenting the conflict and the need for new, long-term peace strategies. Two international interventions - the UN peacekeeping mission that has operated in Congo...
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner on Wednesday suggested new diplomatic opportunities will come as President-elect Obama moves into the White House. In a meeting with reporters, Kouchner indir...
Hunt of the Sea Wolves (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
M&C Pirates have released 10 crew members of a French tug kidnapped in an offshore oil field off the West African nation of Cameroon last month, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner announced on Tuesday. The seven Frenchmen, two Cameroonian and one Tunisian were abducted off the vessel owned by the Bourbon shipping company around midnight on October [...]
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says the EU will restart suspended partnership talks with Russia. Kouchner says there has been wide support among EU countries at a meeting of foreign ministe...
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says the EU will restart suspended partnership talks with Russia.
Financial24 (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
(PARIS) - French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner will meet aides to President-elect Barack Obama as well as current Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a visit to Washington next week, his
