Read more sovereignty stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/7589/sovereignty.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:10:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/63181/parade-jubilation-follow-us-pullout-of-iraqi-cities.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIraq held its first full military parade since the fall of Saddam today—now known as Sovereignty Day—to celebrate the official withdrawal of US troops from cities and towns. The proceedings took place inside the Green Zone and were screened on television, but several media outlets, including the New...http://www.newser.com/story/63181/parade-jubilation-follow-us-pullout-of-iraqi-cities.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Jun 2009 7:17:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59218/gop-takes-aim-at-obama-high-court-noms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRepublican groups have already prepared dossiers and attack strategies on a host of possible Obama Supreme Court nominees, the New York Times reports. Ten memos obtained by the Times —all about female judges and scholars—focus on records of abortion rights, gay rights, and the citing of foreign laws. Weakened...http://www.newser.com/story/59218/gop-takes-aim-at-obama-high-court-noms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 16 May 2009 14:41:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59207/canada-gets-creative-on-arctic-sovereignty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCanada has a message for Europe: Keep your mitts off our Arctic. The government has begun a multi-pronged strategy that combines tough diplomatic talk with a flurry of cultural events across the continent that stress the nation's long ties to the region, the Globe and Mail reports. Canada knows it...http://www.newser.com/story/59207/canada-gets-creative-on-arctic-sovereignty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 16 May 2009 14:09:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/43598/as-crisis-bites-uk-changes-stance-on-tibet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLast month Gordon Brown called on China to pump more money into the International Monetary Fund, whose coffers are nearly bare as more nations succumb to the global financial crisis. Only a few days later, writes Robert Barnett in the New York Times , the British government quietly announced a change...http://www.newser.com/story/43598/as-crisis-bites-uk-changes-stance-on-tibet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Nov 2008 8:25:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41128/us-attack-was-warning-to-jihadist-friendly-syria.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US says its attack Sunday on a Syrian village was a warning to Damascus to take more action against Iraq-bound militants. “We are left with no choice but to take matters into our own hands,” an official tells the Times of London. Washington recently praised Syria for curtailing the...http://www.newser.com/story/41128/us-attack-was-warning-to-jihadist-friendly-syria.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Oct 2008 14:00:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35750/cheney-set-to-visit-georgia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDick Cheney will visit Georgia next week to strengthen ties with the battered US ally, the AP reports. The vice president will also visit Azerbaijan and Ukraine to emphasize the US commitment to the former Soviet republics, a White House spokesman said today in announcing the trip, which is to...http://www.newser.com/story/35750/cheney-set-to-visit-georgia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 25 Aug 2008 12:33:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35550/post-soviet-states-no-longer-russian-puppets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFormer cold warriors can be expected to see the Georgian conflict as signalling a return to simpler East-vs-West geopolitics, writes Bridget Kendall for the BBC. But the reaction of the post-Soviet states shows something very different: Former Soviet client states whose loyalty was assured 20 years ago—including Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan,...http://www.newser.com/story/35550/post-soviet-states-no-longer-russian-puppets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 22 Aug 2008 13:56:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32313/pakistan-us-not-hunting-bin-laden-on-our-turf.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPakistan's foreign minister said yesterday that his country has no plans to allow US or other foreign troops into the country to search for Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaeda members, AP reports. Shah Mahmood Qureshi says that Pakistani troops, plus "grassroots" efforts to stop terrorism before it can begin,...http://www.newser.com/story/32313/pakistan-us-not-hunting-bin-laden-on-our-turf.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 13 Jul 2008 8:31:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/9657/britain-to-claim-antarctic-seabed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritain will submit a claim to the UN for 386,000 square miles of Antarctica, its foreign office said today, joining the international race to grab a piece of the mineral- and oil-rich territory as global warming makes it more accessible. The move violates a 1959 treaty, which Britain signed,...http://www.newser.com/story/9657/britain-to-claim-antarctic-seabed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Oct 2007 9:28:48 CDT