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    President Obama promises increased support for the fight against terrorism in Africa following the July 11 World Cup bombings that killed more than 70 in Uganda.

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    The United States is taking measures to free the world of nuclear weapons.

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    The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama.

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    Cybersecurity

    Cyber intruders probe for access to critical infrastructures worldwide, but public-private cooperation, international engagement will help refine defenses.

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    Clinton Promotes Pakistan Relief Fund

    As the scope of the devastation inflicted by the flooding in Pakistan becomes ever more evident, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton encourages Americans to donate to the Pakistan Relief Fund in television and radio announcements.
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U.S. Diplomatic Calendar

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      • September 2-3

        Meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Countries Regional Forum Inter-Sessional Meeting on Disaster Relief, Bangkok
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      • September 6–9

        Second World Investment Forum, Xiamen, China
    • 8–11
      • September 8–11

        China International Fair for Investment and Trade, Xiamen, China
    • 13–17
      • September 13–17

        International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors, Vienna

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In Brief

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    The Next Steps Toward Mideast Peace

    U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell says peace talks will continue in mid-September and will focus on developing a framework to establish “fundamental compromises” needed to reach an agreement.

  • Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas shaking hands, Hillary Rodham Clinton between them (State Department)
    Optimism at Outset of Talks

    Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas express optimism going into the latest round of Middle East peace talks.

  • Hosni Mubarak and President Obama shaking hands (State Department)
    Mubarak, Obama Discuss the Talks

    President Obama and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak express hope during a White House meeting that talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority will “lead to two states living side by side in peace and security.”

Quiz

  • Which of these four former-Soviet countries voluntarily gave up its nuclear arsenal after the dissolution of the Soviet Union?
    • A. Uzbekistan
    • B. Lithuania
    • C. Kazakhstan
    • D. Georgia

    Learn more: The lasting toll of Semipalatinsk’s nuclear testing

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  • North Korea announced October 9 of which year that it had successfully conducted its first nuclear test explosion?
    • A. 2002
    • B. 2006
    • C. 2008

    Learn more: North Korea’s Nuclear Test a Threat to Peace

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  • The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) signed by the USA and Soviet Union in 1991 resulted in:
    • A. Removal of about 80% of the strategic nuclear warheads then in existence.
    • B. An end to the development of new nuclear weapons systems.
    • C. A ban on strategic anti-missile defense systems.
    • D. Destruction of all strategic bombers on both sides.

    Learn more: The Legacy of START

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  • Which is the only country to have announced its withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty?
    • A. India
    • B. North Korea
    • C. South Africa
    • D. Belarus

    Learn more: U.S. Wants Peaceful Solution for North Korean Nuclear Issue

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