Hillary Rodham Clinton abruptly pulls back from Turkish-Armenian signing for last-minute work

October 10th, 2009 Turkey, Armenia to sign historic accordZURICH — The foreign ministers of the United States, Russia, France and the European Union gathered Saturday in Switzerland to watch Turkey and Armenia sign an accord establishing diplomatic ties in hopes of reopening their border and ending a century of acrimony over their bloody past. Nationalists on both sides are seeking to derail implementation of the agreement.

October 9th, 2009 Turkey and Armenia seek peaceISTANBUL — Enter the "Hall of Armenian Issue with Documents" at the military museum in Istanbul, and you get a very different picture of what many historians view as the first genocide of the 20th century. There, photographs show bodies of Ottoman Turks allegedly slaughtered and mutilated — the term "martyred" appears in the captions — by Armenian gangs.

September 30th, 2009 US prods Armenia, Turkey on diplomatic tiesNEW YORK — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday pressed Armenia and Turkey to follow through on their commitment to normalize relations after decades of hostility. In separate meetings on the sidelines of the U.N.

September 30th, 2009 Turkey, Armenia to sign deal for tiesANKARA, Turkey — The Turkish premier says Turkey and Armenia will sign a deal to establish diplomatic ties on Oct. 10. The two had said last month they would conclude discussions to normalize relations by mid-October, though a major dispute remains over the World War I-era massacre of up to 1.5 million Armenians under the Ottoman Empire.

September 30th, 2009 Bill Clinton: No thoughts of public office returnWASHINGTON — Bill Clinton says he has no thoughts about returning to public office. As for Hillary Rodham Clinton making another run for the White House, the former president says that's up to her.

September 30th, 2009 Bill Clinton speaks of vast, right-wing conspiracyWASHINGTON — Bill Clinton says a vast, right-wing conspiracy that once targeted him is now focusing on President Barack Obama. The ex-president made the comment in a television interview when he was asked about one of the signature moments of the Monica Lewinsky affair over a decade ago.

September 22nd, 2009 Obama praises Clinton in speech to Clinton groupNEW YORK — President Barack Obama says former President Bill Clinton should be credited with saving millions of lives around the world since leaving the White House. Obama on Tuesday spoke in New York to the Clinton Global Initiative, the former president's philanthropic organization.

September 3rd, 2009 Ohio elections panel hears lawmaker's complaintCOLUMBUS, Ohio — The Turkish government covertly funneled campaign money to an Ohio congresswoman in return for her denials that the mass killings of Armenians during World War I constituted genocide, an Armenian American and his high-powered attorney argued at a state hearing Thursday. U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt, a Republican, wants the Ohio Elections Commission to find that David Krikorian violated election law when he said in campaign materials during the 2008 campaign that she had accepted "blood money" from the Turkish government in return for her genocide denial.

August 31st, 2009 Issues dividing neighbors Armenia and TurkeyIssues dividing neighbors Armenia and Turkey, which announced Monday they would establish diplomatic relations for the first time: GENOCIDE: Bitterly divided by killing of up to 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War I, which many scholars consider first genocide of 20th century. Armenia wants it recognized as one of worst humanitarian atrocities.

August 13th, 2009 Secretary Clinton in Liberia to show supportMONROVIA, Liberia — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has arrived in the conflict-shattered country of Liberia to show the Obama administration's support for Africa's first democratically elected female leader, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

July 26th, 2009 Clinton says Israel should be patient on IranWASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is implicitly urging Israel to give U.S. policy on Iran's nuclear ambitions a chance to work.

July 26th, 2009 Clinton says she has no interest in White HouseWASHINGTON — There is apparently no such thing as a simple yes or no when it comes to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and questions about another run for the White House. Clinton, 61, seemed to go further Sunday than she had previously in shutting the door to another presidential campaign, following her defeat for the Democratic nomination last year by President Barack Obama.

July 22nd, 2009 PHUKET - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Wednesday signed Southeast Asia's main friendship and security treaty in a gesture signalling America's return to the region. "The United States is back in southeast Asia," Clinton told a press conference minutes before signing the Treaty on Amity and Cooperation in South-East Asia (TAC), a loose code of conduct for the region signed by the original founding members of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 1976.

July 18th, 2009 MUMBAI - Visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wrote a touching message in the tribute book for 26/11 terror attack victims at the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower Hotel here Saturday morning. "Americans share solidarity with this city and nation," she wrote.

April 23rd, 2009 Clinton: job creation is key to Afghan stabilityWASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is telling Congress that local job creation is a key purpose of the $980 million in extra funds the State Department is requesting for its work in Afghanistan. Clinton is testifying before a House appropriations subcommittee that is reviewing the administration's request for $7.1 billion in additional funds for the State Department this budget year.