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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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  • Secretary Clinton with Special Envoy George Mitchell (AP Images)
    Middle East Peace Talks to Resume

    The Obama administration has invited Israeli and Palestinian leaders to Washington September 2 to hold their first direct talks in nearly two years — with a goal of ending the decades-old Middle East conflict in favor of a two-state solution within one year.

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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
    • 6–9
      • 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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    Obama on Iraq

    President Obama says the end of the United States military’s combat operations in Iraq clears the way for a civilian-led mission that will help strengthen Iraq’s government, industry and people.

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    Middle East Peace Talks

    U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell discusses the resumption of direct talks September 2 between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Washington.

  • Pakistani flood survivors line up for food in a camp set up for displaced people (AP Images)
    Pakistan Flood Update

    Though flood waters no longer are rising in most of Pakistan, U.S. officials say “enormous concerns” remain, including health issues and lack of shelter, particularly in Sindh, where 4.5 million people need humanitarian assistance.

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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