Former US President Bill Clinton presented Rwanda’s leader with a global citizen award last autumn and lauded him for freeing the minds of his people.

Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain will today meet Irish Minister of Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern in the North as preparations continue for top-level talks later this week.

Sri Lanka’s foreign minister Mangala Samaraweera today left for three European countries to drum up support for island nation’s peace process, which has come under severe strain over a recent spike in violence and disagreement.

Taoiseach and President of the European Council, Bertie Ahern, accompanied by President Romano Prodi of the European Commission and EU High Representative Javier Solana, is leading the EU delegation to Ottawa for the EU-Canada Summit today.

The Irish Anti-War Movement has denounced the escalation of military troops and weapons on the Iraqi border.

Threats from Osama bin Laden have made Americans and Britons in the Gulf region wary but not yet fearful enough to leave.

The letter written by the White House from US Ambassador Joseph W. Prueher to Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Tang has been released in full.