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Exploring Naoshima, Japan's island of art

So it was with some trepidation that on a recent family vacation to Japan, my wife and I decided to schedule a two-day visit to an island that's almost entirely devoted to contemporary art. The stopover would be a splurge, since the cost of rooms and ...

From GLENN KESSLER, The Washington Post,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Claude Monet,  Jackson Pollock,  Frank Stella,  Jasper Johns,  Tadao Ando

Prosecutors tie Iran, U.S. assets

Prosecutors described an intricate web of ties allegedly connecting the properties to an Iranian bank that has been identified as a key financier of Tehran's nuclear and ballistic missile programs and possibly acts of terrorism. At the center of that ...

From GLENN KESSLER, The Washington Post,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Alavi Foundation,  Barack Obama,  United Nations

Iran stalls nuclear deal with demand for reactor fuel, envoy says

Iran is demanding full delivery of reactor fuel before it gives up its stash of low-enriched uranium and has balked at further efforts to hold international talks on its nuclear program, according to a senior European diplomat. The diplomat, speaking on ...

From GLENN KESSLER, The Washington Post,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: International Atomic Energy Agency,  U N Security Council

Analysts criticize Mideast efforts

As Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made clear during her Middle East trip, which ended Wednesday, U.S. officials are now promoting new tactics -- what they called the "baby steps" of lower-level talks -- to bring the Israeli and Palestinian ...

From GLENN KESSLER, The Washington Post,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Barack Obama,  Palestinian Authority,  Mahmoud Abbas,  George W. Bush

House set to pass resolution denouncing U.N.'s Gaza report

The House of Representatives on Tuesday is poised to pass a nonbinding resolution condemning a controversial U.N. report on alleged Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip that has become a major complication in Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's ...

From GLENN KESSLER, The Washington Post,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. House of Representatives,  United Nations,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Hamas,  Mahmoud Abbas

Iran avoids direct response on IAEA reactor deal

Iran on Friday appeared to avoid giving a direct response to an international offer to supply fuel for a research reactor, leaving unclear whether it was prepared to accept a deal that would have reduced its stockpile of low-enriched uranium. Iranian ...

From GLENN KESSLER, The Washington Post,  23 Oct 2009

Related Topics: International Atomic Energy Agency,  Mohamed ElBaradei,  Barack Obama,  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Clinton cites challenges in Mideast peace effort

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton briefed President Obama on Thursday on the status of the administration's push for new Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. The message: still a work in progress. Obama had announced Sept. 22 that he would seek a ...

From GLENN KESSLER, The Washington Post,  23 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Barack Obama,  George J. Mitchell,  Palestinian Authority,  Mahmoud Abbas

Recoup $132 million from builder over embassy errors, IG urges

The amount would total more than one-quarter of the value of the contracts -- $470 million -- awarded to First Kuwaiti General Trading & Contracting, the firm in charge of building the embassy compound. The State Department's Bureau of Administration, ...

From GLENN KESSLER, The Washington Post,  22 Oct 2009

Related Topics: US State Department

Iranian officials accept draft agreement on uranium transfer

Iranian negotiators on Wednesday accepted a draft agreement that would transfer the bulk of Iran's enriched uranium stockpile out of the country, providing a major boost for the Obama administration as it seeks to engage the Islamic republic. This Story ...

From GLENN KESSLER, The Washington Post,  22 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  International Atomic Energy Agency,  Mohamed ElBaradei

Negotiators await Tehran approval of uranium transfer deal

WASHINGTON - Iranian negotiators said yesterday that they had tentatively agreed to a deal under which Iran will transfer about three-quarters of its enriched uranium out of the country. If completed, the deal would buy time for a diplomatic solution ...

From GLENN KESSLER, Boston Globe,  22 Oct 2009

Related Topics: International Atomic Energy Agency,  Mohamed ElBaradei,  Barack Obama,  US State Department,  White House

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