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President Bush (Jan. 5): "On Tuesday, I will board Air Force One and depart for a trip to the Middle East. This is a region of great strategic importance to the United States, and I'm looking forward to my visit. ...I will make clear that America is deeply committed to helping both parties realize the historic vision we share: two democratic states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security." Full Text
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Under Secretary Burns (Jan. 8): "Three months have passed since the world called on Burma's dictators, Gens. Than Shwe and Maung Aye, to end their brutal crackdown on tens of thousands of peaceful monks and other demonstrators and begin a genuine dialogue with Burma's democratic and ethnic minority leaders -- with the goal of a transition to democracy. The time has come for them to act." Full Text
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Spokesman Sean McCormack (Jan. 8): "[Kenya] needs to find a way to open up channels of communication so that they can come to a mutually acceptable political solution to get themselves out of this political crisis and really make sure that in ending that political crisis you end the violence. There’s been really just a sad amount of loss of life here, needless loss of life." Full Text
| | ![Secretary Rice, right, and Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ivailo Kalfin, left, sign a bilateral U.S.-Bulgaria Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement January 4, 2008, [© AP Images]](/web/20080108234615im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/thumbs/thumb96_2007_0104_rice_vid_962.jpg) | | U.S. and Bulgaria Sign Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement
(Jan. 4): The Agreement establishes a framework to facilitate exchange of scientific results and provide protection for intellectual property rights, and will also help establish a regional dialogue on important science issues, such as the protection of the environment and biodiversity and the management of shared resources. Full Text
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Aruba 
![Tourists on the beach in Oranjestad, Aruba, May 30, 2006. [© AP Images]](http://web.archive.org/web/20080108234615im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/aruba_100.jpg) The last decades of the 20th century saw a boom in Aruba's tourism industry. In 1986 Aruba seceded from the Netherlands Antilles and became a separate, autonomous member of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Movement toward full independence was halted at Aruba's prerogative in 1990. Aruba has a mixture of people from South America and Europe, the Far East, and other islands of the Caribbean. more
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