Michele Kelemen
Michele Kelemen has been with NPR for two decades, starting as NPR's Moscow bureau chief and now covering the State Department and Washington's diplomatic corps. Her reports can be heard on all NPR News programs, including Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
As Diplomatic Correspondent, Kelemen has traveled with Secretaries of State from Colin Powell to Antony Blinken and everyone in between. She was part of the NPR team that won the 2007 Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Award for coverage of the war in Iraq.
As NPR's Moscow bureau chief, Kelemen chronicled the end of the Yeltsin era and Vladimir Putin's consolidation of power. She recounted the terrible toll of the latest war in Chechnya, while also reporting on a lighter side of Russia, with stories about modern day Russian literature and sports.
Kelemen came to NPR in September 1998, after eight years working for the Voice of America. There, she learned the ropes as a news writer, newscaster and show host.
Michele earned her Bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master's degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Russian and East European Affairs and International Economics.
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President Bush and his South Korean counterpart Roh Moo-hyun meet today at the White House. The two presidents have differences on a variety of issues, including North Korea and its nuclear program. Trade is another hot topic in a relationship that analysts say is souring.
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U.N. diplomats had hoped several thousand French troops would join the new peacekeeping force in Lebanon. To their disappointment, President Jacques Chirac announces that France will add only 200 troops to its 200 peacekeepers who are already part of the U.N. force in Lebanon. Diplomats fear that France's decision will have a chilling effect on the effort to put a robust force in place.
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Amid intense fighting between Hezbollah and Israel, diplomatic efforts to end the conflict are in full force this weekend. The United States and France put forward a proposed U.N. Security Council resolution calling for an end to the fighting and for U.N. peacekeepers to patrol the Israeli-Lebanese border.
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The U.S. and France agree in principle to call for a halt to fighting between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas. The U.N. Security Council is now debating the document. The draft underlines Israel's right to self-defense.
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The U.N. Security Council faces a diplomatic dilemma in trying to bring peace to Israel and Lebanon. Members have have largely agreed on the need for an international force to be deployed along the Lebanon-Israel border. But they have very different views on how to get from agreement to deployment.
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The only rebel leader to have signed a peace deal on Darfur is in Washington. Minni Minnawi wants to see the U.S. persuade Sudan -- which Washington accuses of genocide -- to allow U.N. peacekeepers into Darfur. Some analysts say that the peace deal has only led to more fighting -- this time among rebel factions.
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