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POLITICS-IRAQ: UN Seeks Expanded Oil Deal as US Lobbies for Force
The U.N. Security Council faces an odd convergence of problems over Iraq next week. It is near approval of expanding an 'oil-for-food' deal with Baghdad even as the United States is lobbying for using force to end the standoff over weapons inspections in Iraq.POLITICS-UN: Annan Makes Plea for Preventive Diplomacy
The United Nations does not do enough to prevent conflicts and has run out of excuses for inaction when wars inevitably result, says the Secretary-General of the world organisation, Kofi Annan.WOMEN-US: Feminists Ponder Clinton the Misogynist
Women's groups in the United States have faced the especially troubling paradox of evaluating their nation's president who has had a positive record on abortion, child care, and efforts to redress gender discrimination but who is involved in an alleged sex scandal.POLITICS-UN: Annan Pushes for More Iraqi Aid
The ongoing crisis in Iraq has placed U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on a delicate diplomatic tightrope, in which he must simultaneously mute talk of renewed conflict and seek increased humanitarian aid for Iraqi civilians.MUSIC-USA: Tenor Sax of Joe Henderson Re-tells ‘Porgy and Bess’
It is one of the jazz world's greatest ironies that a musical by George and Ira Gershwin that focuses on adultery, rape, murder and drug-dealing in a Southern black community has given birth to several lively jazz interpretations.MUSIC-USA: Tenor Sax of Joe Henderson Re-tells ‘Porgy and Bess’
It is one of the jazz world's greatest ironies that a musical by George and Ira Gershwin that focuses on adultery, rape, murder and drug-dealing in a Southern black community has given birth to several lively jazz interpretations.POLITICS-IRAQ: Role of UN Envoy Closley Examined
With talk of military action against Iraq growing louder in the ongoing standoff over U.N. weapons inspectors, several nations here are keeping a wary eye on the central U.N. official in the dispute.MUSIC: Pakistani Authorities Come Down on Pop Stars
Cartoonists in Pakistan generally feature the prominant baldness of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, and his politically-dominant brother and father, so perhaps it is no surprise Sharif recently said of pop musicians, "I'd like to cut their hair."POLITICS-US: Tail Wagging the Dog in Iraqi Standoff?
The latest Hollywood hit "Wag the Dog" - a satire involving a White House spin doctor deflecting the media from highlighting a presidential indiscretion - has an all too uncomfortable ring of truth these days.POLITICS-IRAQ: UN Mulls Over Iraqi Defiance on Weapons Inspectection
The standoff between Iraq and the United Nations took a turn for the worse this week after what the chief U.N. weapons inspector labelled "disturbing and disappointing" meetings with Iraqi leaders.POLITICS-UN: UN Diplomats Share US Desire for Reform, says Report
Support for reforms in the United Nations, being pushed by the United States, is much more widespread among U.N. ambassadors than generally is believed, according to a survey by the Fund for Peace, an independent non- profit group.MOVIES: ‘Wings of the Dove’ Adds New Wrinkles to Henry James
Sex scenes in a Henry James story? Hard as it may be to believe, director Iain Softley has succeeded at bringing groping and nudity to one of the most reticent U.S. authors in his new Miramax film, 'The Wings of the Dove'.POLITICS: Agreement on U.N. Deputy D-G and Other Key Reforms
Canada's Deputy Defence Minister Louise Frechette is the new tip to be the first Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, according to highly-placed sources here.POLITICS-UN: More to Reform than Expanding Security Council
Plans to expand the U.N. Security Council have run aground for now but, there is a general feeling among diplomats that this does not mean that reforms of the Council - or of the United Nations in general - also have ended.UN-OUTLOOK: Politics Still Divide World Body
Kofi Annan's first year as U.N. Secretary-General was intended to be a time when the political infighting under his predecessor, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, would give way to a more conciliatory mood.POLITICS: UN Considers Arms Embargo on Afghanistan
The United Nations is looking at the feasibility of imposing an arms embargo against Afghanistan, following repeated failures by U.N. diplomats to end fighting among the nation's main warring factions.MUSIC: Tracing the Transformation of Rap
Anyone in the music business knows only too well that trends move very quickly. Frank Sinatra's heyday as a singer was quickly replaced by that of Elvis Presley, who in turn was to be surprised by the rise of the Beatles a scant few years later.POLITICS: Regional Sanctions on Burundi Have Failed, UN Says
Year-long sanctions imposed by Central African nations against Burundi's military dictatorship have failed to block the flow of goods, and have made the work of humanitarian groups more difficult, the United Nations says.RIGHTS: U.N. Tribunal Upbeat on Progress of Rwanda Trials
After months of controversy, the tribunal established by the United Nations to try crimes committed during Rwanda's 1994 genocide finally is moving ahead with the arrest and trial of key suspects, officials say.RIGHTS: Support Growing for ‘Effective’ Criminal Court
Support is growing worldwide for an international court to try genocide and major war crimes, according to human rights activists attending preparatory meetings being held here to set up such a legal body.FINANCE: Wall St. Upbeat on Latam Despite Asian Woes
The economic crisis that has crippled countries in East Asia will not prevent Latin American economies from posting largely positive results in the first half of 1998, according to the pundits on Wall Street.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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