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UNITED STATES: Immigration Raids Increase, Say Activists /REPEAT/
The rising wave of anti-immigrant sentiment has prompted federal authorities to step up raids on immigrants, activists accuse.UNITED STATES: Immigration Raids Increase, Say Activists
The rising wave of anti-immigrant sentiment has prompted federal authorities to step up raids on immigrants, activists accuse.(ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 02)
Beautiful women -- especially if they fit the blond and thin stereotype set by the media -- have all the luck. That, at least, is the premise of 'The Truth about Cats and Dogs', a delightful romantic comedy which has been a hit in U.S. cinemas since it opened earlier this month.PERU-U.S.: Fujimori Visit Overshadowed by Detained New Yorker
The fate of a 26-year-old New York woman is casting a pall over the U.S. visit of President Alberto Fujimori of Peru, who is this week trying to drum up investment for his country.IRAQ-U.N.: Iraq Clinches Deal for Restricted Oil Sales
The government of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein Monday confirmed its acceptance of a U.N. deal which will allow Baghdad to sell its oil anew, under strict U.N. monitoring.UNITED STATES: Terrorist Laws Already Striking at Immigrants
The main provisions of new anti- terrorist legislation will not take effect for many months, but some U.S. immigrant groups claim they are already feeling the pinch.CHINA: U.S. Slaps Three Billion Dollars in Sanctions on Beijing
Chinese textile and apparel companies accounting for three billion dollars of the country's U.S. exports will be hit by 100-percent tariffs within 30 days, U.S. officials announced Wednesday.CHINA-U.S: Trade Sanctions Loom as Negotiations Break Down
U.S. officials plan to impose trade sanctions against China Wednesday, after talks between the two countries aimed at crack downing on illegal trade practises bogged down.U.S.-MIDDLE EAST: Hamas Leader Enters Deportation Limbo
Hamas leader Musa Abu Marzook is unlikely to be in Israel before the next millennium, despite last week's ruling that he should be deported from the United States.BOOKS: ‘Where the Body Meets Memory’ Tackles Japanese Angst
There are several common stereotypes for Asian Americans: good at school, clever, repressed, asexual. Japanese-American poet and author David Mura seeks to challenge all of them.IRAQ: U.S. Group Assails Effect of U.N. Sanctions
A U.S. rights group which visited Iraq last month says that the United Nations' six-year-old sanctions have devastated the country, and must be lifted.HAITI: U.N. Envoy Warns to Extend Peacekeepers or Risk Insecurity
U.N. peacekeepers should remain in Haiti at least through 1996 because the new national police force is unable to maintain security, the special U.N. envoy to Haiti warns.HAITI-US: Ex-Paramilitary Leader Continues to Frustrate Haitian Government /REPEAT/
For more than a year, former Haitian paramilitary leader Emmanuel Constant has sat patiently in a Maryland detention center cell-- a symbol of the frustrations of the Haitian government, which wants him to stand trial at home.BOOKS-VIETNAM: U.S. Bigot Goes ‘Sparring with Charlie’ in Hanoi
Send an idealistic, thirtyish U.S. journalist and former comedian to Vietnam to explore how that nation has changed since U.S. troops left, and you might expect a whimsical, perhaps even wise, work.ISRAEL-LEBANON: U.N. Report Says Refugee Camp Was Targeted
In a strong rebuke to Israel, following a week of haggling, the United Nations Tuesday criticised a deadly Israeli attack on a U.N. refugee camp in southern Lebanon.U.S.-HONDURAS: Sweatshop Dispute Snares Television Host
What do sweatshop labour conditions in a Honduras clothing assembly plant have to do with Kathie Lee Gifford, one of U.S. television's most famed daytime talk show hosts?EL SALVADOR: Small U.N. Mission Should Stay, Boutros-Ghali Says
The small U.N. Observer Mission to El Salvador should be replaced by a smaller office that can oversee El Salvador's human rights and social conditions, says U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali.LEBANON-U.S.: Women Activists Seek Links with Lebanese
A leading U.S. women's group is sending a delegation to Lebanon for five days to show solidarity with Lebanese women, who faced two weeks of shelling by neighbouring Israel.CULTURE-USA: The Price of Jackie O’s Knick-Knacks
Call it capitalism gone mad, or nostalgia run amok.SUDAN: Sudan Likely to Avoid Harsher U.N. Sanctions
Sudan faces the imposition of diplomatic penalties by May 10, but it is likely to avoid harsher U.N. sanctions for its alleged role in an attempt on the life of Egypt's president last year./ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN 7/ HABITAT: Making cities more attractive only stimulates rural exodus, urbanists warn
When governments meet in Istanbul this June for the second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, or Habitat II, they are expected to tackle the problems that cities now face.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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