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IRAQ: U.N., Baghdad Renew Oil Talks in Hopeful Atmosphere
Iraqi and U.N. officials signal some progress as they begin a second round of talks here over a U.N. deal that would allow Baghdad to sell limited amounts of oil.IRAQ: U.N., Baghdad Renew Oil Talks in Hopeful Atmosphere /REPEAT/
Iraqi and U.N. officials signal some progress as they begin a second round of talks here over a U.N. deal that would allow Baghdad to sell limited amounts of oil.UNITED STATES: Experts Say No Peace Dividend for Spies
With the Soviet Union gone, dozens of groups are proposing dramatic changes in the way spies work in the post-Cold War world.UNITED STATES: Experts Say No Peace Dividend for Spies /REPEAT/
With the Soviet Union gone, dozens of groups are proposing dramatic changes in the way spies work in the post-Cold War world.CUBA-U.S.: Toughened Sanctions Ready for Clinton’s Signature
The bill designed to punish the Cuban government of President Fidel Castro for shooting down two U.S. private aircraft sailed through the House of Representatives here Wednesday and is now ready to be signed into law by President Bill Clinton.MUSIC-CANADA: Morissette’s Angry Tunes Win Awards but Not Critics
Canadian pop star Alanis Morissette ought to be happy: her angry songs of lost love and self-assertion won her most of the top U.S. music prizes at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles last week.BURUNDI: U.N. Moves Slowly on Standby Peacekeepers
The United Nations has edged away from any immediate action to place international troops on alert in case Burundi's political and ethnic crisis worsens.HAITI: China Blocks Deal To Keep U.N. Peacekeepers
China, normally the most quiet of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, is on the verge of blocking the extension of U.N. peacekeepers in Haiti.CUBA-U.S.: Havana Seeks General Assembly Meeting on Shootdown
Cuba is prepared to explain the shooting down of two U.S. planes before the U.N. General Assembly, Cuban Foreign Minister Roberto Robaina announced here Tuesday.CUBA-U.S.: U.S. Wins Small Battle in the War
Though the United States has won a key battle in its decades-old struggle with Cuba, Washington may find it harder to push for real international action against Havana.CUBA-U.S: Moves to Penalise Cuba Falter at U.N.
A U.S. campaign to penalise Cuba for the shooting down of two U.S. planes Saturday has quickly run aground at the United Nations, diplomats here say.UNITED STATES: Farrakhan Concerned at Image Problems
Feared by whites, influential among black youths, Louis Farrakhan and his Chicago-based Nation of Islam have always attracted controversy.BURMA: New York Considers Sanctions On Business with Rangoon
New York's City Council Friday began an effort to penalise companies that do business with the military regime in Burma.UNITED STATES: Shelters for New York’s Homeless Get Tougher
The fact that some of New York's homeless people would avoid city-run shelters during one of the most brutal winters in recent memory seems peculiar.SOUTH AFRICA-U.S.: Arms Case Tests Relations Between Two Friends
A U.S. case against South Africa's state- owned defence firm poses a difficult question to supporters of Nelson Mandela's government: Should the crimes of the apartheid government have to be paid for by its democratic successor?RWANDA: Financial Problems Cloud Prospects for U.N. Rights Team
The United Nations' barren treasury is thinning the ranks of the U.N. human rights office in Rwanda at a time when its work is crucial, its director told IPS Thursday.RWANDA: Financial Problems Cloud Prospects for U.N. Rights Team
The United Nations' barren treasury is thinning the ranks of the U.N. human rights office in Rwanda at a time when its work is crucial, its director told IPS Thursday.IRAQ: Oil Talks Bog Down at United Nations
Negotiations intended to pave the way for Iraq to renew limited oil sales appear to be bogged down after a week.CULTURE-USA: Roy DeCarava’s Photos Shed Light on Black Life
Visitors to New York's Museum of Modern Art may be puzzled at a new photography retrospective that offers pictures almost entirely composed of grey and black forms.HAITI: Rights Groups Disclose U.S. Support for Extremists
The United States' role in Haiti became the focus of controversy again this week with the release of classified documents showing U.S. ties to extremist right-wing groups during the 1991-94 reign of the military junta there.MUSIC-USA: Nobel Laureate Turns to Song
Would you believe the winner of the Nobel Prize for literature could write lyrics for a leading opera diva? You better, because Nobel laureate Toni Morrison and soprano Kathleen Battle have teamed up to produce just such an album with 'Honey and Rue'.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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