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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'.U.S.-HABITAT: Homeless Advocates Decry U.S. Stance on Rights
When the United Nations kicks off the World Conference on Human Settlements, or Habitat II, this June, dozens of nations will argue that housing is a fundamental human right.U.S.-CUBA: Officials Attack Computer Convoy to Cuba
A religious group opposed to the U.S. embargo of Cuba expressed shock and dismay after its members were assaulted by federal agents Wednesday while trying to transport computers across the Mexican border.RWANDA: U.N. Envoy Warns of Greater Tensions with Government
Relations between Rwanda's government and U.N. peacekeeping and civilian officials -- most of whom are expected to depart by March -- are increasingly strained, the special U.N. envoy to Rwanda says.BURUNDI: U.N. Moves Ahead While Politicians Bicker
The United Nations is moving ahead with plans for a range of activities -- from sending U.N. guards to imposing an arms embargo -- to keep the peace in Burundi.THEATRE-USA: ‘Bring in da Noise’ Brings Back the History of Tap
When most audiences think of tap dance, they might think of Fred Astaire softly stepping up and down walls in his movies with Ginger Rogers, or the big Broadway productions now typified by Tommy Tune.JAPAN-U.S.: Daiwa Sells Off U.S. Assets to Satisfy U.S. Attorneys/REPEATING
Daiwa Bank, the world's 19th largest bank in 1995, has agreed to sell all its U.S. holdings to comply with U.S. demands to cease all its banking activities in this country.JAPAN-U.S.: Daiwa Sells Off U.S. Assets to Satisfy U.S. Attorneys
Daiwa Bank, the world's 19th largest bank in 1995, has agreed to sell all its U.S. holdings to comply with U.S. demands to cease all its banking activities in this country.BURUNDI: U.N. Plan on Sending Guards as Crisis Worsens
After years of passivity in dealing with Burundi's tense political and ethnic crisis, the United Nations is prepared next week to move towards deploying U.N. Guards to that country if fighting there worsens.MEDIA: Algeria, Russia Are Most Dangerous Countries for Reporters
Algeria and Russia continue to top the list of nations in which journalists are killed in the line of duty, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported Thursday.PUERTO RICO: Vampire Monkeys Seize the Spotlight
Tourists have long flocked to Puerto Rico, a U.S. colony for nearly a century, for its beaches, its historic sites where Columbus landed, and now its latest attraction: blood-sucking monkeys.IRAQ-U.N.: Baghdad Plans New U.N. Talks to Sell Oil
The Iraqi government is preparing to send a delegation to New York to discuss a year-old plan that would allow Baghdad to sell a limited amount of its oil, U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali has confirmed.HEALTH-USA: Budget Cuts May Stall Fight Against AIDS
AIDS remains a major health to millions of Americans and government programmes to fight the spread of the disease may be hit by cuts in funding by the rightwing, budget- conscious U.S. Congress, health experts fear.UNITED STATES: The Reverend Al Green Comes Back to Soul
Few soul singers have been as widely loved and popular as Al Green, but in recent years he has been forgotten by the wider public.UNITED STATES: The Reverend Al Green Comes Back to Soul
Few soul singers have been as widely loved and popular as Al Green, but in recent years he has been forgotten by the wider public.HAITI: Government, U.N., Downplay Reports of Rift
Despite tensions on the ground in Haiti, the United Nations and the Haitian government both insist that their relationship remains largely positive.HAITI: Government, U.N., Downplay Reports of Rift
Despite tensions on the ground in Haiti, the United Nations and the Haitian government both insist that their relationship remains largely positive.EX-YUGOSLAVIA: Embargoes End, but Doubts Remain
Wednesday's lifting by the U.N. Security Council of economic sanctions against Yugoslavia and of the arms embargo against all the warring parties in the Balkans showed the limits of the peace process which played out this week in Dayton, Ohio.EX-YUGOSLAVIA: Embargoes End, but Doubts Remain
Wednesday's lifting by the U.N. Security Council of economic sanctions against Yugoslavia and of the arms embargo against all the warring parties in the Balkans showed the limits of the peace process which played out this week in Dayton, Ohio.BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA: U.S., U.N. Show Relief at Peace Agreement
U.S. and U.N. officials showed relief Tuesday as the presidents of Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia, and Serbia concluded a full peace agreement in Dayton, Ohio.MUSIC-USA: Reverend Green Comes Back to Soul
Few soul singers have been as widely loved and popular as Al Green, but in recent years he has been forgotten by the wider public.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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