Farhan Haq

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.

BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA: U.S., U.N. Show Relief at Peace Agreement

By Farhan Haq

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.

BOSNIA: Talks Snag but U.S. Presses for Treaty Signing

By Farhan Haq

In the space of 24 hours, the warring parties in the Balkans seemed close to signing a peace agreement -- only to let the opportunity slip.

BOSNIA: Talks Snag but U.S. Presses for Treaty Signing

By Farhan Haq

In the space of 24 hours, the warring parties in the Balkans seemed close to signing a peace agreement -- only to let the opportunity slip.

NIGERIA-RIGHTS: Quest for U.N. Sanctions Slows to a Halt

By Farhan Haq

A campaign to place Nigeria under U.N. sanctions until it improves its human rights has quickly ground to a halt, despite pressure from the United States and Britain.

UNITED STATES/LABOUR: Captive Workers, Cheap Labour

By Farhan Haq

In Oregon, prison authorities last year reported sales of more than 4.5 million dollars worth of convict- made jeans called "Prison Blues." That project was so successful that California's prison system is thinking of marketing its own convict-made trousers: "Gangsta Blues."

CINEMA-USA: ‘Get Shorty’ Takes On the Business of Movies

By Farhan Haq

The cynical atitude about movie-making in the new film 'Get Shorty' is expressed by one of its characters, a gangster who says that all a screenwriter needs to do is write commas and the words "fade to black" at the end.

UNITED STATES: Welfare Changes Could End Benefits for Immigrants

By Farhan Haq

For the Republican-led U.S. Congress, restrictions on benefits to immigrants are just a small part of the complete overhaul it is planning for the U.S. welfare system.

YUGOSLAVIA: United Nations May Allow Gas for Belgrade

By Farhan Haq

The United Nations is poised to exempt natural gas from the U.N. trade embargo imposed against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) at the outset of the war in Bosnia.

US-ISRAEL: Rabin Assassination Sparks Fears for Future

By Farhan Haq

President Bill Clinton led U.S. mourners at the funeral of Israel's slain Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Monday while American jews, and others, pondered the future of the deeply divided Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

U.S.-ISRAEL: Rabin assassination sparks fears for future

By Farhan Haq

As President Bill Clinton makes his way to Israel to attend Monday's funeral of slain Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, U.S. Jews and others are wondering how deeply divided the the Israeli-Palestinian peace process has left them.

MUSIC-CUBA: Vocal Sampling Brings Cuban A Capella to U.S.

By Farhan Haq

A few years ago, the Cuban group 'Vocal Sampling' could not have been heard in the United States, victims of the long-standing U.S. "cultural boycott" against Fidel Castro's government.

MUSIC-CUBA: Vocal Sampling Brings Cuban A Capella to U.S.

By Farhan Haq

A few years ago, the Cuban group 'Vocal Sampling' could not have been heard in the United States, victims of the long-standing U.S. "cultural boycott" against Fidel Castro's government.

MEXICO-U.S.: Rape of EZLN Official Part of a Pattern, Group Says

By Farhan Haq

The rape of the U.S. spokeswoman for Mexico's Zapatista rebels may just be part of a wave of harassment directed against the Zapatistas' U.S. supporters, an activist group claims.

MEXICO-U.S.: Rape of EZLN Official Part of a Pattern, Group Says

By Farhan Haq

The rape of the U.S. spokeswoman for Mexico's Zapatista rebels may just be part of a wave of harassment directed against the Zapatistas' U.S. supporters, an activist group claims.

US-ISRAEL: Rabin Assassination Sparks Fears for Future

By Farhan Haq

President Bill Clinton led U.S. mourners at the funeral of Israel's slain Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Monday while American jews, and others, pondered the future of the deeply divided Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

U.S.-ISRAEL: Rabin assassination sparks fears for future

By Farhan Haq

As President Bill Clinton makes his way to Israel to attend Monday's funeral of slain Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, U.S. Jews and others are wondering how deeply divided the the Israeli-Palestinian peace process has left them.

UNITED STATES-JAPAN: Daiwa Crackdown Sparks Different Perceptions

By Farhan Haq

The indictment in New York of Japan's Daiwa Bank is just the latest incident of a split in perceptions between the United States and Japan.

INDONESIA-HUMAN RIGHTS: Jailed Journalist To Receive Award

By Farhan Haq

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a U.S.-based media watchdog, hopes Indonesian journalist Ahmad Taufik can be in town here Dec 6 to receive the group's International Press Freedom Award.