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POLITICS-U.S.: Lawmakers, Israelis Push for More West African Oil
The State Department's top official to Africa is visiting Angola and Nigeria this week, spotlighting Washington's growing interest and reliance on oil resources in the Gulf of Guinea, along the continent's west coast.POLITICS-CUBA: Representatives Reject Hard-Line Bush Policy
In a striking rejection of President George W. Bush's hard line toward Cuba, the U.S. House of Representatives has voted decisively to ease the 42-year-old U.S. trade embargo against the Caribbean island.ENVIRONMENT: Shareholders Face Downside Risks on Energy Stocks
While most oil and gas stocks have weathered the recent plunge in the U.S. stock market, a new report says they could lose up to six percent of shareholder value if they do not address two major environmental challenges.RIGHTS-EL SALVADOR: Generals Lose Florida Torture Case
A federal jury in Florida on Tuesday ordered two retired Salvadoran generals to pay 54.6 million dollars to three compatriots who were tortured by the armed forces during El Salvador's brutal civil war in the 1980s./ARTS WEEKLY/MUSIC-U.S.: Roots Music Pioneer Alan Lomax Dies
Perhaps the world's most influential explorer and collector of what is today called "roots music" and a long-time political radical, Alan Lomax, died Friday at his home in Florida, at the age of 87.POPULATION-U.S.: Bush Denies Money to U.N. Population Fund
In another apparent bow to the Christian Right, U.S. President George W. Bush has denied 34 million dollars in funding approved by Congress for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) because of its presence in China.POLITICS-U.S.: Key Committee Renews Military Aid to Indonesia
In a victory for Pentagon hard-liners, a key Congressional committee has voted to drop conditions on providing U.S. military training to the Indonesian armed forces (TNI).ENVIRONMENT: Melting Alaska Glaciers Boost Rising Sea Levels
Global warming may be melting glaciers and Antarctic ice more quickly than previously thought, accelerating the threat from rising sea levels, according to two new studies published in this week's 'Science' magazine.POLITICS-U.S.: Bush Begins to Lose Steam
Ten months after last September's terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush's efforts to keep the nation focused and enthused about his war on terrorism appear to be running out of steam.POLITICS-U.S.: Hawks Unhappy Over Improving Ties with Beijing
Despite President George W. Bush's efforts to embrace Taiwan ever tighter, Vice President Dick Cheney and influential right-wingers close to key policymakers at the Pentagon complain the administration has become too complacent about what they call a growing threat from China.ENVIRONMENT: Kyrgyz Mine Collapse Spurs Calls for Review
A coalition of environmental and civic groups is calling for an independent investigation of an open-pit gold mine in Kyrgyzstan where a worker was buried and presumed killed when a 200-metre mine wall collapsed on him.POLITICS-U.S.: Hawks Unhappy Over Improving Ties with Beijing
Despite President George W. Bush's efforts to embrace Taiwan ever tighter, Vice President Dick Cheney and influential right-wingers close to key policymakers at the Pentagon complain the administration has become too complacent about what they call a growing threat from China.HEALTH: AIDS Treatment Tests in Poor Countries Rated a Success
The results of nine pilot projects in seven developing countries show that poor people, including those with very little if any education, are able to follow an anti-AIDS drug regime that restore them to significantly better health.HEALTH-INDIA: Police Tactics Spread AIDS – Report
Police harassment and abuse of front-line AIDS- prevention workers in India are adding to the epidemic's rapid advance in the world's second most populous nation, according to a report released Tuesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW).POLITICS-U.S.: Bush Declares Independence – from World Opinion
Exactly 226 years ago, when British colonists declared their independence from the arbitrary and monarchical rule of their mother country, they felt compelled to publicly justify their decision out of "a decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind".RIGHTS-NIGERIA: African Commission Makes Groundbreaking Judgement
In a sweeping affirmation of economic, social, and cultural (ESC) rights, an African commission has ruled the Nigerian government should compensate the Ogoni people for abuses against their lands, environment, housing and health caused by oil production and government security forces.POLITICS-U.S.: Unilateralist Path Scored as Self-Defeating
Some call the present era one of U.S. hegemony. Others, especially in Europe, call it empire.RIGHTS: Peacekeeping Resolutions A Major Test of U.S. Global Role
The U.S. government's commitment to multilateralism and international law are being severely tested by two resolutions submitted to the U.N. Security Council by Washington's emissaries.ECONOMY: Electricity Restructuring Snubbed Poor, Planet – Report
Reforms promoted over the past decade by major donors to make the electricity sector in developing nations more competitive largely failed to take account of the needs of the poor and of environmental protection, said a report released here Thursday by a major think tank.FINANCE: NGOs Want Tough Conditions for Caspian Pipeline Backers
Sixty-four mainly European non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are demanding that British Petroleum (BP) meet tough conditions on a proposed multi-billion-dollar Caspian oil and gas pipeline before it receives any financing from public agencies.POLITICS-MIDEAST: Bush Lines Up Behind Sharon
In a sweeping victory for right-wing hawks in his administration, U.S. President George W. Bush has called for a "new and different Palestinian leadership" dedicated to ending attacks on Israel as a precondition for the creation of a Palestinian state.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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