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POLITICS: Activists to Pressure Burma Despite Suu Kyi’s Release
Foreign activists leading the economic pressure campaign against the military regime in Burma will continue their efforts despite this week's release from house arrest of 1991 Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.POLITICS-MIDEAST: U.S. Public Wants Fair, Multilateral Approach
A hefty majority of the U.S. public disagrees with Congressional and administration support for the current Israeli government in its conflict with the Palestinians, a major new survey revealed Wednesday. Rather, voters here want a much more even-handed U.S. approach.POLITICS-U.S.: War Crimes Court Rejection Seen as Symbolic, Risky
President George W. Bush's administration formally renounced Monday all U.S. obligations as a signatory to the 1998 treaty establishing the International Criminal Court (ICC). Although purely symbolic in legal terms, the move could haunt U.S. foreign policy and interests, analysts said.ECONOMY: California Court Limits Free Speech for Corporations
In a potentially ground-breaking decision, the California Supreme Court has ruled that corporations may be held liable for misleading advertising or public statements they make about their operations as part of their public-relations efforts.RIGHTS: No Massacre, but Evidence of War Crimes Found in Jenin
Israeli forces committed serious violations of international humanitarian law, probably including war crimes, during their 10-day invasion of Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, a leading rights watchdog reported Friday.POLITICS: Le Pen, Anti-Semitism, Israel Add to U.S.-Europe Divide
European criticism of Israel's military offensive and National Front leader Jean-Marie le Pen's surprise second-place in the first round of French presidential elections are fuelling anti-European opinion on the eve of the semi-annual U.S.-European Union (EU) summit here.POLITICS-U.S.: Rights Groups Denounce State Dept Over Colombia
Three major U.S. human rights groups said they strongly object to Wednesday's announcement by the State Department that the Colombian government has met Congressional conditions for receiving U.S. military aid.RIGHTS-U.S.: Anti-Muslim Incidents Up Three-Fold – Report
Anti-Muslim incidents reported to a major U.S. Islamic advocacy group rose sharply last year, particularly after the September's terrorist attacks in New York and at the Pentagon, said a report released here Tuesday.POLITICS-U.S.: Pro-Israel Hawks Take to the Airwaves
Pro-Israel hawks are running television advertisements identifying Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat with Osama bin Laden and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, in a bid to advance their seven-month-old campaign to make Arafat a target of the President George W. Bush's war on terrorism.POLITICS-U.S.: Pro-Israel Hawks Take to the Airwaves
Pro-Israel hawks are running television advertisements identifying Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat with Osama bin Laden and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, in a bid to advance their seven-month-old campaign to make Arafat a target of the President George W. Bush's war on terrorism.POLITICS-U.S.: Pro-Israel Hawks Take to the Airwaves
Pro-Israel hawks are running television advertisements identifying Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat with Osama bin Laden and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, in a bid to advance their seven-month-old campaign to make Arafat a target of the President George W. Bush's war on terrorism.POLITICS-U.S.: Evangelical Christians Lobby for Israel’s Sharon
When the White House tapes were finally released last month, people were stunned.POLITICS-U.S.: Green Lights, Mixed Messages and Alternative Realities
If foreign observers are increasingly confused about U.S. foreign policy under President George W. Bush or even whether it occupies the same planetary space as the rest of the world, they are not alone.HEALTH-AFRICA: World Bank, IMF Seen Responsible for Health Crisis
Policies pushed by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on debt-strapped African countries over the past two decades bear major responsibility for the region's health crisis, including the devastating spread of HIV-AIDS, according to a new report by a major U.S. Africa advocacy group./CORRECTED REPEAT/RIGHTS: Israeli Forces Use Civilians as Shields, Hostages-Report
The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) is using Palestinian civilians as "human shields" and even hostages in its operations in the occupied territories, says a new report released Thursday by a major U.S. human rights group.RIGHTS: Israeli Forces Use Civilians as Shields, Hostages-Report
The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) is using Palestinian civilians as "human shields" and even hostages in its operations in the occupied territories, says a new report released late Wednesday by a major U.S. human rights group.POLITICS: Venezuela Crisis Seen to Damage U.S. Credibility
President George W. Bush's administration did serious damage to its credibility in Latin America by praising -- prematurely, as it happens -- an apparent military coup d'etat in Venezuela, regional specialists here said Monday.POLITICS-VENEZUELA: Chavez Ouster, U.S. Reaction Worry Rights Groups
Advocates of Latin American democracy and human rights say that although they have been increasingly disillusioned with the rule of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias, they worry about the long-term implications of his ouster.RIGHTS: Haitians Face Life of Discrimination in Dominican-Report
Dominicans of Haitian descent often face a lifetime of discrimination that includes the effective denial of Dominican citizenship and the constant threat of summary deportation, according to a report released here Wednesday.POLITICS: Hawks Setting U.S. Mideast Policy Despite Mixed Signals
The confusing signals from the office of President George W. Bush over the escalating Israeli-Palestinian conflict reflect the ongoing struggle between the radical hawks of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and the Realpolitikers, led by Secretary of State Colin Powell.POLITICS: Cuba Followed U.S. into Angola, Secret Papers Reveal
Secret Cuban and U.S. documents released here Monday show that the administration of then-president Gerald Ford was planning covert actions in Angola well before Cuba's intervention in the former Portuguese colony's civil war in 1975.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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