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ENVIRONMENT-US: EU Will Ratify Kyoto Protocol Despite US Withdrawal
A high-level delegation from the European Union (EU) said Tuesday that its members intend to ratify the Kyoto Protocol by next year, regardless of what the United States may do.POLITICS: Plane Incident Comes at Critical Moment in US-China Relations
The apparently accidental collision of a Chinese fighter jet and a US spy plane over the South China Sea Sunday comes at a delicate moment in ties between the two countries.POLITICS-US/BRAZIL: Bush and Cardoso Pledge to “Work Together”
Despite pledges to "work together" on a range of topics, particularly trade, US President George W. Bush and Brazilian President Henrique Cardoso appeared to break little or no new ground during their White House visit Friday.POLITICS: US Contra Backers Now Target China
Ten years after their coalition began falling apart over the Gulf War and the collapse of the Soviet Union, various strands of the right-wing alliance behind the Nicaraguan Contras in the 1980s are coming back together to mobilise public opinion against a new enemy: China.POLITICS-US/KOREA: Foreign Policy Establishment Presses Bush
Alarmed by the surly pose struck by President George W. Bush toward North Korea, the traditional US foreign- policy establishment is urging the new administration to show greater openness toward a quick resumption of talks with Pyongyang on ending its missile programme.POLITICS-US: Cold War, and More
This week's foreign-policy cliché was 'Cold War'. That phrase cropped up in headlines all over the country after the new administration of President George W. Bush announced that it was expelling 50 Russian diplomats, apparently in retaliation for running a highly successful intelligence operation in which a senior Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) official played a key role.ENVIRONMENT-US: Bush Moves Spurring Panic Among Activists
With less than ten weeks in office, US President George W. Bush is spurring panic among environmental activists who had hoped his administration would take a more-moderate stance.ENVIRONMENT: UN Foundation to Get Coral Reef Initiative Off the Ground
An unprecedented initiative designed to reverse the dramatic decline in the world's coral reefs has been promised up to 10 million dollars to support demonstration sites in four seas that could be used as models for conservation action elsewhere.RIGHTS-MEDIA: 24 Journalists Killed in 2000, 87 in Prison
¡ Two dozen journalists were killed in the line of duty last year, while another 87 found themselves in prison at year's end, the apparent victims of retaliation by governments which found their work too dangerous or too embarrassing, according to the latest in the annual series of reports on attacks on the press put out by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).RIGHTS-MEDIA: 24 Journalists Killed in 2000, 87 in Prison
¡ Two dozen journalists were killed in the line of duty last year, while another 87 found themselves in prison at year's end, the apparent victims of retaliation by governments which found their work too dangerous or too embarrassing, according to the latest in the annual series of reports on attacks on the press put out by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).POLITICS-AFRICA/US: Powell Picks Republican Businessman for Top Post
Amid continuing questions about President George W. Bush's interest in sub-Saharan Africa, Secretary of State Colin Powell has picked a Republican businessman with long-standing ties to South Africa as his top aide on African affairs, according to knowledgeable sources who said the White House is likely to make the nomination official next week.POLITICS-U.S.: Welcome to a Hobbesian World
Less than two months after taking office, US President George W. Bush this week pushed US foreign policy toward a new dimension, far removed from the sunny optimism of his predecessor, Bill Clinton, and much closer to the Hobbesian universe occupied by Richard Nixon.POLITICS-US/SOUTH KOREA: Bush Drizzles on Kim’s Sunshine
US President George Bush Wednesday offered qualified support for visiting South Korean President Kim Dae Jung's "sunshine policy" toward North Korea, but stressed that Washington was in no hurry to resume talks with Pyongyang on ending its long-range missile programme and missile exports to third countries.RIGHTS-BURMA: US Students, Lawmakers Press Apparel Companies to Withdraw
US students and lawmakers are pressing a campaign to ban apparel and other imports from Burma to protest human rights abuses by the military government there.POLITICS-US: Annual ‘Certification’ Report Card Cites Major Advances
The US government cited key advances, especially in Latin America, in the global fight against illicit drugs during 2000, although it noted that coca cultivation in Colombia grew some 11 percent during the year, and anti-drug efforts in Afghanistan, Burma, Cambodia and Haiti fell far short of US demands.POLITICS-US/COLOMBIA: Pastrana Stresses Trade Breaks in Talks with Bush
Colombian President Andres Pastrana, the first South American head of state to visit George W. Bush at the White House, told the new US president Tuesday that his country needs new trade preferences in order to prevail in its war against drug traffickers.POLITICS-SUDAN/US: Factions War Over How to Bring Peace in Sudan
The new administration of US President George W. Bush is being urged to take on a high-profile role in ending the 18-year-old civil war in Sudan. But precisely what its role should be is the subject of a growing debate among different groups both inside and outside the government.RIGHTS-US: 2000 Another Mixed Year, Says State Department
The cause of human rights made some substantial advances in Yugoslavia, Europe, Latin America, and Africa during 2000, but perennial problems in some Asian countries either did not improve or got worse, according to the annual State Department's human rights reports released here Monday.POLITICS-US/ASIA: Trouble Ahead
While US President George W. Bush focuses initially on Washington's closest foreign relationships, storm clouds appear to be massing steadily in Northeast Asia.HEALTH-AFRICA/US: Bush Won’t Fight Price Break for AIDS Treatment
In a major victory for AIDS and Africa activists here, the new administration of President George W. Bush has decided to keep in place an executive order by his predecessor, Bill Clinton, that was designed to make it easier for African countries to obtain anti-AIDS drugs inexpensively.POLITICS-IRAQ/US: Is There a Strategy?
Four days after US warplanes bombed radar stations and air-defence command centres around Baghdad, Washington's strategy for dealing with its old nemesis, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, is little clearer than it was before.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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