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RIGHTS-AFGHANISTAN: Hundreds of Hazaras Massacred, Group Charges
Hundreds of men from the Hazara minority in Afghanistan were massacred by Taliban forces after key battles in the country's central highlands last month, according to a new report by New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW).ENERGY: Asian Needs Likely to Have Major Geopolitical Consequences
Asia's growing energy needs over the next 20 years are likely to have profound geopolitical consequences, according to a three-year study by a bipartisan commission released here this week by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).RIGHTS-US: Lawmakers, NGOs Launch Campaign Against Conflict Diamonds
Angered by delays in international action to ban so-called "conflict diamonds" from global trade, a bipartisan group of lawmakers, backed by some 73 US human-rights, humanitarian, and development groups, have introduced legislation that would subject diamonds imported to the United States to tight controls.POLITICS-US/LATAM: US Business Elite Urges Bush to Make Brazil “Strategic Partner”
On the eve of George W. Bush's maiden voyage as president to Mexico, the US business elite is urging him to make Brazil a "strategic partner" of the United States in South America, in part to shore up Washington's interests in Andean nations, particularly Venezuela.POLITICS-US/MEXICO: Bush Visit to Fox to be First Trip Abroad
President George W. Bush, perhaps the least-travelled of all incoming US presidents of the past 70 years, has chosen the foreign country with which he best acquainted, Mexico, as his first foray abroad.POLITICS-MIDEAST: Sharon Victory Poses Major Challenges for New US President
Israeli rightwing leader Ariel Sharon's smashing defeat of Prime Minister Ehud Barak in Monday's elections poses major challenges to the new administration in Washington D.C., which has not even assembled its Mideast policy team.FINANCE-US: Bankers, Heal Thyselves
While the US government has been pressing smaller nations to take unprecedented measures against banks which launder money for drug-dealers and other international criminals, major US banks have actually made money-laundering easier, according to a Congressional report released here Monday.POLITICS-CENTRAL AFRICA: Cautious Optimism Over DRC
US officials and independent experts here say they now see a glimmer of hope for peace in Central Africa after the visit here this week of the presidents of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda.US/LIBYA: US Welcomes Lockerbie Verdict, Calls for Compensation
The administration of President George W. Bush Wednesday welcomed the guilty verdict rendered by a Scottish court in the Netherlands against a Libyan intelligence official for the 1988 mid-air bombing of a Pan Am airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, which killed 270 people.TRADE: US NGOs Press Campaign Against Qatar as Next Ministerial Site
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from the United States are stepping up efforts to persuade Washington and the General Council of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that plans to hold the WTO's next ministerial meeting in Qatar should be cancelled.POLITICS-US: Latent Differences Muffled as Bush Team Settles In
''In the early going of any Administration, there's a process of settling in,'' the new US Treasury Secretary, Paul O'Neill, said in the latest edition of Business Week magazine.POPULATION-US: Bush Reinstates Abortion Curbs on Overseas Aid
In one of his first executive acts as president, George W. Bush said Monday he intends to re-instate a ban on all US funding for organisations which provide abortion services or counselling to women in poor countries./CORRECTED REPEAT/POLITICS-U.S.: Bush Pledges Unity in a Deeply Divided Country
George W. Bush, the first candidate in more than a century to lose the national popular vote, took the oath of office as president of the United States here on a dismal and soggy Saturday afternoon, pledging to unite the country which the November elections showed to be deeply divided, along cultural, geographic, and ethnic lines.POLITICS-U.S.: Bush Pledges Unity in a Deeply Divided Country
George W. Bush, the first candidate in more than a century to lose the national popular vote, took the oath of office as president of the United States here on a dismal and soggy Saturday afternoon, pledging to unite the country which the November elections showed to be deeply divided, along cultural, geographic, and ethnic lines.POLITICS: US Support for Latin America’s Armed Forces Soaring
At a time when still-fragile civilian governments are trying to consolidate their hold in Latin America, the United States is pouring unprecedented amounts of aid and other forms of support to the region's armed forces, according to a new report released here Thursday.POLITICS-US: On Foreign Policy, Clinton Mostly Timid
Despite his enduring popularity and the unparalleled global influence achieved by the United States during his term, President Bill Clinton's eight years of foreign policy-making were marked mostly by timidity and the persistent fear of offending powerful domestic interests.RIGHTS-KOREA/US: Survivors of 1950 Massacre Demand US Apology, Compensation
Survivors of a massacre committed by US troops at the start of the Korean War have rejected a statement of regret issued by President Bill Clinton and have called for a clear apology and for compensation.ARMS-CHILE/US: Concern over Big F-16 Sale
The US decision to authorise the sale of advanced warplanes to Chile is causing concern among arms-control experts and Latin American specialists who say the deal raises questions about the Chilean military's continued influence over the civilian government.ARMS-CHILE/US: Concern over Big F-16 Sale
The US decision to authorise the sale of advanced warplanes to Chile is causing concern among arms-control experts and Latin American specialists who say the deal raises questions about the Chilean military's continued influence over the civilian government.POLITICS-US/UN: Holbrooke Gets High-Fives For Dues Reductions
Washington's outgoing ambassador to the United Nations, Richard Holbrooke, received a series of verbal high-fives from senators here Tuesday after reporting his success last month in forging a deal that reduces US assessments to the UN's regular budget and peace-keeping operations.ECONOMY: Northern Europe, Singapore Top New Globalisation Index
The small city-state of Singapore, the Netherlands, and the Nordic countries have become the world's most "globalised" nations, according to a newly-devised index released here Monday by 'Foreign Policy' magazine, an influential journal that focuses on trends which tie the world's diverse regions ever more closely together.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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