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POLITICS-US/CHILE: Letelier Noose Tightens Around Pinochet’s Neck
Long-secret documents released by the administration of President Bill Clinton Monday offer new evidence that former Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet may have played a key role in the September 1976 assassination here of a prominent foe of the dictatorship, former Defence Minister Orlando Letelier and one of his assistants.POLITICS-US/CHILE: Letelier Noose Tightens Around Pinochet’s Neck
Long-secret documents released by the administration of President Bill Clinton Monday offer new evidence that former Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet may have played a key role in the September 1976 assassination here of a prominent foe of the dictatorship, former Defence Minister Orlando Letelier and one of his assistants./CORRECTED REPEAT/RIGHTS: Refugees in Poor Countries Need More Attention, Money, Says UNHCR
The international community, especially donor countries, need to give the tens of millions of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) uprooted from their homes in poor countries considerably more attention and more resources, according to the annual report released here Monday by the outgoing United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Sadako Ogata.RIGHTS: Refugees in Poor Countries Need More Attention, Money, Says UNHCR
The international community, especially donor countries, need to give the tens of millions of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) uprooted from their homes in poor countries considerably more attention and more resources, according to the annual report released here Monday by the outgoing United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Sadako Ogata./REPEAT/POLITICS-US: Path to White House Likely to Lead Through Courts
Two days after almost 100 million US citizens cast their ballots for a new president, it appears that the next occupant of the White House will ultimately be decided by the courts, and perhaps not for many days or even weeks.POLITICS-US: Path to White House Likely to Lead Through Courts
Two days after almost 100 million US citizens cast their ballots for a new president, it appears that the next occupant of the White House will ultimately be decided by the courts, and perhaps not for many days or even weeks./UPDATE/ POLITICS-U.S.: Presidential Outcome Uncertain as Florida Recount Proceeds /ATTENTION EDITORS/: The following item updates: ‘POLITICS-U.S.:
As the re-count of votes in the state of Florida continued Wednesday, Texas Governor George W. Bush appeared confident that he will be the next President of the United States but warned supporters that the outcome will not be known until Thursday afternoon, at the earliest.POLITICS-U.S.: Presidential Vote Count Goes Into Overtime
In the closest and most expensive election in memory, the race between Democratic Vice President Al Gore and Texas Republican Governor George W. Bush to become the next president of the United States remained undecided Wednesday as an official recount of all the votes cast got underway in Florida. Whoever wins Florida will win the presidency.ENVIRONMENT: GEF Clears 154 Million Dollars in New Credits
The Global Environment Facility (GEF), the multilateral agency which provides grants to poor countries to address cross-border environmental problems, announced that it has approved almost 154 million dollars for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and governments involved in 14 new projects./CORRECTED REPEAT/POLITICS-US: Closest Election in Memory Puts All Government Branches Up For Grabs
Tuesday's general election - considered the closest in more than a generation - will not only determine who sits in the White House over the next four years.RIGHTS-US/EL SALVADOR: Two Salvadorean Generals Cleared in Nuns’ Murders
In a major setback to human rights groups, a Florida jury Friday cleared two top former Salvadorean generals of responsibility for the 1980 murders of four US churchwomen.POLITICS-US: Gore Foreign Policy More Assertive, Multilateral Than Bush
To the tiny degree foreign policy has played any role in this year's presidential campaign, Vice President Al Gore and Texas Governor George W. Bush have generally agreed far more than they have disagreed on specific foreign-policy issues.POLITICS-US: Gore Victory Threatened by Nader’s Anti-Corporate Message
With only a week left before the Nov. 7 elections, Green Party candidate Ralph Nader is causing major headaches for the campaign of Vice President Al Gore, as well as for left-leaning voters torn between Gore and an anti-corporate reformer with no hope of winning.POLITICS-US: Clinton Gets Debt Relief, Expanded Population Funding in Aid Bill
The Republican-led House of Representatives Wednesday signed off on a 2001 foreign-aid bill that includes most of the requests made by President Bill Clinton, including debt relief for the world's poorest nations, more money for fighting AIDS, and fewer conditions on US population programmes overseas.POLITICS: New Trade Pact With Jordan Aimed At Peace Process, US Labour
By signing a free-trade accord here this week with King Abdullah of Jordan, President Bill Clinton hopes to hit two birds with one stone.POLITICS-PERU: US Urged to Take Tough Line on Montesinos, Army
The administration of President Bill Clinton is being urged to take a strong position with Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori and his top military leadership to ensure that the ongoing process for new elections is not derailed by the sudden return from Panama of former intelligence chief, Vladimiro Montesinos.POLITICS-US: Muslim Voters Split
With two weeks left before the Nov. 7 elections, the several million muslim voters in the United States are deeply split along ancestral lines.POLITICS-US: Albright Visit to North Korea May Pave Way For Clinton
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, the most senior US official ever to visit North Korea, will press for new understandings on key security issues in order to pave the way for a possible trip by President Bill Clinton when she meets early next week with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.POLITICS-US: Washington Braces for Turkish Reaction to Armenian Genocide Resolution
As if the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the bombing of a US naval destroyer in Yemen weren't trouble enough, the administration of President Bill Clinton is bracing for yet another crisis in the strategic Middle East that could break out at any time between now and Congress adjournment within the next week.RIGHTS-MIDEAST: Groups Score Israel for Excessive Force
Palestinian complaints that Israeli police and the Israel Defence Force (IDF) have used excessive force in clashes against Palestinian demonstrators over the past two and a half weeks are largely justified, according to a new report issued by the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) Tuesday.POLITICS-US: Black Vote Could Be Decisive in November Election
Of the major racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States, African Americans, who have voted overwhelmingly for Democrats in recent years, may determine the outcome of this year's presidential elections in November.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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