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RIGHTS-US: Girls Trail Boys in Computer Education
Girls significantly are trailling behind boys in learning about computers and technology in American schools, according to a report released here Wednesday.RELIGIOUS BULLETIN-UNITED STATES: Business Defeated on Religious Persecution Bill
In the latest setback for U.S. big business interests, the Senate Friday unanimously approved a bill authorising sanctions against countries accused of persecuting religious minorities.RIGHTS-RELIGION: Business Defeated on Religious Persecution Bill
In the latest setback for U.S. big business interests, the Senate Friday unanimously approved a bill authorising of sanctions against countries accused of persecuting religious minorities.POLITICS-AFGHANISTAN: U.S. Urged to Get More Involved
Less than two months after U.S. cruise missiles slammed into alleged terrorist camps in Afghanistan, foreign policy and regional specialists are urging President Bill Clinton to adopt a more active approach to the Central Asian nation.IRAQ-UN: Humanitarian Official Assails Effect of Sanctions
The former UN chief of humanitarian programmes in Iraq charged Tuesday that the world body was violating its own Charter, and international human rights conventions, in enforcing economic sanctions against Iraq.FINANCE: Debt Relief Needed for World’s Poorest
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) led by Oxfam International appealed to donor nations Friday to adopt a new approach to speed and increase debt relief for the world's poorest countries.POLITICS-US: The Low Voter Turnout Factor
The results of a recent public opinion poll across the United States should have had Democrats cheering.TRADE-U.S.: Business, Republicans Defeated on Fast-Track Revival
A major push by big business, agricultural interests, and the Republican Congressional leadership to give President Bill Clinton authority to negotiate new trade agreements with Latin America and other emerging markets fell short Friday.TECHNOLOGY-U.S.: Congress Lifting Quotas for Hi-Tech Workers
The U.S. Congress, under pressure from the fast-growing hi-tech industry, is moving to double the number of highly-skilled foreign workers who will be permitted to work in the United States.MEDIA-US: Journalist in Chiquita Banana Expose Pleads Guilty
A reporter who exposed a broad array of allegedly illegal practices by Chiquita Brands International Inc. in Central America and the Caribbean, has pleaded guilty to intercepting internal company communications.ECONOMY-US: Slight Reduction in Poverty in 1997
Despite its booming economy, the United States in 1997 saw only a slight decline in the rate of poverty, which afflicted 35.6 million Americans - 40 percent of whom were children - according to figures from the Census Bureau.POLITICS-US: Mandela’s Magic Soothes Embattled Washington
South African President Nelson Mandela Wednesday became the first African to receive the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal, the country's highest civilian honour, in a glittering ceremony that even united President Bill Clinton with his Republican nemisis, House Speaker Newt Gingrich.TRADE-US.: Big Business Push for Fast-Track Showdown
U.S. business and agricultural interests are pushing for Congressional passage this week of a "fast-track" trade bill to give President Bill Clinton authority to negotiate new trade agreements with Latin America and other emerging markets.POLITICS-US: Clinton Faces Tough Fight on IMF, Foreign Aid
President Bill Clinton, beset by Republicanattacks over his sexual conduct, faces a major test in coming days over the 1999 foreign aid bill and his efforts to gain 18 billion dollars for the International Monetary Fund (IMF).POPULATION-US: Learn History of Racial Oppression, Americans Told
President Bill Clinton's Advisory Board on Race has called on U.S. citizens to learn the history of racial oppression and fight racial stereotypes in their country.POLITICS-ASIA: Clinton Urged to Act Fast on India, Pakistan
U.S. President Bill Clinton must go through with a visit to Pakistan and India later this year and press Congress harder for the authority to ease sanctions against the two countries, imposed after their nuclear tests last May, according to a report by two influential think tanks .DRUGS-US: More Funds for Fight Against Drugs in Latin America
The Republican-led House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to sharply boost funding for military and other measures to destroy the flow of drug supplies from Latin America.SOCIETY: Market Trends and ‘Fortress World’
Free-market policies, if pursued across the globe for the next 50 years, could create a "Fortress World" where islands of prosperity are surrounded by an ocean of despair, according to Alan Hammond, a scientist at the World Resources Institute (WRI), a prominent Washington thinktank.ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN-UNITED STATES: The Dangers of Being ‘American’
Attention all immigrant children: assimilating into the "American Way of Life" may be hazardous to your physcal and emotional health.CHILE-US: US Documents Confirm Destabilisation of Allende
Declassified U.S. documents, made public Friday added new details to the Washington campaign of 25 years ago to destablise the government of President Salvador Allende of Chile which culminated in a bloody military coup.RIGHTS-US: Move to Revoke Oil Company’s Charter
A coalition of 30 environmental and human rights groups has asked the attorney-general of California to revoke the corporate charter of Union Oil Company (Unocal) for its activities in Burma and Afghanistan.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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