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POLITICS-INDONESIA: U.S. Looks for ‘Statesmanship’ from Suharto
The United States moved closer to calling for the resignation of Indonesian President Suharto Wednesday when Secretary of State Madeleine Albright urged him to commit an "historic act of statesmanship" to preserve his legacy.ECONOMY-U.S.: Congress Unlikely to Block EU Accord With Iran, Cuba
The Republican-led US Congress will assail this week's accord between President Bill Clinton and the European Union (EU) - which effectively waives US sanctions against European companies which invest in Cuba and Iran - but are unlikely to block it, officials here say.POLITICS-U.S.: New Battles Expected Over Cuba, Iran, Religious Rights
President Bill Clinton, already beset by major diplomatic crises in Asia and the Middle East, faces politically charged battles over Cuba, Iran, and religious rights abroad when he returns from the weekend's Group of Eight (G-8) Summit in Birmingham, England.POLITICS-U.S.: Suddenly Defied Everywhere, US Hegemony Looks Hollow
Pax Americana - the hegemony enjoyed by Washington after the Cold War - is suddenly under siege.DISARMAMENT-US: Clinton Slaps Sweeping Sanctions on India
US President Bill Clinton, reacting to two more nuclear tests by India Wednesday, slapped sweeping sanctions on New Delhi.DISARMAMENT-US: Clinton to Impose Sanctions Against India
U.S. President Bill Clinton said Tuesday he would impose sanctions against India and called on New Delhi to halt all nuclear tests and sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty "now and without conditions."POLITICS: NATO Expansion Still Worries Some in U.S.
despite the decision last week by U.S. Senate to admit Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) thetrte is still concern here that NATO expansion may backfire against national security interests.RELIGION BULLETIN-UNITED STATES: New Battle Over Sanctions and Religious Persecution
A proposed U.S. congressional Bill that would impose sanctions against foreign governments accused of religious persecution, in some areas of Asia, Africa and the Arab world, is causing its own concern within political and business circles.ECONOMY: Lawsuit Filed on U.S. State Sanctions against Burma
Nearly 600 business firms combined to file a lawsuit in the U.S. federal court Thursday against the state of Massachusetts, to prevent it from enforcing a 1996 law which penalises companies doing business in Burma.RELIGION: New Battle Over Sanctions and Religious Persecution
A proposed U.S. congressional Bill that would impose sanctions against foreign governments accused of religious persecution, in some areas of Asia, Africa and the Arab world, is causing its own concern within political and business circles.POLITICS-US: Little Chance of US Paying UN Dues in 1998
Hopes that the United States might make good on its promise to pay more than one billion dollars it owes the United Nations flickered out Wednesday, the victim of a domestic dispute on abortion.HEALTH-US: Anti-Tobacco Lawmakers Move to Extend Protection
The debate over tobacco legislation is intensifying in the United States and public-health activists and lawmakers are stepping up efforts to curb the overseas sales of cigarettes by U.S. companies.POLITICS: Abortion Politics Derails U.S. Multilateral Agenda
Three months after President Bill Clinton rated funding for the United Nations and International Monetary Fund (IMF) as his most urgent foreign policy priorities, both initiatives appear to have been derailed in the Republican- led Congress.ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN-INDIA: Human Rights Watch Assails World Bank Project
A major U.S. human rights group is urging the World Bank to condition future loans for a major power project in India on ending abuses directed primarily against people displaced by the project.POLITICS: U.S. Marks First Centry as Global Power
The United States Saturday quietly marks the 100th anniversary of the day the U.S. Congress declared war on Spain - a moment when this nation attained global power status and began, what Time-Life publisher Henry Luce later hailed as, "The American Century."POLITICS-US: Nigeria Activists Demand Action on Sanctions
Human rights activists from the United States and Africa want the administration of President Bill Clinton to end a protracted policy review on Nigeria and impose new sanctions on the military regime of Gen. Sani Abacha.RIGHTS-INDIA: Human Rights Watch Assails World Bank Project
A major U.S. human rights group is urging the World Bank to condition future loans for a major power project in India on ending abuses directed primarily against people displaced by the project.LABOUR-US: Nike Brought to Court Over False Ads
Nike, the world's giant sports-shoe and apparel manufacturer, is being sued for allegedly misrepresenting conditions in its overseas factories which employ some 300,000 workers.COMMUNICATION-US: Racial Divide Found in Computer, Internet Use
More than 40 years after the U.S. Supreme Court ordered an end to racially-segregated public schools, there is a new divide between White and Black Americans - on the access to computers and use of the Internet.RIGHTS-US: Protests Over Pentagon Lobbying on ICC
The disclosure that the Pentagon has been quietly lobbying foreign military attaches to oppose a broad mandate for the proposed International Criminal Court (ICC) has outraged U.S. rights groups.MUSIC-USA: 100 Years After Birth, Paul Robeson Gains Recognition
Long before there was a Michael Jackson, a Denzel Washington, a Michael Jordan - or even a Jesse Jackson, there was Paul Robeson - whose centennial birthday last week revived interest in arguably the most multi-talented African American artist in U.S. history.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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