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RIGHTS: U.S. Supreme Court to Rule on World Court Order
The unprecedented order issued by the World Court in the Hague Thursday, to stay the execution of a Paraguayan citizen in the state of Virginia, caused a legal flurry here and the U.S. Supreme Court called on the government to explain its position.RIGHTS-AFRICA: Concern Over U.S. Policy in Nigeria, Congo
Human rights activists in the United States, increasingly concerned about developments in the Congo and Nigeria, are frustrated by mixed signals on both countries emanating from the administration of President Bill Clinton.ECONOMY-US: Future of Africa Trade Bill Uncertain
A bill to promote U.S. trade and investment in Africa faces an uncertain passage in the Senate, the only hurdle separating it from becoming law, according to administration officials.POLITICS-U.S.: Washington “Regrets” Pakistani Missile Launch
The United States, worried about prospects for a new spiral in the arms race between Pakistan and India, is expressing "regret" over Islamabad's test-firing of a new missile capable of reaching deep into India's territory.POLITICS-US: Will Clinton’s Trip Change U.S. Minds on Africa?
When U.S. President Bill Clinton set out on his historic African journey two weeks ago, top officials insisted that its main purpose was to show the public back home a new face of Africa, different from the stereotype of "famine, war and genocide."RIGHTS-AMERICAS: Women Call for Action at Santiago Summit
Nearly 100 leaders of women's groups throughout the Americas have called for concrete action at next month's Summit of the Americas in Santiago to ensure that previous promises are fulfilled to improve the status of women.RIGHTS: One Million Colombian Reported Displaced
Rising political and drug-related violence in Colombia, which reached unprecedented heights in 1997, has forced more than one million Colombians to flee their homes and communities over the past decade, according to areport released here Wednesday.ECONOMY: U.S. Moves to Reassert Control of Pacific Territory
President Bill Clinton's administration, and key U.S. lawmakers, have launched a major effort to retake control of labour, immigration, and trade policies from the Northern Mariana Islands, a Pacific territory given quasi- independent status 22 years ago.RIGHTS-US: Immigration Rules Putting Asylum-Seekers At Risk
People with legitimate claims to political asylum in the United States were being mistreated and denied their rights under tough immigration rules introduced one year ago, U.S. human rights groups said Tuesday.POLITICS-US: Move to Further Ease Cuban Trade Emmbargo
Efforts to relax the the 36-year-old U.S. trade embargo against Cuba appear to be gaining momentum in Washington, one week after President Bill Clinton's decision to lift some sanctions against Havana.RIGHTS: US Group Cites Rise of Xenophobia in RSA
The South African government - despite its progress in black-white reconciliation - is tolerating an alarming rise in xenophobia as shown by mounting attacks against immigrants and asylum-seekers, according to a U.S. human rights group.ECONOMY-INDONESIA: U.S. Pledges Humanitarian, Economic Aid
The administration of U.S. President Bill Clinton, increasingly concerned over the impact of Indonesia's economic collapse, announced Tuesday that it would send tens of millions of dollars in humanitarian aid to keep the country afloat.POLITICS-US: Republicans Snarl Question of UN-IMF Dues
More than 100 years ago, German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck supposedly observed: "If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made."POLITICS-US: Washington Eases Sanctions Against Cuba
President Bill Clinton, reacting to Pope John Paul II's historic visit to Cuba two months ago, announced Friday that the United States would lift some of the sanctions imposed against Havana in the past four years.POLITICS-US: Clinton’s African Trip Seems More Form than Substance
President Bill Clinton sets off on an 11-day trip to Africa Sunday, aiming to change the media stereotype of the continent as a violent and bloody basket case and herald a new era of U.S. engagement with the region.LABOUR: US Companies Profit From Chinese Sweatshops
U.S. clothing and footware companies, which import more than 15 billion dollars a year in Chinese-made goods, are profiting from sub-contractors whose mainly young, female workers toil in sweatshop conditions, according to a new report released here.ECONOMY: IMF, World Bank OK Debt-Reduction Plan for Cote D’Ivoire
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank approved a new financial package for Cote d'Ivoire Thursday that eventually would halve the African nation's 16-billion-dollar foreign debt.POLITICS-US: Lawmakers Protest Indonesian Army Training
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers is opposing Pentagon support for the Indonesian military which it says violates the spirit of a 1992 ban enacted by Congress on Jakarta's participation in Washington's major military training programme.RIGHTS: Rights Groups Furious at U.S. Stance on China
U.S. human rights groups have rounded on the administration of US President Bill Clinton for backing away from a resolution criticising China at the U.N. Human Rights Commission's annual session in Geneva.POLITICS-US: Warmer Words For Iran
Nobody in Washington can recall if any previous president of the United States ever asked a university wrestling team to drop by the White House. But in the Oval Office this week, President Bill Clinton met five Arizona wrestlers who took part in last month's Takhti Cup tournament in Teheran - the first U.S. athletes to compete in the Islamic Republic since its 1979 Revolution.POLITICS-NIGERIA: US Vetos Abacha for President
The United States will never accept the election as president of current Nigerian dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha, or any other military candidate, according to a senior administration official.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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