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LABOUR-US: US Pressured to do More to Fight Child Labour
Impatient activists and lawmakers are calling for action by the administration of President Bill Clinton in the worldwide fight against the use of child labour.DEVELOPMENT-UNITED STATES: Elite Rally Behind IMF, United Nations
Opposition in Congress to international financial agencies and free trade has spurred some of the most influential business leaders, and former government officials, in the United States to come out in favour of an internationalist agenda.POLITICS-US: No Consensus on War Aims Against Iraq
While the mighty U.S. war machine slips into second gear in the confrontation with Iraq, President Bill Clinton is being pressed, to broaden the administrations war aims to include the ouster of President Saddam Hussein.POLITICS-US: No Consensus on War Aims Against Iraq
While the mighty U.S. war machine slips into second gear in the confrontation with Iraq, President Bill Clinton is being pressed, to broaden the administrations war aims to include the ouster of President Saddam Hussein.ENVIRONMENT: U.S. to Postpone Ratification of Kyoto Protocol
President Bill Clinton, facing strong Republican opposition in the U.S. Senate, is holding back on the ratification the Kyoto Protocol on reducing "greenhouse gas" emissions until developing countries formally commit to similar reductions.POLITICS-US: US Elite Rally Behind IMF, UN
Opposition in Congress to international financial agencies and free trade has spurred some of the most influential business leaders, and former government officials, in the United States to come out in favour of an internationalist agenda.ECONOMY-US: Fast-track Fades Amid Hints at Cuba Moves
Hopes are fading that President Bill Clinton will try to gain "fast-track" authority from Congress to negotiate free trade agreements with Latin American countries before the hemispheric summit in Santiago, Chile, in April.POLITICS-MIDEAST: Oslo Agreement Pushed to Sidelines
The Oslo peace process for the Middle East, currently overshadowed by the storm clouds hanging over Iraq, may have entered a terminal phase, according to political observers in Washington.POLITICS-US: Hawks, Doves Descend on Clinton Over Iraq
U.S. President Bill Clinton, while ordering the biggest U.S. arms buildup in the Gulf since the 1991 war, is steering a middle course between the hawks and doves outside his administration who are pressing for an end to the standoff with Iraq.ECONOMY-US: Clinton Seeks Two Percent Rise in Foreign Aid
U.S. President Bill Clinton is asking Congress to increase international affairs funding in fiscal 1999 by about two percent, in real terms, to more than 20 billion dollars.POLITICS-DISARMAMENT: New Drive to Eliminate Nukes
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former Soviet President Mihail Gorbachev topped a list of more than 100 ex-heads of state calling for immediate steps to reduce the threat of nuclear conflict and eventually rid the world of nuclear weapons.POLITICS-DISARMAMENT: New Drive to Eliminate Nukes
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former Soviet President Mihail Gorbachev topped a list of more than 100 ex-heads of state calling for immediate steps to reduce the threat of nuclear conflict and eventually rid the world of nuclear weapons.RIGHTS: Little Change in Human Rights Picture Worldwide, Says U.S.
Human rights conditions throughout the world remained substantially unchanged last year, with many governments refusing to ease their repressive hold on power while civil conflict in some countries became even more violent, according to the U.S. State Department's annual human rights report.ECONOMY-SAFRICA: US Investment Surpasses Apartheid Benchmark
U.S. investment in South Africa has surpassed levels which prevailed during the apartheid era, according to the Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC).POLITICS-US: Threat Grows of Military Strike Against Iraq
U.S. President Bill Clinton is on the diplomatic and political offensive in preparation for a military attack against Iraq if its leader Saddam Hussein fails to comply with U.N. demands for access to suspected weapons facilities.RIGHTS: Honduras Rights Commissioner Urges U.S. Cooperation
The National Commissioner for Human Rights of Honduras wants U.S. President Bill Clinton to follow through on his commitment to hand over records that could shed light on the "disappearance" of nearly 200 people in the 1980s.POLITICS-US: Beleaguered Clinton Sets ’98 Agenda
U.S. President Bill Clinton, battered by week-long charges of improper sexual conduct, called on Congress Tuesday to boost social and educational programmes and fulfill commitments overseas that will maintain Washington's "unrivaled" global leadership.POLITICS-U.S.: Sex, Lies Trump Pope, Castro for U.S. Media
Expectations that Pope John Paul II's trip to Cuba this week would revive debate on U.S. policy towards Havana were dashed by the latest White House sex scandal, which erupted Wednesday, even before the pontiff disembarked from his airplane.POLITICS-MIDEAST: Clinton Nudges Netanyahu and Arafat Together
U.S. President Bill Clinton, after two days of talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, has nudged the Middle East peace process toward a new Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank, but much remains to be done before any agreement is reached, according to analysts.POLITICS-MIDEAST: Netanyahu Still Talks Tough
U.S. President Bill Clinton, assuming a more active role in Middle East peace negotiations, failed to score a breakthrough with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in their intensive talks at the White House, according to U.S. officials.CINEMA-USA: Of Images and War
"You furnish the pictures, and I'll furnish the war" read the cable sent in March 1898 by publisher William Randolph Hearst to Frederic Remington, the great action painter.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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