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US-IRAN: French Oil Deal a Blow to US Policy
The two-billion-dollar oil deal announced this week between a major French oil company and Iran has dealt a major blow to U.S. efforts both to isolate Teheran, and to reduce tension over Washington's sanctions against foreign companies operating abroad.US-ECONOMY: Rich Families Gained Most in 1996
Family incomes in the United States rose overall last year, with wealthiest families gaining the most but the poorest saw their incomes actually decline by nearly two percent, according to statistics released Monday by the U.S. Census Bureau.IRAN: Khatami Urged to End Discrimination Against Minorities
Iran's new president, Mohammed Khatami, should work to end the persecution andwidespread discrimination against religious and ethnic minorities, says a leading U.S. human rights group.TRADE: Clinton Can’t Get Fast Track-tion
President Bill Clinton, struggling to win Congressional approval for "fast track" authority to negotiate free-trade agreements with Chile and other countries, is finding the going is getting tough.DISARMAMENT: Military Budgets Rise in Poor Countries
Developing countries, as a percentage of their national production, are spending as much on their military budgets as wealthy, industrialised countries. The percentage of people serving in the armed forces of the industrialised countries, however, is twice that of poor countries, according to a new report released here this week by the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA).ARMS: Military Budgets Rise in Poor Countries
Developing countries, as a percentage of their national production, are spending as much on their military budgets as wealthy, industrialised countries. The percentage of people serving in the armed forces of the industrialised countries, however, is twice that of poor countries, according to a new report released here this week by the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA).TRADE-US: Clinton Can’t Get Fast Track-tion
President Bill Clinton, struggling to win Congressional approval for "fast track" authority to negotiate free-trade agreements with Chile and other countries, is finding the going is getting tough.US-JAPAN: Trans-Pacific Allies Step Up Defence Cooperation
In what both countries hailed as "an extremely important milestone," the United States and Japan Tuesday issued joint guidelines on defence cooperation designed to bolster their 37-year-old security alliance.WOMEN: Women’s Political Power Counters Market Reforms
The increase in the number of women elected to high political office worldwide means more attention is being paid to social concerns, rather than defence and other traditional priorities of male-dominated public institutions, according to a leading U.S. analyst.HEALTH-ETHICS: US Medical Experiments in Third World Assailed
The most influential medical journal in the United States has assailed as unethical, US-funded medical experiments on HIV-infected women in the Third World.TRADE-US: Clinton Launches Drive for Fast-Track Authority
President Bill Clinton submitted his long-awaited "fast-track" bill to Congress Tuesday which, if it is passed, will give him wide-ranging authority to negotiate new free-trade agreements with Chile and other countries.US-POLITICS: Bizarre Battle Over Mexican Appointment
In one of the most bizarre confirmation battles in memory, the ultra-rightwing chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Friday refused to grant a hearing to William Weld, the Presidential choice to be next U.S. ambassador to Mexico.DISARMAMENT-US: Clinton Pressured to Ban Land Mines
A group of U.S. politicians put pressure on President Bill Clinton Thursday to back a treaty banning anti-personnel landmines and introduced legislation that would stop the United States using the weapon after 1999.U.S.-TRADE: Clinton Uncertain On ‘Fast Track’ Push
Recoiling from treacherous political waters, President Bill Clinton Wednesday called on Congress to quickly approve long-awaited "fast-track" legislation to negotiate new trade agreements with Latin American and other countries - but then declined to offer a specific proposal.US-TRADE: Anti-Sanctions Group Takes Campaign to Court, Congress
A coalition of U.S. business firms, angered by the increasing use of trade sanctions against foreign governments charged with violating human rights or other abuses, is looking for to Congress and the courts for redress.US-MIDEAST: Albright Must Get Tough with Israel, Palestinians
U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, on her first trip to the Middle East since taking office, will this week attempt to revive a four-year peace process which many political observers believe may already have expired.UNITED STATES: Anti-Abortion Rider Sets Up Confrontation on Foreign Aid
Setting up a confrontation with both the administration of President Bill Clinton and the U.S. Senate, the House of Representatives Thursday approved a 1998 foreign aid bill that sharply curbs U.S. support for population programmes abroad.U.S.-AID: Anti-Abortion Rider Sets Up Confrontation on Foreign Aid
Setting up a confrontation with both the administration of President Bill Clinton and the U.S. Senate, the House of Representatives Thursday approved a 1998 foreign aid bill that sharply curbs U.S. support for population programmes abroad./REPEAT/U.S.-CAMBODIA: U.S. to Press Asians for Stronger Measures
The United States is making a new effort to persuade key allies in Asia to press Cambodian strongman Hun Sen into respecting human rights and the political opposition.U.S.-CAMBODIA: U.S. to Press Asians for Stronger Measures
The United States is making a new effort to persuade key allies in Asia to press Cambodian strongman Hun Sen into respecting human rights and the political opposition.US-ARMS: United States Leads World’s Arms Sellers
Developing countries, reversing a four- year decline in arms buying, increased their weapons arsenals by more than ten percent in 1996 and the United States remained the biggest supplier, according to an authoritative U.S. report.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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